The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, March 15, 1901, Image 4
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This is your opportunity.
The Southern Railroad lias been
selected na to the route to the vetrnn'a
reunion.
Jjjd joukrrw lhat tlx re was the
outline of a jack as) on a ton d 11 *r
note? Well there is. See if you e n
find it, some of you who havo a ten
\Ve can't, look. If it was on the dol
lars we would take n look.
Jhe storm passed over th> West
with ^*reat furj', loaving destruction
in Its path A telegram from Dallas
Texas, says that the loss of j rrperty
in the Southern urea of tint State
' ? 1 Ml! .1 ?1 I ..
alone la estimated at a muauu uu.m.a.
fVTtJCKefil.
Jt is reporte 1 that Senator McLaurie
has been read out of the Democratic
party. A Washington correspondence
announces that his nam?
lias been ttricken from the Demo
cratic caucus roll, and that this undone
with the endorsement of VeLaurln
himself, ilow* does this strike
some of his backers? His resignation
Is next thing in order.
A new species of Rays h:n been
discoverel by a Frenchman named
Bacquerel, which lfc is said in comparison
knocks the famous X-Rnyout
of the box. The new ray in addition
to other things makes it possible to
tell genuine from artificial diamondf
1 the dark. This extra power will
be a great blessing to newspap'r
editors as we do not want to have any
diubt about tin genuiness of our
diamonds.
fi was reportod a few days ago (hat
ihe Seaboard Air Line had been
bought out by August Belmont and
the Rotchilds and would be operated
in connection with the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad. John Skelton
Williams, the President of tho Seaboard,
denies the report, and that it t
iis a nowe/> iper fabrication.
>fr. Williams snys the Seaboard
Air is not for sale at any price
not only intends to hold on to the
jroad but intends to it;l!y develop the
.country through which tL pa;scs, and
Jie is a man that usually carries out
|bis intentions.
\Vard Brown, biographer
41 tid publisher, West I'-nd, \* >n<:
fjranch, N. .1., announces that the
life of the worl t famous (down and
howmat), Co). I>.m Rice, lias reached
completion. This volume is so replete
with such a startling ami varied
series of personal adventurers and
incidents of historical character as
to furnish additional evldenco that
'* Truth i? stronger than fiction." It
is a remark it K recor,l half n century
of a sensational .career, never
p trailed by the followers of i.iy profession.
It is full of wjtand wisdQip,
and contains N00 pages, handsomely j
Jbound and profusely illustrated. The |
xag?u ir edi ion is now ready at $:t 00
per copy. Tie special editim was
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iStudies In Astronomy.
| A Study of the Important Pianets
as we Journey Onward,
in Waking Our
I TRIP AROUND THE SUN
j Wait her Pi edict ions for Sex t Wei k
l.ofdl fomjitiftiw onnol hn accurately
predicted ami we will announce
the forecasts for the g-neral conditions
throughout the count iv as best
we may he ?ihle to g it her ihetu.
The wfntliT p--diet?-d la?0 wop*
came h few days ?iheid of time. l(?th
to l?hh plena inr. with po?ih'o local
shower. From I'Oth to li'J'd t ho equinoctial
storm wi'l form in the West
titl'f States and travel northward up
the Mississippi Valley, causing heavy
' nius more or le?s m >, 1 parts of the
e >uatry Tjie moon will be new next
Wednesday, at which tly.n it will
also have crossed the celestial equator
going north. This is a weather heeding
period. It m ly be squ ?!!>*. The
moon has been north of the ecliptic
since tho lith. it will pass south of
the ecliptic on the iM'h. and south of
the equator on April 1st.
mar$ at irs itrif;iimsr
is the MosriroF i rs same.
Has liven :i Conspicuous Object in
the livening Skies for Month*
it ltd is Still u 1'uxr.ler.
