The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, November 15, 1889, Image 4
"LITTLE BROWN HANDS."
They drive home th? cows from 'ho pasture
Op tlmnigh the lonK sbady lams,
Where the quail whistles loud In the wheat Held,
\v . All yellow with ripening grain
* They Hud. In the thick waving grasses.
v Where the ccorlct lipped strawberry gro\v\
They gather the earlj"*>t suowdrops.
L. Aod the first crimson buds t?f tin row*
They toss the hay la the meadow.
They gather the elder blooms w hi to,
? They find where the dusky graftos purple
In the soft tinted Octolxir light
. TjH-r know where the apples bang ripest,
H/. r And ore sweeter than Italy's wines; 0
. They know whore the fruit U tho thickest
the long, thorny blackltorry vines
gather tho delicate urn weeds, I
"55 u,l? \
'*? . ' oriole** hariiinocliJ^w
K'.' a*Aht tlmo are'folilivt , ^
tor a song that a fond maf^T *, L
t __ "jMr. slumber
no's# who toll bravelyorslnga.
The humble end r i^*""
- And fronythoeo ? strongest;
handed children
^ rulers of state
^^JB,|ibor and statesman.
The ^pAu .n^fcliia of Aur land;
' -sSVword and chlscVand palette
dl^^fcheU be held in tho Uttlo brow u band.
-New Haven Nowa
? Victoria's Crown.
Queen Victoria's crown, kept with
other royal regalia under strong guard
at the old tower, and worn only on state
/ occasions, is 0110 of the most costly tneignias
now in existence. To begin with,
thero aro twenty diamonds around the
* circlet or headband, each worth $7,500,
or $160,000 for the set. Resides these
twenty thero aro two extra large center
diamonds each valued at $10,000, making
$20,000 more; fifty-four smaller diamonds,
placed at the angles of the others,
each valued at $500; four crosses, each
worth $00,000, and composed of twentyfivo
diamonds; four largo diamonds on
top of crosses, each having a money
valuo of $5,000; twelvo diamonds in the
fleur-de-lis, $50,000; eighteen smnllei
diamonds contained in the same, $10,000
pearls, diamonds and rubies upon arches
and circlets not mentioned before, $50,
000; also 141 small diamonds formed ir
roses and monograms, $25,000; twenty
six diamonds in uppcy cross, $15,500
two circles "of pearls about the rim o
tho headpiece, $15,000 each. The tola
money valuoof this relic in any jeweler'i
market in tho world would bo at leas
$000,000, metal and all included.?St
Louis Republic.
Mr. Itlt-nliliiK* Retort.
Farmer Illenkins. whoso wife, Man
Jane, is noted for never being plcasoi
with anything that alio seesor hears, sol
dom has a chanco to administer a rebuk
of her disagreeably critical habit, but on
day Ids opportunity came, and i?e di
not raiss it.
They had been to Dost on together an
on their return houio ono of tho ncij^l
in and began a converse
"Ilow'd yo liko it, Mis' BTenkin.'-"
vLa\va sake!" snapped out J:rs. ltle
kins, "Everythln* I seo thero was j(
frightful!" .
"I beliovo yo, Mary Jane," broko
Farmer Dlenkius. "Yo wa'nt doi
nothin' tho wliolo day but stoppin'
front of lookin' glasses!"?Youths' Coi
pan ion.
Ho Recovered.
Ono of Chicago's old residents v. usta
en Bick tho other day, and lio was aCi
ously ill, too. IIo was not ready tod
and ho asked that a leading physician i
summoned. When this physician can
in tho old settler told him that ho felt 1
was going to die. After a careful exau
nation tho physician smiled encouragtn
ly and tried to dissipate his patient's mo
tnnrD irlnn. I? ?-- -
.-v..j .u??. ?? ??y? nu urgueu, "yc
nro all right. You thinlc you aro goii
to dio, but your foot nro not cold. Yc
ought to know that n man with wnri
foot is not going to dio." Tlio old scttk
regarded his physician contempt uousl
for a few moments, and then said wit
.disgust in his voice: "Warm feetl What
that got to do with il? Look at Joh
Rogers! Ilodicd with warm feet becaus
ho was burned at tho stake. Don't argu
with mo 011 the question of feet temper:
turd" The physician said nothing, hi
tlio old settler recovered.?Chicago Ilei
aid.
Tlio lUg Ti?v?l
Tlio strangest of all tlio Imlo-Ohi
noso races, tlio ancient Qioa-Clii o
Big Toed race, is called in our geogra
pules "The Anamcso." This oxtraor
uinary people nro uliout the uglies
and worst built of nil 0111* semi-civil
ized Asiatic cousins. They aro niticl
shorter than tlio Malays, darltei
skinned, with lower foreheads, less do
volopcd skull, a Hatter nose, large
mouth, thicker lips, bluekoned teetli
gums ofton destroyed by tlio use o!
