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Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1919-12-11
OCEAN LIKE ANOTHER WORLD
But Different in That There Is No
One to Explain or Explore
Its Mysteries.

The ocean was calm and ciear-so
very calm that it reflected. as If from
a solid surface, every vapor that float
ed along the heavens; 1t was like sail
Ing into a new world "a creation
whose laws and boundaries must re-
main forever unknown to us. How ey
citing to imagination! So many fan
tastic forms reveled beneath the trans
parent crystal, huge rocks looking like
castles, exaggerated by the watery dis
lance bleak Alpine landscapes stretch
ing far away; and then the monsters
Of the deep moving IN the solemn
majesty of silence - living things,
without one sympathy for the earth
about them; without a single feeling
that we can comprehensive may be.
II our eyes do not weary, that, in fancy.
we gaze deeper down, and strange, I'M
earthly forms are succeeded by deeps
on deeps-the very eternity of waters
where we can see nothing but the
blue abyss Standardization 1t
Is a fearful thing to pass over their
mysterles-a great lesson.-A. NJ. Hail..
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Gunga tells of Ram GuIab
Singh.
CTo BE CoNTINUEDJ
NO REFUGE IN BANKRUPTCY
In oIden Times Severe Penalties Were
Melted Out to Men Unable to
Pay Their Debts.
YES" said Wallen.

A curious custom was prevalent in
France during the sixteenth and sew.
enteenth centuries. Anyone who found
1t necessary TO liquidate his affairs
was Obliged to wear a green cap-a
humility to himself and a warning to
others.
Those who made a hobby OF getting
rid of their Indebtedness by way Of
the bankruptcy court should at all
costs steer clear OF China. Bank.
ruptcies are almost unknown In that
country, as they entail immediate sx-
ecution.
A similar drastic punishment ussd
TO be meted out to delinquent IN
Japan.
To come nearer home. one need only
go back TO a little before the Act a
Union to find that debtors in Scot
land were obliged TO wear garments
OF diverse cOlOrs, suit OF gray and
yellow being the most common.
In Slam, a man unable to meet his
liabilities was put In chains and com
PEELED TO work as a slave for his cred
itor. Should he escape, his wife. chill
dren. father or other relative were
seized In his stead.
At one time bankrupts we're consid
cred criminal offenders even in Eng.
land. As a matter OF fact, certain
cases Of fraudulent bankruptcy have
Incurred the death penalty In this
country. Any concealment VI books
or the secretilg OF property by
debtor was so punished. Under this
law a man called John Perrot was
hanged in l701.-London Tit-BitS
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FOUNDED BY FRENCH KING
Gordon Bleu" was Originally the
Highest Order Of Nobility in.
the Gallo Kingdom.

A "cordOn bIeu" was originally a
knight of the ancient order of the
Holy Ghost, founded by Henry III
(157415S9), on the occasion of his ac-
ccssion TO the throne of France. The
order consisted of 100 knlghts-ex-
elusive of Oflicers-and was at one time
the highest order in the kingdom. So
called on account of the color of the
ribbon from which the cross of the or
der was suspended. In the course of
time this appellation was bestowed
upon anyone that had achieved emf
hence in his profession. The Com
mander de Souve. Compile d'OlOnne
and some others. who were Gordon
beus, met together as sort of club,
and were noted for their well-appOinted
dinners. Hence, when anyone had
dined well, he said: swell. that is a
true feast of the Gordon bleus." Finally
the term was applied only to irst-rate
cooks, who, after an examination, re-
ceived a medal suspended from a blue
ribbon. Littre says that the blue apron
formerly worn by many cooks have
helped to earn for them this flattering
designation.
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CHAPTER VI.
The Vendetta.


"YOu, Gungaw Wallen whispered
hoarsely. "You-you did this. For
Gods sake, what does it mean? How
did you come here? Where did you
come frOm?"
"Sahib, there is no time to talk"
the other answered gravely. There
is much danger. Come quickly. We
will go back to your ship"
you know about that-the shlp?"
mumbled Wallen. How"
"Sahib," almost piteOusly, come
There followed for Wallen a space
Of time that he could neither estimate
in duration nor of whose events in the
interval he could form any concrete
whole. There were dark streets and
darker byways, and always before him.
wraithlike in his loose white garb, the
turbaned figure of the East Indian ;
and then a boat from some dark cor
ner of jetty and they were in it. and
Gunga was rowing.
His mind had been IN chaos; plctur-
ing again and again the fearsome sight
in the glow of that burning match; try
ing to span the ten years since he had
last seen this man; striving futilely
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KNOW HOW TO SAY GO0D-BY
When Time Comes to Go Don't Try to
Be Diplomatic About Il, Pris-
oner Says.

