The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, November 14, 1902, Page 3, Image 3

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K. ? V' If' I" ft s t" -* - & v Vali I , "; - J 1 ? > v _ >. ; "A i "\ -v { / j . , d > ^ ^ Tnat? wj mor says exam lnea o" s f \ i'. X r- > \ X ' *\ . v \ f ' MEN AND E * * * * " ..J ' . We Knew liav? to pro extra good ir C?XXVi. VV C7 JU.C* V V V? "v . ' * ?'v, \ V ' ' ' ' ; L x ^ '* V ' **?"". K : PurcelPs Old S HE WAS A PAINTER. ~ A Drnnlcen Prlnoncr'a Excnne In New York I'ollce Conrt. It Is characteristic of almost all the prisoners except the drnnks that their chief concern is to secure a delay. They plead and beg for an adjournment, which they know will only postpone the inevitable for a day or two, and that nltliougb, through their, inability to obtain bail, they will" hare to stay in prison Just the came. The most plausiblc explanation is that they all are fatalists, always hoping that something unexpected may turn up to stave off the Impending catastrophe. The drunks, on the other hand, are more eager to face the arbiter of their fates, knowing that nothing worse than a fine is likely to befall them and that the sooner it is imposed the sooner it may be paid or served off. And then thero jr' is the chance, if the magistrate is in |f good humor, .that they may get away unscathed at once. As a r\de, although not seldom still In their mips, they are loath to mnke any incriminating admissions. "No, sir," protested^* rtjnn who kept himself from falling over by holding on nervously to the4 bar; "I'm not drunk. 'cause* no one's tlrunk who's hot falling all over himself." Excuses of the most wonderful kind, some^rf them really ingenious, others merel^-ldiculous, are put forward when tho futility of feigu ing" innocence has been ellscovereel. The cleverest explanation of that kind that I ever heard was advanced by a man who, when taxed with having displayed unmistakable signs of intoxication, simply replied that ha .was a ' painter by trade. - "That has nothing to do with your condition,'' said the magistrate. "Of course It has," rejoined the prisoner. "I was painting a barber pole and kept on twisting after the stripes until I gbt so dizzy that the cop thought I was boozy."?-Edward Iliorkman in Century. i He \V?*n'l One of I lie Two. Uncle Ooorge? You are always com plaining about your wife's bad temper. but you know It taken two to make n quarrel. IJniry-lo tl.tn <nre the two nr- in> wife nnrt my wife's nioiher.-Hostoj Transcript. 'A-' . 4 _ / 1 v: I'nlnifx^ ItcntliM. Probably the least painful death I: ,<4>y weans of nil overdose of chloroform (Votl begin with a jplrnHruit nri!n:it>on ml cti<l In oblivion.; It-mode ueld scfs In stadia neouidy. Prfsuudiig the nitony J Of anticipation napliled. s<rtie .violent tfeattis arc quite pitalcr*. km they Rlvc no time for feeling pain. Such are betas blown to pieces by dynamite or by ,'vj d shell. Drowning IS rihlri to be n luxury. ntul experts l^ave recommended opening ft yclrt In a hot buth. Luudano'ni nnd other no.eotlea would ruu chloroform and ether lutrd for flrsl fiUco. 'ilK'."' ' / * ^ \ m, .tSr-HGF JES b.at every cue lio lias seen a ur line of JOYS' CLOTH If tliat w? woi duo? sometlii x tlxeso 11 xxos a 5 done It itand <^0$* HE WORKED THE BANKER. How n Clover Merchant Killed Two Bird* With One Stone. Rcccntl3* a wealthy merchant In TarIs who does ail extensive business with Jupnn was informed that n prominent firm in Yokohama had failed, but the numc of the firm he could not learn, though ho was most nnxious to ascertain whether it was the one with which he did most of his business in that elty. He could have learned the truth by cabling, but Instead he went to the man, a well known bnnker, who had received the news nr.d requested him to roveal the name of the firm to liim. "That's a very delicate thing to do." replied the banker, "for the ne\vs is not official, and if I gave you the name I might Incur some responsibility." The merchant argued, but in vain, and finally lie mndo this proposition: "I will give you." ha said, "a list of ten firms In Yokohama, and I will ask I 3*011 to look through (t and then to tell I me, without mentioning any name, whether or not the name of the firm which lias failed appears in it. Surely you will do that for me?" "Yes," said the banker, "for If I do not mention nn3' name I cannot be held responsible In any way." Tbo list was made. The banker looked through It and as lie handed It j back to tbo merchant Raid, "The name of the firm which has failed Is there." ^"Theh I've lost heavily," replied the merchant, "for that is the Arm with which I did business," showing him a name on the list. "But how do you know that Is the ? Arm which has failed?" asked the banker in surprise. "Vary easily," replied the merchant "Of the ten names on the list only one ' is genuine, that of the Arm with which I did business. All the others are Actl- 1 tious." ^ PeltlnR Vlltnice Names. "The Street of the Roasted Corn" Is t one of the curious names of streets In Peking and suggests the singular and i often confusing names given to Chinese villages. Ilers are a few village names taken from an area of a few mlfcs square: "Horse Words Vllloge," jfrom a tradition of a speaking animal; ' Snir Family Bull Village," "Wang Family Great Melon Village," "Tiger Catching Village," "Horse Without a Hoof Village," "Village of tho Loving I and- Benevolent Magistrate" ana the I "Village of the Makers of Fine ToothJ ed Combs." Arthur H. Smith In his book on "Village Life In China" says that n market town on the highway, the well of which afforded only brackish water, was called "Bitter Water Shop," but aa this name was not pleasing to the ear it was changed on the tax lists to > "Sweet Water Shop." If any one asked how it was that the same fountain could thus send forth at the same time waters both bitter and sweet, he was , aniwared, "Sweet Water Shop la the Bitter .Water SUoj?," _ ^ V . * 1EATES Eyei ito no. $5.1 Arc *16. 