The planet M irs ! as l?.? n a eons, i uous
object. in the evening skies for several
months and has now reached its
maximum brightness. 1 wa'< "in <>;
position" to the sun Feb:uaty - J. Tw
or throe months le?no o viag to m r isitisr
distanc\ it will c-a?o to force it-self
up in public attention, and nil prcu-titically
dis ippear for two \car<. Inasmuch
as the centre around v.lo -h M us
describes its oibit is not very th s? to ilie
sun, the inteival between its pith and
the earth's is n ?t uni or.n. 1 i one pla :o
they are only :?">,()'.?),(in;i m l. s apart,
and in another fully ODD milis.
It is at the latter point that we are now
pissing the ru I ty planet. A February
"opposition" is never so favorable to
stil ly of Martian geography us an A"pp
u <t "opposition," then fore, though some
of the most strikin* discoveries liave
kaan mmlt* :it i j,, time of uur.
w iihout d mbt lb.*? gr- .test pr ?"? iih
which t! is planet present* to (he a-to ionomers
relate to th j nature of ih-tscalled
canals. I'erelval J.o veil b-hows
them to ba streaks of ?1 irk v * jet.c i >.
following the course of a sysv in of uuh
gating ditches. lie dues n ?t iini'ius
that these channels are forty, lif'y and a
hundred miles wide, but that branches
extend latterly from the nuin vatciiV"iY'/fiiflP,'"aceor.lint
to Ins view, d ?
the canals themselves beoni* visiM .
But Mr. Lowell's conjectures, fas muriatic
as they are, have not yet beni
lucked up by demonslrali ins, and aie
not yet entertained by adiouom rs wh >
are trained in the art of weighing evidences
an 1 who carefully d s'.iiigu -.ii b?tween
hypothesis and fact.' Auntie r
supposition legardiug the.ss strange
markings is that they are in re li su *-s
in the crust of Mars. A thud way ot
dealing with them is to consider them
an optical illusion. 5^ch aya elli, their
discoverer, and Flamnvaroa, one of id-*
ugliest living auth unties 011 the s it je* f,
however, insist on the povtrnmei.t fiom
my positive declaration as to their nature.
The mysteiy of the canals is still further
heightened by the assertion lint at
times they appear double. Schiayan l.i
was ill** lirst to announce this pecnli tr....
1! : i! ? . - .
ii,). iiu was ii e.n.eu 10 suspi ct t lutl iu
some way or other ihe duplie it ion whs
related to a change of seasons. I' w.-.s
equinox on Mars. The amount < I' e.-rroborative
tvi.lenc-* iu supp ?it of thoccurence
of p i ininat ion thus far p'csetited
is not great, and althoiuh at 01 ?
time aslionomer* were inclined to repaid
the question as si tiled aitl;mill-velv,
there hm since been a slight react; >n iu
their faith. Antoniadi, for inst ince.
insists that the effect of doubling ein li
produced iu any telescope by a si gat inaccuracy
in focussing. Tins < xplaualion
has not leeu leceivel with uuiv is 11
favor. Indeed, it proves too much
Sometimes Sehi ivarelli, I* iwell aid
>thers report, only two or time eanals
doubled, and sometimes a score, ho' at
the same time a few other c.ina's appeal
single. Now Autoniudi's the ?ry s em*
to requite all shall appear double oi
.tli single. Ah Mia ma'terniv si.iiiS,
therefore, th -uv is a great nerd <>! fuither
obsei vation with special i ft r. ie<
to germination, and though the distance
of Mars ijt the pnsent opposition i* in favorable
to such .stij ly, jvt the season
is at hand when, according to Sehi yarelli,
the phenomnnou ought to !.e expect!
d.