Nothing is more embarrassing than
not to know how to say good-by. The
predicament places one at a gross dis
advantage. He becomes awkward,
clumsy, fioundering. His hands are
hams and his fingers swollen frank
furters. He stands round ready and
willing to go, but doesn't know how to
break away. He wants to go, feels
that others would like to see him
vamoose, that he has overstayed his
welcome and that his presence is a
trespass on hospitality, but he stam-
mers, halts, hesitates, mumbles and
is all messed up over the matter Of
saying good-by and getting out.
He would thank his lucky stars II
some "bouncer" would come along and
end the agony by throwing him out.
Now, remember. there's only one
thing to do in a case like that, when
you have got a thing to say, say it.
Just say "Good-by" and be honest and
not diplomatic about 1t and see how
nicely you settle the difficulty.-From
the New Era, Federal Penitentiary,
Leavenworth.
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CINCINNATI MARKETS.
Hay and Grain.


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yellow S1.53@1.55, No. 3 yellow $1.50
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mixed SI.50@1.52, white ear (new)
SLIGO LIS, yellow ear (new) S1.45W
LII.
Sound Hay-TimOthy per ton $27Q
$3.50, clover mixed $29Q3075, clover
S32936.
Oats-NO. 2 choice S4I10S5c No. 3
white S3ls q SIC. No. 2 mixed S3@S3 re,
No. 3 mixed S2qS3c.
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
.Kutter-WhOle milk creamery extras
7ilgc, centralized creamery extras T3c,
iirsts 69lse, seconds 09c, fancy dairy
07c
Eggs-Extra firsts 7sc, firsts 7sc, or
binary frstS lac.
Live POultry-FOwls Az lbs and
over 25c under 3Ik lbs Ice, rOOsters
lee, ducks, white, 4 lbs and over, 32c,
young turkeys, s lbs and over SIC.
Live Stock.
shippers S1O.5OQ15, butcher
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10 choice S9.50Qi2i common to fam
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good 0ls.50, common and large 50
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A Feeling of Security

You naturally feel secure when you
know that the medicine you are about to
take Is absolutely pure and contains no
harmful on habit producing drugs.
huch medicine is DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root. l-idney, liver and bladder remedy.
The same standard of purity, strength
and excellence is maintained in every
bottle of Swamp-Root.
il is scientifically compounded from
vegetable herbs.
1t is not a stimulant and is taken in
teaspoonful doses.
1t is not recommended for everything.
It is natures great helper in relieving
and overcoming kidney. liver and blad-
der troubles.
A sworn statement of purity is with
every bottle Of DR.. Kilmers Swamp
Root.
II you need a medicine, you should
have the best. On sale at all drug stores
in bottles Of two sizes, medium and large.
However If you wish first to try this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghanton, N. Y, for
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
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EASY TO DETECT THE LIAR
Scientific Tests Have shown How
Plainly q DevIstor From the Truth
May Pc Distinguished.

When q man n telling q lie he
breathes differently from when he 10
telling the truth. The difference was
discovered By means of some tests
made upon hts students By Professor
Benussi Of Italy.
He prepared cards bearing letters,
figures and diagrams and distributed
these among his pupils. These were
required TO describe the cards cor
rectly, except In certain cases when
the cards were marked with red
star, and the students receiving them
were required TO describe them falsely.
Each student was watched carefully
by his fellows, who, ignorant Of the
nature OF the card, tried 10 Judge from
his manner whether he was telling the
truth or not The watchers were un-
able to Judge with any certainty.
Under the direction OF Professor
Benussi the time occupied in inspira.
tion and expiration was measured,
and the measurement was taken again
Immediately after he finished. II was
found that the utterance Of q false
statement always increased and the
utterance Of a true statement always
diminished the quotient obtained by
dividing the time Of inspiration by the
time of expiration.
Dr.. Anton Rose, commenting on
these results, remarks that the dia-
covery furnishes a certain criterion
between truth and falsehood For
even a clever liar is likely to fail In
an attempt to escape detection by
breathing iTegularly. Professor Be-
nussi having discovered that men are
unable voluntarily to change their res
piration 80 as to affect the result.
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(CopyrightD
BY FRANK L. PACKARD