OCtel nut. Bromilient eheolr nn.l i....
bones, so llmt the face is lozengi
shaped, short neck, shoulders sloping
abruptly, and a seesawing sort of gait
when walking. But the most curiom
dovolopinent of all is tlio lug toe. II
is largo, broad and Hut; moreover, tin
rlUbmeo between t^uUkUUiU)UCJl
gave them tho namo of Qioa-Chi, 01
tho Big Toed race.
This curious physical formation is
such that it quito marks them from all
other Asiatic peoples who walk barefooted;
and, strange to sav, that
though moro than forty centuries liavo
passed since this peculiarity was lirst
noticed by Chinese travelers, and in
spito of frequent intermarriages with
other races, tho Anameso have transmitted,
without the least perceptible
modification, this formation or the
foot to their descendants today; which
facts, according to some ethnologists,
servo to prove that tho Anameso are
not descended from tho minffllii"
iiiuigonous races, but rather that they
liavo existed for an immense period of
timo as a distinct and peculiar nice.?
Wide-Awako.
Olio ?Yay to Cook u ltubOit.
A couplo of Augusta disciples of Nitnrod,
while on a recent gunning trip, after
a hard day's tramp succeeded in bagging
a small rabbit. They knew Hint the animal
was good eating, but as to bow to
cook him properly they wero not as well
posted. They i>ondcred long on the subject
until tho pangs of hunger demanded
immediate action of some sort, when
thoy tied bunny up by tho bind legs and j
picked him ns the good housewife does j
a lien. They said ho was good eating ,
just the same, with the exception of an |
occasional tuft of fur which had escaped t
the picking process.?Kennebec Journal, (
PRETTY GIRLS AT
Son* >tlilii? A lion t tlio I'ulr ^0^
^ Tr*>a?nry llcpni'tn^V
Somo of tho pn-ttSthy<0en In tho
country nro right Ix-jK^fih treasury
department. A gij^riny of them nro
Waaliingioniaiii^W^g class, they
represent tlie j..bout llio whole
country. Tbjr *Jfon(\cs r%mi brunettes,
?rt' *2ff^\>ftcdiuin; some plump,
~>nU)L ^(ome of lithe ami willowy
j'are fairly the types of the
cities ami al>out all the
the union. In that one building.
^^Voring four blocks, is to bo found nunc
beauty than a hunt through many large
cities might discover. A largo probation
of tho female clerks aro young, or
t.n t!ie minus sido of the line 1klife
is not pronitmvs u, -.0.^,1 .Office
many of the elderly women have died
off or reached an age beyond usefulness.
Those who have como into tho department
within tho last four or five years
arc mostly young women, who have just
passed throng)! tho normal schools and
have entered the government sorvico
through tho civil servico examination.
They aro a bright Jot of yofing women.
In many cases it is, perhaps, that they
aro tho prettiest girls of tho family,
which inspires them with an ambition
beyond the drudgery of housework or
the trials of a school inarm and induces
them to strivo for the more agreeable
work and better pay under tho civil
service. And this may account for
there being such a preponderance of
gCKxl looks.
They are not, as a rule, gaudy beauties
frescoed and decorated by nil, though of
course there are some of that type.
They aro usually oi a refuted type of
good, sensible, pretty girls?a littlo beyond
girlhood. They always dress in
good taste, though not generally in ati
expensive style. A jlcsignur of fashion;
might get many valuable points from tin
, female treasury clerk.
During tho ordinary working houri
; the visitor to the treasury will not set
5 many of th??so young women. They an
. apt to lie hard at work behind closet
, doors or just, shut from view by greet
baize screens over which one cannot soi
without tfie aid of a chair or step ladder
f The desks are usually provided with the?
? ... * i .1.1 i.?
J screens, UIIIUI IOU nil * U\j cut
B noyed by tho gaze of the visitors passim
t through the corridors, who would prob
ably be numerous if t ho screens were no
there.
Hut during the half hour allowed fo
lunch a swarm of pretty female clerk
f rush about the corridors to excising
(j I>it of gossips or to got their tea. Wasl
. iugton may get her reputation for la
0 beautiful women from the throng thr
0 appear on the avenue on tho way hom
,j from the departments after 4 o'clock.
Whenever there are any number <
j people on a visit to \\ ashington tho trea
.. ury is generally tho center of curiosit;
on account of tho popular interest i
money. Visitors are always Interest*
... v.., i. where the money is handle
n- regularly la act as guides t hrdligif"I
>at ademption agency, where the old no
arocounted and destroyed.?"Washiimt
in star- ;
I1 INjriwtimtliijf an Incident.