I'u/y. iog as the canals are, though,
they have begun to revolutionize ecientilic
notions regarding the distribution
of laud and water on Mars. |>
the orange and pink anas were call.<1
continental, and the gray, green and
blue oceanic. At first the can d*, hi.li
are generally gray, weie on)/ d -teci o
on what were consi le e I 11 id era* ,
But su sequent ly th-y ?ere pure *ived n
what had been regarded in pens, Thu?
thl'Y I aw sn/g sted the probability t' vt|
I t'ic (l.lTVit'iicts in 1 it? mi i he pl.uut have ri
b. en wuJuly intyip cU?l. A number i a
of con>ideia(ious h;ul to iheVliet Maisj(|
lias v?*iy htil? water iiiithnvv, From, Sl
year to year the Outlines of t-<>roe <?l i i.?*1 xx
larger green and gray areas are modnh <1, xx
too. Ib-me it it not at all 111 >11 k?-t v that)
' , ii
prae' Killly all of the visible suiface is
land, and that some of it is tovered with
fores's or other vegetation, while some j1
of it is bare.
The apxarance and disappatrat ee f : *'
cm tain white patches in the polar >e- 1
gions of Mars long eg-? s tgces'ed the
possibility that ice and snow fori ed
v
t'wreato'ie season and melnd at an- j
otlur. lint this series of events would
o ill for a climi'.e very much like that < t ! ^
the earth, whereas M us is further fiosn ! '
I
the son than the earth, an I gets 1. >s ;
jlie.tt from tint source than vei1
j il.?. Moreover, Inio * a sun I: r m <1 '
| probibly in oM *r Inly tha i th mr.h. '
i seatm p:\Vn ih'e tli it it h ?s ra in e 1 o;T *
mora of its onr'anl wiru'.'i. I'.mr. 1
eicuMy.it should lie n il-h e ihl r than ?
o ir globe. Should sue" i he th' ease. I
then it is ti >t water, hut ami? other
s distance, which a'l rna'e'.y ni t.? an I
congeals at til > M irti.in piles Possibly '
it is e i;hmic a *i 1 w i in tr 11 f ?r n - I(
tions l7o.li a 1 qui.! to a soli I sta'e and 11
back again are ? hserved. Tt i< much to t
lie \si-hid that i!s identity eon' 1 he?s- I
taha-lied. inasmuch as it uoul I alTo-d a i
eh w to the eliiiisite sual other e tali.i n- i
j existing on the mddy pi tin t. j?
Pr>'f?s>or Campliell has e included | >
j from s;?t e'.roseop'e < bs? nation-* of MusJj
j that it has very little a'mo-sphere. Wn.t (
j <t has is n pr.ictically cloticltss air. to>.
although h; zy patch* s are sometimes
' ili-ren ahle in it. Xo swell dense clouds s
: mie seen there, though, in on the earth !
I it.il Venus. Ti e suspicion lliat t!i" iaI
tensely blight spots sometimes smmi t' >r |
} ;i few minutes at a time are dens * in ;-es ,
of vnp-?r catching the sunlight j ist at f
ttie light angle does not rt-cni to l-e j is- <
tiled. The more p'tuedble explanation
is tint they are mountain peak* or
ranges. Only the boldest imagination
u ill assume t h it they are signals to the
0vrv\i.? Xew York Tribune. i
i \r; w sr.t w /vS mini;.
cries vassar girl. '
| A * tin h <s fie T v->r loi.ii 'entnry wo n to
I e. hum to it in t o 11 .V \ ish ir t \ it leg |
! i?i11 ii -> w act im'U e. i tl'?*o/HS tn i i ijht <- I .
) Dr. 1'. I > Anderso", Ivliubu gh's ilis'
timrui.-liH'l a-t roomier. i > b- r-rarl <i a- '
the diseowivr of the li lili.oi'. new stai i
| in the constellation 1'crsem, about, win n (
the star gix *rs aid tin Allan io cible
have he mi s > buw of late.