ward, a low cry Of horror on his lips.
His hands were wet-wet with warm
blood
He could not see, but he knew II was
blood. Unnerved, shaken TO the soul,
a panic upon him. he stood there for a
moment, his mind in riot. Then, fight
ing desperately for self-control, he took
a match from his pocket and lighted
Il. He closed his eyes on the sight.
Some one had done the horrible
work only too well-the mans throat
was only gaping wound.
The match in wallen's fingers still
burned on, forgotten. He must get out
Of here. Drink-IIOuse Sans mouth
was closed forever.
He could have laughed aloud, hys-
terlcally, at the CHASTITY irony Of that.
He must get away unseen before
what was that7
There was some one else In the
room. Some one moved. The match,
in its dying flame, spurted up. A tall,
gaunt form lOomed before him. That
face!
Where had he seen that face7
The match dropped from his fingers.
That facet It seemed 20 be associated
with dreams-of long ago. And then
voice spoke:
"Sahib, come quickly"
And then he knew.
1t was Gunga.
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B0SCHEE'S SYRUP.

A cold is probably the most com.
mon Of all disorders and when neglect.
ed is apt to be most dangerous. Sta
tistics show that more than three
times as many people died from in
fluenza last year, as we're killed in
the greatest war the world has ever
known. For the last fifty-three years
Boschee's Syrup has been used for
coughs, bronchitis, colds, throat ir-
ritatiOn and especially lung troubles.
1t gives the patient a good nights
rest, free from coughing, with easy
expectoration in the morning. Made
in America and used in the homes Of
thousands of families all over the
civilized world. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
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Almost Human.

had occasion to visit a small jew
elry store. While the Jeweler was
showing me his wares n voice from
the rear of the shop called: Papa,
papa" Being the owner Of a fine par
rot and much interested in the birds,
turned to the jeweler and remarked
that the parrots voice sounded almost
human. To my horror the jeweler
said, "That is not parrot-that is
my daughter" With a few muttered
words of apology | rushed from the
shop and, although the jeweler had Of
fered me some unusually attractive
bargains, nothing could make me face
that jeweler again.-Chicago Tribune.
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| but with sort of maddening. IRE.
spOnsible insistence, to grapple with
this and that question that came and
went in lightning succession; and al.
ways reverting to that black room, the
suffering match, and Drink-House
Sam upon the bed again.
And now they were far out in the
harbOr and the water vas very still,
and under the moonlight 1t was very
black, and a little ahead he could see
the Monleigh; and then Gunga lay
upon his oars and spoke.
"Sahib. Is 1t true what they say
that the master is dead?"
The question in its abruptness, its
significance, came like physical shock
TO Wallen; but, too, il reused him,
cleared his brain Of It's chaotic Obses-
sion, and brought him back, alert and
tense, to actuallties and his immediate
surroundings.
at Is true" he. answered slowly.
'"They say aboard that 1t was an acct
dent; that father accidentally shot
himself while he was cleaning an auto
matte pistol"
Gunga's face was In the moonlight,
and Wallen stared at II now and could
not take his eyes away.
A Wilderness came upon the swarthy
features, the lips quiyered TREMENDOUSLY
like a child's; and then II seemed to be
another face, distorted, an inhuman
passion in the twltching muscles, the
lips parted and tight-drawn across the
gums, showing the teeth as a beast
might show them as crOuches TO
spring. And then this, too, was gone,
for the head was bowed over the oars,
and Wallen could no longer see.
Presently Gunga looked up, but now
his face was impassive.
ut Is fate. sahib," he said In low,
strange way. Allah IS Great. have
loved the master many years. and now
| am the servant OF his son. Sahib.
will you pay blood VITA blOOdT"
"YOu mean" said Wallen, his own
voice low, that you, too, know II was
not an aecldent-that II was murderf
And that Drlnk-House Sam, though he
was miles away. had a hand In II, and
that was why you killed him2"
"Sahib," said Gunga softly, II did
not kill the man; was too lateI"
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OF the United States. am glad 70 be
here to welcome the feet which under
Admiral Rodman has completed such
an epoeh-making journey. have fol-
lowed its journey closely. The men
and officers have done a great task
admirably"
The Pacific iest OF American dread
naughts became reality when six Of
the heaviest line attleships. In com
maud OF Admiral TNgh R0dman. drop
ped their anchors Los coronados
ana made resdy to elys q welcoms
10 their new home.
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CHAPTER V-continued.