-\s Mile. Ithea was leaving Ottav
, Caiiada, ap old, .w-bitn-hHir-t-d- gontlcni
approached her in the sleeping car, an
with charioting cordiality, presented li
k- u ith a b:|sket <>f tho most beautii
]. grapes, in tho top of wbieh was a lar
bunch of Mareclial Neil roses and t
In}, following pote: Dear Madame lthea
10 ^ tbolwst Napoleon was brought
ie.'4?libtIvo in{o riymouth sound bv Caj
il- "Mdltland, <>l the llellerophon, I was bo
g. 1 ^fldly, lsjr>. My father, whu had e
,r. tensive hod houses, sent to Napoleon
in basket of llio finest hot tinmen irrni.,.u
seeing you ill the rolo of 'Josephine'
,u thought 1 would ask your acceptance (
[U yon V-character as empress of the Frcnc
,r ofal^askctof the same fruit, thus pc
v petuating the incident and paying
jj tribute to the 'empress' in t!ie person
s one who so ably represents her. Wi
n best wishes and regrets, dear madam
,0 yours Very truly, Richard Mettle, Ottaw
10 < let. 10, 18S0." Ami tho -old gentleim
x. added: "Although my countrymen cnlh
Napoleon a rascal, my fa. r had tl
r. greatest admiration for him."?E
change.
A I.lterary CurloHily,
The menu of tlio farewell banquet t
f the members of the oriental congress i
Stockholm ought to take a permanei
place in collections of literary curiositiei
^ Tho initial "sup" or nip of schnapj
which always begins a Scandinavia
1 dinner was recorded with a song in tli
p Kairs tongue. Tho soup was describe
in Getziani and a song in Chinese. lTol
Max Muller wrote a song in Snnserl
praising the salmon. The iilet do Ixeu
was mentioned by a verso in Malay an
5 by another in Javanese. Artichaut ai
r beurro was treated in Coptic; catena
, la Victoria in hieroglyphics; the ices ii
; Iliinyarltic; tho cheeses in Bicliare. Th
t, menu concluded according to tho Swc
. dish custom with "Thanks for dinner
? written in Persian.?Berlin Letter.
l> Olio of Edison's chiefs lives in Ncwarl
in a house which is all agog with wires
1 As 0110 approaches tho front gnto i
swings open and shuts automatically
Tho visitor's foot on tho steps of tin
porch rings a hell ii tho kitchen and a 1st
ouo in the master's ;tudr. By touching
a button ho opens tho front door l?cforc
tho stranger lias time to knock. An electrical
music box plays during dinner.
When tho guest retires to his Itcdroom
tho folding bed unfolds l?v
V ? -v.icny.
mien lio puts out tho gas a strange,
mocking display of skeletons, gravestones,
owls and other hideous phantasmagoria
dances ahout on the wall at his
feet, reappearing and disappearing in a
ghostly electrical glare.?Exchange.
A Now AVay to Kuril Ono's laving.
Scholl tells a good story alx>ut a cotuio
singer who called tho other day at tho I
manager's otlico of one of tho principal
cafe chantants in Paris to seo about
getting an engagement. "But lot 1110
see," said tho manager, I seem to know
your face. "Did you not sing at tho Vernon
theatro last season?" "Yes." "But,
iny poor fellow, you were a fearful
frost." "Yes; on purpose." "How on
purpose?" "You see, tho manager didn't
pay us. If I had sung well I should
liavo got nothing but applause. As I
lang as wretchedly as I could, the people
joinbarded 1110 with apples, and I got
.omethiug to cat at least."?Pull Mall
lazette. # '
SOME CURIOUS THINGS.
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ODD AND BEAUTIFUL OBJtCTS j)J
FOUND IN THE FAR EAST. ?t
(I
U
Tim 1'orowt l?wetler'ii Mdlliod of Starting ^
Flr?*i??Ciitnberaom* "t'olnn" of tlio 0ynk I"
l*?*o|ilcit?Many mid Intermtlng Kinds of 11
Itoatls.
Tho forest dwelling peoples of the fur- i
ther east have an o<ld instrument for i
making lire. Very seldom, so "far as we i
observed, do they employ tho proverbial <
method of "rubbing" two sticks?which
is not rubbing at all. Near tho coast
every man carries a bit of pitchertin the I
siri Ik?x or bnmboo slung at his waist, a
chip of a plate, English or Hutch, and
tih<irr>fiikft& dry fungus. Holding this
ment of earthonware, ho str7kcfc,?htA8&,
of tho siri box sharply, and it takes fire ]
But this method can only bo used by
tribes which have such communicMion I
with the foreigner as supplies them with
European goods. Tho inland peoples use
a raoro singular process. They carry a
short cylinder of load, hollowed roughly
to a cujdiko form at dno end, which fits
a joint of bamboo. Placing this cylinder
in the palm of the left hand, they fill the
cup with tinder, adjust the bamboo over
it, strike sharply, remove the covering as
quickly, and the tinder is alight. Observers
who take a narrow view have declared
that the earliest art practiced by
human beings after tliey escapo from
mere barbarism is pottery. These races
have long passed that stage, but wo do
not rectili any evidence that they use the
art. The faet is that, in countries which
produce the hamboo, earthenware is
hardly needed except for luxury. They
i make charms and fetiches of dried clay.