M ss l la Watson, a stn-lent in lh ? a?, t
trononiiea' depart ment, of Vasi ?r, says 1
she saw th it star It *rse!f at 11 ohtnck o i ,
, Vr.i isViiiiUd'.t tiVTi '
; site sa w it tirst. j
! That tlie Vassal* autlin iti.M regird
Miss Watson's claims senous'y is indicted
hv the fact that limy givo out to- t
night from the college observa'ory a de- p
t died statement of the incident. ,
Miss Watson asserts th it there it no
collusion with IVofess ir An lerson and
tli i' her discovery was ij lite independent,
of his, ns hcc miera Vassargir! Arte ?nling
t) Miss Watson she was doing some
stargazing on her own account that even- ''
ing. And a well known variabl b'iiigai 1
the m mient the liappy o'-j-ect of her at
tention. The young women engaged in (h~ "
observational course in astronomy |tlv^ ''
all been in iking eyes at Ag?>l njoru of less 1
of Int.''. because he was assigned asp oul s
.subject of study, and Professio Wmtii?y !
thoroughly approved of their discreet a:- 1
tent ions.
While gazing fundiv at Ag< I a*. 11
o'clock on the night of February si I si., ^
Miss Wa'son saw an even brighter and
hands mier lacs in Ago!\s nn ni iii'e vi 1
rindy, to which she at once trarisfeiied
her interest. She reongniz 1 it im ij xjiately
as a new sta-, nearly as hiigljt as H
(Jap I1, (he brilliant, yello.v tinted, he.fvfitly
high roller, who p ises direct.y oyer- ?
nead in (he taily evenings in the latitude
of Pouglikeepsie. '
Anot her oiiaervation, made on February
'2-Vh, showed th> now arrival to li ivv
paled in biightness slightly, boig then J
to almut the sauie class with P.#hi<, the
no,e brillt.tiit ot the celebrated Cc-les'i.c [ |(
twiliU. 1 ).i toe S till: evening (lie spec-I
tic 3.-ope vva-s attached lo the ivVt Ive-n.ch '
equatorial of tl|; college o'userv itoiy, and
i he sp ctiuui of the ne w star was t iiml ( |
to bo continuous, eroved by broad iun-.s.
Kins giving evi lenoe of g<eat oil b nst.ot
hjdrog. n ami bc-lium.
t'r. 1* .-see liis lately ni-asu el Iht. (
liameLer of he pi m lie Vmmsaod li ids j,
the v ilne Id sq-,e aid s. T lis is in a^ret- j
neiit vvi h the value lii.Si secuiii by ,j
IVor*. An v.-r.s troui helium iter hi isnres '
,a!?eii at the tr.?ii->i s of 1S7 1 and 1.SS2
If Ihese an; ledilCtd lo iniles (luklllg Che
v>ln pna lax .eS SIstcimh), the icsult..
. .... ... u i i I^I Mil
Ui.iui wi I riiMO i i 1 ^ J I * i rv i i #
i II f.flS ?>! 7,"l '# I t II lr*<4
i * *
"Tin: I'njov TiMiis wants Governor c
deSwconey to discharge ha f ihe P
con>tnbles and send for Mrs. (lu.vie
Xat i >n, the Kansas 8aloon smasher, ,
<o take their place. That would he ^
nil right, but wo are afraid that Mrs. 1
Nation is not educated up to distinguish
between blind tigers and dispensarit'8."?"Aiken
.lournul and lie- tj
view. oi
That's a hict, and to make a boo
point of it, it. is doubtful if our own
people in some instances would hit
the nail on the head in an effort to
make the distinction in somo places,
\Yunderstand that not all of the
ili
ardent disposed by the tiger is slipped
into th towns contraband, I ut I ears h
the stau^p of the "chemically pure," 1
fuss a etc, Wher? ?? the gouroe ot
ildn supply V( ui
Kx-l'resident Gen. Benjamin llarison
died at his home at Indianpolis,
I rid., at 1:1.*) o'clock Wedncsa.v
afternoon, after a lotiyr unconciousness.
Death came quitly and
ith.nu pain. IVeaidcnt McKinley
ill order salu'es lire I at the various A
nny p st< ii dav of the funeral, H
nd on stop honri when tlio news is
eeeivod S nee hi* defeat for ro-oleeion
t.? the presidency (Jen. Harrison
leveled almost his entire attention
o the praetiee of law.