But at the expiration of that time
he was stealing along the opposite side
Of the street in front of Drink-HOuse
Sans again; and. grateful now for the
dinginess Of the surroundings and the
absence of lights, slipped into a mar
row areaway, or more properly a
space some three feet wide between
two buildings facing Drink-HOuSe
Sans, and lay down upon the ground.
BY and by Drink-HOuse Sam would
go to he'd, by and by that light in the
barroom would go out, by and by the
fruuyers-Un would be Dispersed, and by
and by somewhere in that house he
would get Drink-House Sam alone.
Wallen lay there, his eyes on the
barroom door across the street. Occa-
sionally someone struggled in, occa-
sionally someone struggled out; but It
was many hours, while he grew stiff
and cramped before the place began
to empty out-befOre Drink-House
Sam himself at the doorway was eject
ing, with some force and more profan-
ity. what appeared to be the last of
his guests.
And then the light in the barroom
was Sytingulshed.
1t was very late; but precisely what
time It was Wallen did not know, only
that he had lain there for an Interim
nable space. Well, he had waited so
long he could afford to wait still an
other hOur-until Drink-House Sam
and whoever else was in the place had
got TO bed and got to sleep. This time
he would leave nothing to chance.
A light appeared suddenly in the
end room on the veranda over the bar
rOom-and Wallen's lips parted in a
twisted smile. Luck again! That was
Drink-HOuse Sans room! The man.
silhouetted against the light. was open
ing the veranda door, for air probably.
The room obviously then had two
doors, for Marie had entered 1t from
the interior of the house. Wallen
smiled again. He wolld enter from
the veranda. Luck was coming now
in greater measure than he had dared
10 hope.
The light in the room went out.
The minutes passed, p quarter Of an
hour, a half, three-quarters-and then
Wallen sat up, unlaced his boots and.
tying them together with their strings,
slung them around his neck.
Like a shadow, little blacker than
the surrounding blackness, he was
across the street, and quickly, agilely,
silently, was swarming up one OF the
veranda posts.
He paused as he reached the rail to
listen-the rail was old and II had
creakeG a little, not loudly, but-who
knew tit might have been heard.
There was not sound.
He swung over onto he veranda aud
moved cautiously forward. In mo-
ment he was at Marle's door. Again
he listened. Nothing-not sound
Only darkness within. pitch blackness
and he could see nothing.
His face was set now. his jaws
hard-clamped. His plan was simple
TO choke this human devil into submls-
sion before the other could make
sound, 10 get his fingers first OF all
upon the rulian's throat.
lie was stealing into the room, feel
Ing before him. He touched the foot
of the bed and guide1 himself along
the side of IT,
Stealthlly, inch by inch, he crept to-
ward the head of the bed, reached II.
his hands shot forward, lunging swift
~ with the body weight behind them.
closed on the mans throat--and the
ary' instant he vas staggering back
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Mothers Memory.

Three-year-old Marian accompanied
grandfather home for dinner the other
Sunday. Grandmother was delighted.
but she wished to seem surprised, so
she asked: "Now, whatever made you
come today, baby"
And baby made answer: "Oh, my
mamma was as mad as everything this
morning. She scOlded John and daddy
TOOK his part, and then she turned on
me and gave me the dickens for eat
inc cendy, and (mournfully) | amt
had any for n whole month";"
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Arriving al the railway station, Sec
rotary Daniels and his party walked
from the train through an avenue OF
whlte-unifOrmed war camp community
girls to a vehicle which had been fitted
up as ships boat and which had the
name "JOsephus" ON its bows. This
bore the secretary and his party TO
their hotel, where reception was
held. II took him almost an hour to
reach the hotel because OF the throngs
In the streets
DuriFg an address he saii:
"A am GLAD 10 relura "a mis- section
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ENTER eUNeA.