I MI'.ASURINO VALt'KS.
t Hut in Borneo tho Dyak peoples have
} a class of foreign earthenwaro singularly
interesting. As Malays employ
i brass guns for their currency, so tlie
? Dyaks employ nntiquo vases. In neither
j instance do the actual "coins" pass from
1 hand to hand, since by brass gun o
i Malay signifies a cannon, twenty feet
? long, perhaps, and a Dyak signifies o
vessel eighteen inches high or more.
e> These things are measures of value,
divided into imaginary fractions. There
5 are three varieties of this earthenware?
,. tho gust, which represents aliout ?000
t sterling, the nnga and rusn, much less
valuable. The llrst is certainly Chinese,
r and tho last probably, hut perhaps they
s never eame from the continent. At some
date unknown tho north of Borneo was
occupied by a Chinese colony which
.j- must have numbered millions. ZThis
great time, when a third part of the islie
and was cultivated and densely peopled,
may have been WO years ago. But the
,f lirst paragraph in the "Annals of Bruni"
s. recognizes a powerful Cliinese kingdom
of Batangaii in the Fifteenth century?
in we are not to digress into that fasclnat
?d ing theme, however. Tho Celestial!
i I wore exterminated about two genera
' lions ago; nn old friend of ours, tlx
in,' h .. ..... ntill carried ten pig
les again to counterfeit tlui old jars, ns na\
on the Dutch. l?ut they never succeeded i
passing olT their imitations. The Nag
may lie Hindoo or Japanese, of very r<
moto antiquity; hoth peoples had grea
"> settleineiils in the island at-001110 tim
beyond liumaii memory. They havo lei
'd. Buddhist remains of iinportanco her
l('r and there.
'd We secured no samples of theso curl
ous things, for reasons that havo beei
be suggested. Hut tlie recollection calls t
mind some extraordinary objects of th
as same class, in a sense, which aro treni
b nred on the other side of the world.
rn WONDF.UFWf, nF..\pg.
x* The Aggrv juul the Popo heads, whicl
a serve for jewels in West Africa, are glas
In resembling earthenware of unlcnowi
I manufacture, of immemorial antiquity
and beyond modern skill to counterfeit
b) Most European nations, probably, liavi
>r* tried their hand at imitating the Aggr^
II head. The shrewdest chemists and tin
?f cleverest artificers of Venico and Bir
*b tuingham havo done their best; the pot
l?> ters of England, France and Germany
:l? havo exhausted their resources, but it
III vain. It does not seein such a diilicull
'd enterprise, however. The beads are ir
i? regular in shape and size; many havi
x" been sawn in two. They havo an opaque
ground?ochro yellow in the most valuable
species?but so various that thU
point gives no trouble. A rough ornaluont
of circles in another hue rum
through the material from side to side oi
end to end. Here, again, imitation secma
^ easy, to the craftsmen of Venico in lmr.
ticulnr; but appearances aro deceptive,
11 evidently. The Popo bead, less valuable,
" but valuable enough, Is blue glass, transI
parent, but bo manufactured that it show*
, a dull yellow against the light. These
. things aro all found in tho earth; but, so
, far ns can l>o ascertained, they never
turn up in company with bones or other
II signs of burial, which, to our mind, is thf
11 most curious fact of all. That they ars
11 ancient Egyptian is a certainty.
Many hundreds, if not thousands,wer?
'* takon in tho sack of tho palnco at Coomassie,
strung, in general, upon thai
very pretty cord which wo mentioned,
t Silk f.Vfe?
sperscd. Very handsoino they looked,
| no doubt, upon tho smooth brown skin
of tho royal dames. A pretty bracelet
from Coomassie is made of triangular
( pieces cut from tho rib of a shell, snow
white, strung in groups alternately with
these small flattened nuggets. J tut th?
curiosities saved in that loot bear only a
miserable proportion to those which men
of taste admired in tho palace and th#
big houses of thocaboeeers. But one stool
was carried away?as a memorial for the
Princess of Wales?among tho hundred!
adorned with silver which lay in all directions.
Very charming wore many of
these?tho Ashantee artist seemed to devote
his best attention to the stools.
Seven were piled, as if for removal, in
the courtjard of a great house, each
plated with ?
.iiwussu worlt, showing
much tasto and ingenuity of design.
These i>eoplo Imvo "gifts."?Saturday 1
Review. ' '
Old Mummcript. .
A scholar named Musso chanced one "
afternoon to enter a bookbinder's shop
In Paris. Noticing that the innn wsn
about to cut up a mass of manuscript, he
begged leave to examino it. To his sur- v
prise he found lhat he had hit upon th? p
works of Agobard, a learned prelate of ir
the ninth century. Seeing its value, ol
Musso purchased the manuscript, and lo
thus preserved a volumo which con- w
taincd many valuable details of those fr
early days.?Chicago Herald. lie
- f ' "r"1 ?J-lt*?