I he Anderson .Labor Contracts
rhieh it is claimed reduced free
l 4 - - ''""M? n n/1 U'll'lpll llJlS
ilOOrtTSt l" -iniri ) , miw ..
such a furor of excitement,
i:i> been thoroughly investigated by
lie grand jury who returns thirteen
nen for indict incut. There will
wohably vet be lively limes in An- ^1
icrson over this matter. Magistrate
bluer i< a 'so indicted for inisappru- >
>riat i >n of court foes. The total sum
>f which is said to he about $u0. lie
m-* resigned his office.
A committee of students from the
L'niversiiy of llnllilo got olT a pood
mo a few days ago. They went to
nvitc Bryan to address the students. M
hey missed Bryan, but ran across
Frederick Fulcher, chief door tender
it the Kilicot Club, who very much
esembles Bryan. He was prevail -d
ipon t)(,M and address the students,
ml they cheered lustily, never j <
c iowing but that they had listened |
,o Bryan. j
'.'Tm: Union* Timks daring the pa>t
rear conducted ?n aggressive warfare
igainst the concealed weapon ev 1,
ho Union delegation in the legisln- (
;ure supporting the movement. Wo
hardly think the legislation adopted
ivill prove etTective, but, It will probably
lead to something more prActiual."?Yorkvillo
Yeoman.
11 will prove effective if the newspapers
will endeavor to arouse an '
honest effort on the part of the municipal
authorities to enforce the law,
instead of eternally expressing a doul t
>f Its effectiveness or liklihool of i'a
mforcement.
Bryan is going to add four m* re
uigestohis pnper, The Commoner,
to admit advertisements. We preliet
that the advertisements that get
n the tirst issues of tlie adverti.-ing
Jommoner will be read by every sul ?
scFiber to The Commjner, and nil
lie deadhead borrowors besides.
IVhat a golden opportunity for the !
uwed-by-pu re-local-reading- matter, j
'at cut Medicine man. '
Bryan is alsojinspecting the printing
dants of Xew York preparatory to
tutting in a lurger plant for The
'ohnmoner.
West JSml News Notes. ^
I ui deistand that, the storm last Sun- (1
iy did ionfrid?*ntf-le yl.unage toutli if ,
Inimi ' t
V.-ur correspondent interviewed some
t iIn- Fair Fore-t farmers and ihey ie- *?
int. that they are further along with
le-ir plowing than they have been in *
vera! jeais. Country produce seems
ailier scarce now. liuiter and eggs aie
ir.nuing ha?.d-uuie pi ices in this part;uf
li-cpy. ?
The word hacjers ate keeping us in
unethiiig to burn at a dollar a load, a
hit then- is a big difference in some of
lie loads 1 have s-ecuted a wok! hanlr
w h?? diives three mules, I believe he ?
une from the west. He linu'ed such a
Mid l?>ad I handed him a dolla 1* f >re
ie un'oadtd it. I lis face btightened nj>
nd I told in.V wife whenever that mail *
.roiigltt. lis a load of wood to give him *good
dinner and she will, if she can
ii.d ant thing to cook.
Uncle Jack IIarris' mil't wagon fai'el
> come aiound the oiler day, an I it
.as pietty liaid times around these a
Ills about dinner lime. Wc don't want I
tale lack to let the woods ret on lire
i.y 11lore at.d keep us out c.f our din- "
er.
Well, the small i ox has disappeared
r< in this part of the city, l don't know
f a single case iu town. 1
Air. ?(1. Young, one of our neigh- 1
>is, dad af'er a id.oiL illness a few days
go. He was born at.d reared on Fair
'or. st ahont six miles ninth of Union.
Ie had been an invalid for aliout Iwet.ty
ve yea is. Hope that he is better olf ?
ow.
Mr. la-wis abo died with pneumonia V
nd was buried at the new cemetery.