synopsis-stacey wallen, FIRST
mate OF the bark Upolo. in the
Java sea, is the sole survivor of
the crew, all victims OF yellow
fever. Ting wah, Chinese sailor,
last man to die, tells Wallen he
and FIVE other Cinnamon were sent
aboard by Drink House Sam" mo-
torious character OF Singapore, TO
kill him. This recalls to Wallen an
incident 81 his childhood which
seems connected with the confess
sion. While delirious, wallen en-
tiers in the ships log the fact of
his death and abandons the vessel
Scottish trader there, MacKnight,
in a small boat. Wallen's boat
drifts to the island OF Arru and a
cares for him. Learning that a ship
Is in port on the other side Of the
island, twenty miles away, Wallen,
though unfit for the task, starts
to reach It, but falls exhausted on
the TRAN. There he is found by a
man and woman who are from the
ship he was trying to reach, Mott
frat mate, and Helen MacKay, a
passenger. They convey him to the
vessel. The ship proves to be a
rmall tramp steamer, the Monleigh,
Captain Laynton. Laynton tells
Wallen the vessel had been char
tered by wallen's father to find
him, the father knowing his son to
be In grave danger because of a
long-standlng feud between the
elder Wallen and n notorious pirate,
Ram Gulab Singh. Baynton also
informs him of the death OF his
f,thor a,,,,,t.tr.- yh.. ~ fo,ott,,.
was believed to be an accident.
Wallen instantly associates his IA
theirs death with the Chinaman's
confession on the Upolo. He takes
over the charter OF the vessel and
sails for Singapore. Helen MacKay
explains that she is on a visit to
an aunt in Sumatra. Wallen agrees
20 take her there, just touching at
Singapore, where he is determined
TO fathom the mystery of Drink
House Sans" enmity. While look
ing over his fathers papers. which
Daynton had turned over to him,
Wallen is startled by the thrusting
of a piece Of paper Beneath his
cabin door. On the paper is traced
a human hand from which all but
the forefnger had been hacked
away. He recognized It as of slnis-
ter import. connected with the
death of his father. At Singapore
Wallen leaves the ship. alone. and
visits Drink-H House Sans bar-room,
determined to force from him an
calculation of the mystery. An
nouncing himself as Stacey Wallen.
Sam denounces him as a liar and
the crowd in the bar-room attacks
him. Wallen escapes, but waits
outside the place. having made up
his mind to have an interview alone
with Sam.
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GET READY, /.
a. FOR FLU
Keep Your Liver Active, Your
system Purified and Free From
Colds by Taking Calotabs,
the Nausealess Calomel
Tablets, that are De-
hghtful, Safe and
Sure.

Physicians and Druggists are advis-
ing their friends to keep their systems
purified and their organs in perfect
working order as a protection against
the return of influenza. They know
that clogged up system and a lazy
liver favor colds, influenza and serious
complications.
To cut short a cold overnight and to
prevent serious complications take one
Calotab at bedtime with n swallow Of
water---that 3 all. No salts, no nausea,
no ping, no sickening after effects.
Next morning your cold has vanished,
yopr liver is active, your system is puri-
4 4 and refreshed and you are feeling
fine with a hearty appetite for break
fast. Eat what you please--no danger.
Calotabs are sold only in soriginal
sealed packages, price thirty-fve cents.
Every druggist is authorized to refund
your money IL you are not perfectly
delighted with Calotahs.-fAdv.)
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RESTITUTION TO UNCi E SAM
Large and Small Amounts Are Con-
stantly Being Sent in to the
conscience Fund" y

The "still small voice" of console
which Shakespeare tells us 80
make towards of us all" has G.
penitent persons throughout the ~
States to turn into Uncle Sans ~
science fund" the sum Of nenrly
n million dollars since 1911, &eH
first contribution was IrecelvedN
transgressiOns of thee contr6E
cover a wide range 4 law hr,
There is also a gtest variety ip
amounts of the sums cntrjbn,E
ranging from twqfents 't,coye,res
cost of postagETtamp' eeher a 81
the government tmore tpn sio.
stolen by evadlg custc2 uuJ
Most of the persGs who s'\p ino
to this fund try tdkeep theiNasF
secret. according to wrl'e
New York Sun. Some OF them
their handwriting or r"-posely
spell words. All ,"ese yrecau.io, ~
Unnecessary, however, sS-.s--s
ury officials hold all ~ l cOmmunica.
lions confidential; il fsc'. In this case
and this alone, wrongdoers may con-
fess and make restitution without fear
of prosecution.