Good Story, Anjliorr
A well known Now Yorker has had
i adventure which discounts by 10.- o
)3 the nvcrngo conventional parrut p
ory. IIo was fond of knocking about r
i out of tho way quarters of the (
rorld, and left shin on tho Central e
Liner icon coast with a party of com- ,
ndes to explore tho wilderness. Dufng
a cruise of several months tho en- t
ire ship's company?a merry crew? f
iad devoted their odd hours in singng
to a parrot. Tho stiilors had lost
10 opportunities, and taught the bird
ill the seafaring lingo, and a few more
>r less elegant expletives besides
YYhen the exploring party had bidder,
llio-bird and the sailors goo<l-by they
plunged into tho heart of the tropica!
forest. After twenty-eight miles of
mortal cjlort they reached their Camping
place* for tho night.. Just ns tho
sun was going down they were startled '
to hear in tho primeval silenco a
amino. ; oaiiing down from tho
top of a tali palm. -Avast tbcro! Y6.
ncavo hoi
It was tho ship's parrot. Sut bcforo
thoy could recover thoir startled senses
tho faithful bird, having Dqifr^ivahcaAfo
prepare this ? --,- trnitr H>r
its churns of tho voyage,' fluttered
down to the; top of *a dona stump near
by and, With a shrill call, summoned
thousands of tho little green paroquets
of tho country. It is said that 11,000
of them woro'couiitcll as they circloU
around tho great gray African oracle
on tho stump, and finally took their
places on tho ground row after row.
Tho explorers looked on in dumb
amusement. When tho feathered assemblage
bccamo quiet tho ship's parrot
burst into the words of a familiar
song and, to the inextinguishable
laughter of tho travelers, tho consternation
of the rest of tho tropical world,
and tho delight of the festivo precentor,
tho whole of tho 11,000 paroquets,
with ono mighty hurst of song, broke
into "Nancy Leo."?Ballou's Magazine.
IttiilroiMl Etiquette.
A correspondent of Our Dumb Animals
tells tho following good stories
of railroad etiqueXo:
Wo have just rend an amusing story
of a nervous little man entering a car
with a parcel, arotrtid which was a
rubber strap. Ho begun snapping tho
strap totho great discomfort of all his
neighbors, regardless of tho annoyance
they clearly manifested. Tho man in
tho scat in front of him left tho car.
Then ho turned over the back and put
his feet on tho sent and kept on snapping.
Presently a big German on the
other sido got up, walked over, poked
(he little linn 1:1 tho ribs witn hi:
linger and said: "Mamma's.little baby
shall hnvo a plaything. It shall have
a littlo rattle and a littlo doll." Th<
passengers cheered, and tho sunppei
i got out of tho car as quickly as li<
1 could.
i This story reminds us cf what wi
saw on tho Dost on and Albany rail
road some time since. Tho car wa
, full. Two dudes turned tho back of \
scat and sat facing each other, occu
, pying four seats. Two young Indie
' camo in. The dudes looked ?t one'
other and laughed, intending to male
Mofudg-'i.taJce scats bcsido them. Th
? P."1;1"1* or inori-," v.^io'-iyh^fr^po
J. :A[(] v'a-vs on the other sid
Lt f. oi 1TOSiS i? O'.r, seized tho du<
< [ik-A .'f,?! L1 r) i? co!I1w,,?iU:(1 sent liij
' ion lXT ?V? thu ?,(1r of kiscompa,
? ion. Then turning tho back of tl
e front seat ho lmwr,r ?,,.i t
..v<t uuvi rU41V1 ; i-MlUIC;
there's a seat for you. Tlio cliccrin
[. of tho passengers was something'wort
11 going ten miles to hear, unci tho t\v
0 dudes were, for tho rest of tho trip, i
e quiet a eouplo as one would wish t
i
A IVoplo or tlio Cauciunj,
Each community is made up of se>
? oral village^, originally consistin
1 each of members of tho samo famil
1 or /reus, but now including seven
. families. Members of tho samo famil
? can not intermarry. Women an
l pasturago rights have been occasion
f of many feuds and vendettas. When
s woman changed hands, or husbands
. tho parties concerned could not nl way
. agree on the value in cattlo?tho Suan
j ctians had no money?of tho lady e.\
, changed. Henco arose assaults of per
I sons and batteries of towers, flu
affairs of the hamlet, so far as thoi
! were not settled by appeals to arms
were regulated by an assembly ol
adult males, in which unanimity was
required for a valid decision. Tin
foreign rclntionsof thoSuanetians con
sisted, for the most .part, in predatory
excursions into their neighbors' past
urcs. Tliov wero arrant sheep stealer?
and cattle lifters. Strann-ors moi
110 hospitality. On the contrary, it
was the custom to exact a payment
from them for passage, and the custom
still survives in petty demands made
for halting in a remote village. The
Suanctians imej' fairly lie described as
reverted pagans. Some Christian rites
?fasting in Lent, and tho use of the
sign of the ckoss?they have doubtless
preserved. But theso survivals seem
to mo 110 more to cntitlo them to the
namo of Christians than our own midsummer
night tires constittito us sun
w???*Uipcin.?D. W. Ifrcslifield in
Popular Monthly.
lonrfglftti Foucrs.