The pastor of the Second Methodist
hurcli lilted his pulpit Sunday atid O
IH/.cntU Hi! IUUUI Sll l>K SeiUlOII.
Tnere was no poaching at the H.iptist I .
Lnm:Ij on account of the illness ol' Hit I'
a-t<?r, licV. I >. C. Fit-etna".
On the i.ight of the 10th ric Ellen |
Yiwier took an over dose of laudanum. |
tie .says flmt s'te took it?orHi*ve pur,
ut for the tiuiely u-riv.il of I> -s Austell
q I fool fclie would have s on liern d? ad.
Two of our null girts bid a lit tie rui.-nderstatiding
and one of if.eiu attacked
ih other and in warding < 11''the blows
it her right badly in the ami.
Hr.NO.
train OHita i.
Mil. Editor ?\Veh.?veson.ohu*kiien>
re, Miss Etfit) Owans iiii lean vei>
w f.n the ]a-?t few days with asthma,
a is b.:tto>- now.
Mr. L. V. Owens has a Po r 'on w th
e Mfg. Co. Mill No. 1 in the spin ng
. i it uent he say he lias ga .01 lo lbs
r e last mouth.
.Mr Owens.is a 1 up to dat-> you 1 p
'?< " *oi?jrV 7.
IT'S A
QOODTI
n
To Build Your
With Galvar
Netting.
YV tZ AKC SCLLIHU
7!4c a yardrhE
roll,
>vill enclose
irds square, mn
iml rabbit proof.
We sell nil lrincls o
be (arm, iiioliKlina: .
C * list no 1 )istributorst
^bovels, Plow Stoel
r il rirdstones, Axes,
1 urninji* Plows, 1
Spading1 Harrows,
Uanies, Collars, I3
Barbwin* sill of wh
i>hi*4m1 to flirure elos<
IT" ^
Kuyors.
Hardware L
Special SaieTof
Delivi
Vo have bought a hi<;- lot of beautif
urahle and .?tron;* Delivery Wa?ron
hem at a price that will surprise yoi
jr our snrin-r stock- anil
& o *.
rhese Wagons
ilso three handsome, high grade c?'
nd look at our line of harness, we 1
GREEN & )
==??L I V K
Ip-to-dato teams at our Stable. Ev
ing us up for a good team. Light
GREEN &,
UNION CARRIE
?Are now in active operation ai
REPAIRING OK ^
Ii^li Grade work on Buggies, Wage
Vre have gathered in our shop the I
lired and each man is well up in 1
nt today the best wagons in the Sot
lis statement.. Call and see the wo;
le place, Kobinson & Allen's Old ?
JIM ION CARRIAi
Nineteen Hundred and One,
Twelve month ago we begun,
Your interest we sought,
Your patronage we won,
We feel you can say with us 1
This yeav we begin; other pat
llow about it, can't we count
Our stock is complete.
All prices we meet, "when we
GRAHAM &
'HONE 84, Tfc
*
- \> M
[MP?
LIT IL^
Garden Fence
lized Poultry a
\
5 FOOT WIRE
=5o YARDS TO
*1, j?*ai*den Npot
ikinsr it chioken
f Hnrdwnrc for
(\nvils, Bellows,
W Heelbarrows,
ks, Farm Bells,
Terracing' and
Disc Harro w?,
Back Bands,
ads, Nails and
ieli we arfe preely
oil for Cash
'jslsr Co.
eaders.
erv Wiinne
? J
iilly finished, light running,
s and we are going to sell
11. We want to make room
*!
Must 60.
irriages at a bargain. Call
aiake them, they are good.
BOYD.
R
erything new. Call on or
and heavy transfer.
BOYD.
GE WORKS
ad are prepared to do?
\LL KINDS.
>us and Carriages a specialty,
best men that can be prods
place. We are turning
ith, and v/ii can substantiate
rk going on. Don't forget ^
itand. Yours for business,
GE WORKS.
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