Even so <ommonplnco a thing as a
fenco give? character to tho landscape.
Tliis is a natter of importance to all
who nro itterested in making country
places nut country lifo as attractive as
Jiossihlo. Tlio fences of Norway, as
lescrihcd, must bo an ugly blemish
upon tho faco of tho country.
Two thick stakes of pine, mini seven
to eight feet long, nro driven firmlv
into tho ground within an inch of cncli
other, and repeated at intervals of four
feet.
Smaller sticks aro tlion placed in a
slanting position between tbo uprights,
which servo as grooves to keep tliem i
in their plnco, and tlioy nro still further
securo<l W i?'? 1 -
uiui UCllJg UOU1UI togcthor
with twigs of osier.
When completed, it makes so compact
a fenco that a weasel could
scarcely put his noso through. They
cannot, fipwover, boast of combining
the ornaiViental with tho useful, having
a gaiAnt, monotonous look, which
mule u/t long to sco them replaced by
ho pnptty hedgerows rf England.?
/j raerlcan Preference in Travel.
SomJ'obody has said that if a cannon
ere do^l"V.which would flro a load of
assengev,; bm Now York to Chicago
i ten min 4 and land four loads out
! five suceaj-ssfully, the fact of tho fifth
ad being / pretty regularly smashed
ould not (/letcr tho bulk of tho traffic
oiu going/ that way, if tho prico wero
>t too ldg'\?-Railway Age,
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V
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Adopt* at Stealing.
The native race* along the southern
oust of South America are described as
irofessloual wreckers and thieves. Their
iractices are told by the author of "The
Jruiuo of tho Falcon," not for commend-*
it ion, of course, but to warn sailors who
nay bo cast cway on thoso shores.
Ono sailor is sitting half asleep on his
iea chest. A gaucho comes up and taps
film on tlio back. '
"Bueno, Johnny; bueno, Johnny."
"If you are not off I will send a bullet
Into you," says Jack. ;
"Bueno, Johnny; bueno; till to-morrow;"
and oir skulks tho gaucho to his
horse, which ho mounts. With a sardonic
smile he takes oif his hat to Jack,
bids him farewell, and digging his spurs
into the Hanks of his wiry little Isorse,
leans over his neck and is otf at full gallop
over tho short grass of the sandy
plains.
At the first 6trido of tho horse, to
Jack's intenso surprise, his box is
wrenched vipledtly from under him. Ho
jumps up, rubs his eyes and before he
can recover his senses he sees his propivivvng
o.wi iM<mninsr a way over the
sand hills at the heels of tlie ?s*?irho'e
* 5 * rrnntlnmnn l.n/l
BlCCUi lUi 11113 viv?v? f|
I managed to make otio end of his lasso
I fast to the handle of Jack's box while
engaged In conversation with him.?
Youth's Companion.
For Adoption.
A gentleman living near Allegan,
Mich., relates an interesting story of
felino sagacity. Some person owning a
cat with three kittens, nnd desiring to
bo rid of them, took them in a bag to a
wood near the gentlenjan's house, and
dropped them.
In ji short time thu mother cat was
seen to approach tbo house with a kitten
in her mouth. Reaching the door, she
dropped the kitten and retreated to the
\\^K>ds, from whence she soon returned
with another kitten; but instead of leaving
it where the ilrst was left, she took
it to a neighboring house, then returning
to the woods brought out the third
nnd last kitten, and left it at still another
neighbor's.
ijfe old eat then disappeared, and wa<
not seen again until it was timo for'thr
kittens to be fed. when 6he visifed eacli
houso, nursed the kittens, and then dis
appeared ngain.
This courso of procedure she followed
until the kittens were weaned, when 6h<
disappeared, and has not been seen since
Was it reason or instinct that caused tin
mother cat to distribute tlio kittens t<
' different homes, so that all might b
' adopted and the lives of all spared?Youth's
Companion.
llncllll 011 a Haiti Ilcad.
' Dr. Savmonne claims to have isolate
3 a bacillus, called by liim "bacillus crini
vorox," which is the cause of alopcch
lie says, found only on tho scalp t
s man, other hirsute parts of tho bod)
and also tlio fur of animals, being frc
from it. The bacilli invade tho hai
s follicles and mako tho hair very brittl.
li so that they break olf to tho skin. The
e tho roots themselves are attacked,
e tho microbes can be destroyed early i
(1 the disease the vitality of tho hairs lun
the niiiiniL'Ss is
r* ing is Dr. Saymonne's remedy to pr
^ vent baldness: Ten parts crude coil liv.
^ oil, ten parts of tho expressed juico *
10 onions and five parts of mucilage or tl
s yolk of an egg aro thoroughly shake
' together and tho mixture applied to tl
fj scalp and well rubbed in onco a wee!
0 This, ho asserts, will certainly brin
,s back ihe hair if tho roots aro not ahead
o destroyed, but tho application of tl
remedy must bo very distressing to tl
patient's friends and neighbors.?Med
cal Record.
A S?c?t Propositi.
\ "The sweetest proposal ever dreamt
y of," said Kli Perkins, "I think is froi
j Austin Dobson,"
5 "May I call you rnula?" ho nske
a modestly. *
! "Yes," she said faintly,
s "Dear Paula?may I call you that?"
h "I suppose so."
> "Do you know I love you?"
"Yes."
c "And shall I love you always?"
r "If you wish to."
, "And will you lovo me?"
f Paula did not reply.
* "Will you, Paula?" ho repeated.
"You may lovo me," she said again.
"But don't you lovo me in return?"
"I love veil ?r> "
? %^ ' v liu
"Won't you say anything moro ex
1 plicit?"
"I would rather not."
They wero married and happy within
threo months.?Exchange.
Kuruti IIIs Tax.
West Gardiner boasts of a dog thai
earns enough to pay his poll tnx. Ho ii
a big mastitr and does a big churning
overy week, the churn being iitted uj:
with a sort of threshing machino treadk
on which tho dog walks. Tho most remarkable
part of the transaction is that
the dog enjoys the business so well or has
such a senso of responsibility that no inducement
can.entice him from the work
during business hours.?Fairfield "(Me.)
Journal.
Wantvil It Good.
"Aro you fond of music?" asked Mrs.
Symphony of an elderly relativo from
tho country.
"Well, yes, I am," was tho careful reply;
"that is, when it's good music,
Laury. Now you take a good accordeum
an' a flddlo an' a pair o' bones an' a flute,
an'let'cm all play'Old Nicodcmus' all
at tho saino time, and I tell you it's
sweet!"?Harper's IJazar.
South American I'luni.'c r?
"You North Americans don't know |
anything about the gambling feature
of lioi'so racitiL*." wiiil ? .1? 0-1 _
^ SOU
of South America at the Fifth Avenue
hotel. "You hick up a terrible rumpus
when one of your plungers makes
a bet of $10,000 on a race. Down in
the Argentine Republic they would
laugh at that sort of plunging. Those
fellows make no bones of putting un
100,000 at a whack when they think
they've got a good thing. They nro
the most daring gamblers in the world.
A year ago one of them sent to England
and paid guineas for a horse
that ho wanted to win just one race
with. Tho animal arrived in good
shape and walked away with the Held
at 0 to 1, makingllioowner half a mil
lion richer than ho was before. A
great many horses will bo shipped there
by ami by from the United Slate s The
business lias bc^un already on a small
scale."*?Now \ork Tribune.
Great Clearing .Out
AUCTION ON SA
See the Prices C
"GO yards Calico at 3| c worth 5 c. >
" at 4ic worth GJc. 5
100 yards Wool fi led Keutucky Jean", ut I
WJ-. 1
rtcki'i", ?t 01 an I Re. f
Feather Ticking, at ll lcand 13 c worth 15 1
and . IRo 1
Ail-woolre l Flannel at UJJe.
\V< ui' iin solid leather Sh<-es ?t 55c. '
Chi drei s copper up Shoes, ut 35c.
Children* i>olt t-hoea at !0c.
Mens llroguns at 75c.
High pr:ice8 are dcul. FLYNN luis ki le<
A fresh lot of Clothing received last mow
pr ce? :
$8 Sails for $ 1 85. I !
$10 Sui's for !?C 25 ^ 1!
Slack Cork Screws, $S 75, 810 and $12 50. j
Tins, Hairpins, Rations an I Thread I'iro
CLEAR \N' K SALE of
I.EADEIi AND CI!
May 27
GUNS,
rt TT T>
\-J\ K-J JL
Having given nil Import Order for my *
cast of them, I challenge the Suite in priu?"?
If you w:im u ii'cj Gun como to see inc
Yours, very
Stop m
WK will ask you to drop in and
I lected Stock of Now Goods that urn no
dress
J , ,
Our Slock of Press Fabrics is com
e Henriettas, Cashmeres, Mohairs, l'liid
We wish to call the Indies' spceia
latest styles.
b 0 0 t s a i
d Our lloot and Shoe department c<
l* to the Public. Our lav^o Shoo trade i:
l" we represent thcut to bo.
;f CLOTHING ! CLOT
In tliis departtnent we have pure
;r now ready to supply tbo deurituls of c
3 suit to the old man in bis sober suit ol
HATS AJ
M We ask you to examine ourlirj
n Caps, of every shape, quality anil style
IV ? ? lis
anoo 11 sit.
We havo a polite corps of Salcsui
c* *1' ' !..<uK sold at
e-r Mat elt 2;>
- / I ?
! THE BANNER D
It.
g
A We have our banners hung out on the oul
,c high price*. We have prices down tlal am
ic Our i .mouse stock of l>rj Goods, Boot:
i- tirely new mul fresh from ttic Factories.
THE PASS-WORD IS
j Brogan Shoes f ir IK) cents.
Qeuts Congress ami Lice Shoes, $1
11 nnil up.
The heat Scotch bottom Boot for S2 50.
? Cli hi reus Shoes from 15 cents to 50 cents
A LkIv's good Button Shoe for SI.
A good heavy Boot for $1 f?0.
Can give Man or Boy a Hut for 20 cents
Heavy ullwool Jeans for 25 cents.
-10 yards Oulico for 05 ccute.
5 papers Hair Pius for 5 cents
Oil Cloth for Table Covers, 20 cents pci
yard.
We cannot and wi]
We have the best line of Gents and Boys
We can fit the largest man or sina'lest bay ii
Clothing, so don't forget to call and exaoiin
l'lease remember that all of our inimensi
and fresh, and we have no shelf worn or ini
Be sure and call at the BANNKK STORK
RC
Sept G
Our Mammol
t HAS at rived, ami all our Depute
; NEW SEASON
1 at prices that will talk l??r thopisclves.
anyone that lor styles, quality,* and low
We call especial attention to
RRKSS OOODS,
LADIES' CLOAKS,
UNDKRWKAK,
M HNS' A
J
Cvi-i)mie cordi illy invite 1 to call
i'llli autre silt ?* I .1-:
. ?- ? ? i _) I if 1(1 IT UK
FOSTER, W
J ?l fl *#
NEW JEWEL!
NE11
ji;ST i;IOC,o 1 \ KI? .?? K. IS. TII10v/
ami most choice selection of Jewelry to be
WATCH I0S, CLOCKS,
10 A It RINGS, KINO 10 It ltli
SILVKll AND SUA 101
ALL KINDS OF FL
which he intends to sell lower than ever.
After eighteen \cars experience in the b
tunnncr of work in his line with skill i
warm tiled.
Sept 6 36
lTORDAY 9TH.
luoted Here :
lens heaxy Boots, all sixes, fl 30
latch those prices nod you will strike oil.
lemnants Calic?. 2o per yard,
lemnants Dress Goods 4c per yard.
fc D o s Goods 60 per yord.
ltlo Dress Goods, tiJc per yard.
|.">c Dress G < ds, 10c prr yaid.
(Do Ul ick llenr etla for JMe.
itic " " " 2'Jc.
Doj " Cashmere for 42c.
Too " ' * 50o.
H.tc " " 58o.
J them. ^
h now offered a" tho fallowing ridiculous
S'i Overcoats for $ ? 05.
lj>8 Overc >st'? f >r $ ? GO.
512 50 Overcasts for $8 50.
rr/i in to any person buying at tho GREAT
Ti * TCT?"r A7"1V"!\
.YMriONOlT"LOW PRICES."
12 tf
if S!
G DNS!
tin im, \vh:oh implies a great saviug in the
t.
^ *
respectfully,
W. D. BEWLEY.
j d Look.
give a look at tlio large and well-sow
arriving daily.
GOODS.
iploto in every particular, consisting of
s, Farm Cloth, &c.
I attention to our Dress Patterns of tho
y SHO E s.
iiiiit-ts nf Goods that \ro can r-cuuiuiend
* proof enough that our Goods arc what
HING ! CLOTHING!
ha.?ed a larger stock than usual, and ore
very one?fr "ii tlio littlo hoy in his first
f black.
v ?I A ? .1 ?
?an.i weU-sclect.d Stock of U*tB nod
Wo call special attention ?o our A 111
en who will take pleasure in showing you
pi'Tr.1:"wiii.uiuir
EY GOODS STORE
I ward wall an 1 the war cry is down, down with
1 will keep them down.
?, Shoe, Hats, Ti unks, Clothing, &c., nre enLIVE
AND LET LIVE.
3 Papers Pins for 0 cents.
r> 20 ltalIs Sewing thread for .'>0 cents.
12 Dozen Buttons for 5 cents.
Susi cmlcrs for 10 cents.
A 10-1 Blaukct for $1.
A full-grown Quilt for'JO cents.
A beautiful Counterpane for 75 cents.
Gents Undershirts, for 25 cents.
Gcuts Collnrs, all sizes, for 10 cents.
Beautiful Lice Curtains cheaper than ever
before, and only a few pair left.
11 not be undersold.
Clothing, that has ever beeu shown in Union a
the county. We. have the inside track on
c our stock.
s stock in every department is entirely new
I'erior eroods in <?? ? ?
o 6,% i,a VM*
)DGER & PURCELL.
3(5 ] y
th New Stock
tout* are fuller than evor with
JABLE GOODS,
Ai) inspection of our lines will satisfy
prices, we can't to beat.
Ni) HOY'S CLOTHING,
KANS AND CASSlMKItKS
HOOTS AND SI 10ES,
HATS, ETC
iinl see for liitiisqlfor herself. \V
i represented.
ILKINS & CO.
iY !
iT JEWELRY
Ell'S Model Jewelry Store, the In
found in the upeountry ; consist!
HllEAST PI
VOS, CUFF llUTT
11 PLATED WARE.
ME STATIOMEJ
usines*, lie is fully prepared t
rod dcspntch. All goods ar
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