4- iT* one j- o-ve t 1ST "bu.3 xx<a. ao'"WO .ng _ larg n<i "Wo tiXJLC .x%r\ AVOID IND 3? i iK u/rwnw ?***# u= If ...AND BE C wesson cookino oil ' Pure IDeoctab Can be used over a '/U* *1 SOLD EVER^ ^jy^VrV '' S.'^')*}"' Write for Booklet* n cook book n< r Wesson Proct ^ savakkab..?w volt phi Lover*' Qrnrrcl. Beryl?Cholly Is nothing. If not up to ilate. He said to EthelSibyl?But I thought they had quarreled. Beryl?So they did. But he told her their quarrel was n "wireless" one. Sibyl?llow did It resemble wireless telegraphy? Beryl?Because they had "words over aoth lug."?Ba It I more II era Id. Speak Kindly Wards Now. Id the course of our lives there nnist be many times when thoughtless words ore spoken by us which wound the hearts of others, and there are also many little occasions when the word of cheor is needed from us and we aro silent. There are lives of wearisome monotony which a word of kindness can relieve. There Is suffering which words of sympathy can mako more endurable. and often oven to the midst of wealth and luxury there are those who listen and long in vain for some expression of disinterested kindness. Speak to those while they can hoar and be helped by you. for the day may come when all our expressions of love and appreciation may be unheard. Imagine yourself standing beside their last resting place. Think of the things you could have said of them and to thorn while they were yet living. Then fcO t&l th?B aowv-Exchange. k i i G 3 w? ar JO, $7.50, $ ^ sometliing tc cu?tom?r t;o cays lt'? "tin. r Tbouglit lor ow if yon ar T'in? ex ja.-uLit: ctn X'fc !OC2L%.Thf5> iKoeln^ tliini? it; moa 3 ?ai.3.<3. conts S? 1 3?-,0-0. to C 1 ~^7\7~o ^Tvill ao tl: JGESTION ROOKING QjL SL ONTENT.. IS AN ABSOLUTELY Ic g>ro&uct. ^ ND OVER AOAIN ~ t /j ii'vvHERE r nd Valuabl* ^ ^' ;ss Co. BRICK! BRICK!! BRICK!!! 'For Hole in nnv ! cjuaritity. i j The Rodger Brick Works, I FORSALECHEAP Ono 1") II. I'. JV>iIor and Engine (detached) one Jirick Mrehirig, 20,000 daily capacity. The Rodger Brick Works. 25-tf ^ Wo pr-n.ptiy obtain I!. H. anil rtjonil model, sketch or rboto of Invention lord j l" '1''' " ''' u Ml,' I ||; n ^wash i\ 1 IV EN. ? offering for 18.50, $10.00 ) Too proud, of. XVO 53.^X7"O E-Old O iDOSt suit ll? ttie money o t tiinKins of ly time soon S our lino, for ns n, few clolivecl for you, omo and Bee le rest. \lfiW Hlnthincr Stnrp w VIWVIIIII^ VIUI Ui A WORD To the wise is sufficient, and that is this, Gm. W. Going is Selling Goods Cheaper Than -his competitors. Co trie one, come all and pive me a chance to prove that the above assertion is | true. Yours respectfully, GEO. W. GOING. 8S-8:no .?? ? ? I I II ?Hi?? We Make The Spots Fly and return nil linen laundered beautifully, clean and sweet. Nothing secret about mir methods, it is very simple. Intelligence is used as well as clensing agents which do not harm fabric or color. '1 hose through whose hands the work passes use every efTort to reach perfection and the work of the U-Need-a Steam Laundry shows that they are always successful. Wheels Going Cheap. Col.mbia Chain less, Crescent Chainless, Syracuse. Forest Blue, Foiest. Bliick, Mivlison Bl?ck, Citscent 84 Gear. I have one at $6.00. Call at once. W. NEWELL SMITH, Home rhone <&. Heat Main St . r, ' "... . THE SENSE OF SIGHT J HOW AN INFANT SLOWLY LEARNd TO EXERCISE IT. Power Only (<> 1)1 nt I iikii I? >1 Ilrtneen LIkIiI nud OnrknoMM?The Development of (he Power of Vinton. The sense most early exercised by tlio iiowln vn infant is the sense of s!;;h(. hut i< t llvst it has the power only to distinguish li^lit from darkness and is in comparison with its Inter development blind, while in many of the lower creatures the seuses are at birth fully developed. What a difference there Is between fllP llllll nvo rvf fill* IwiU'liAPii It if?> nn/1 tho sharp vision of the young chick, which i.i ahlo to pick up with precision :t grain of corn or even snap up a tly while the eggshell may be still sticking to its back! The eye of the infant, however, is developed very gradually, and during infancy and childhood it learns how to see. In the first few days it notices thf difference between light and darkness when the light Is very intense, and it may even knit Its browin sleep if a bright light bo brought close to Its fe.ee. On the same principle a striking bright color will also be noticed when held close to the face. In all these cases, however, the infant follows the object by turning its head and not by tlio movement of the eyes. The eyelids open and shut from birth, hut they are not always moved at the same time with the movements of tho eyeballs until the infant has reached the second or third month. Under two or three months of age infants do not wink when tho hand or an object Is waved before the face, because they do not see tlie hand distinctly. One of the remarkable poluto of Interest In the development of the Infant'.! power of vision is tho way in which it learns to appreciate tlie oblects seen. It has to learn to discover the distance of objects, tlielr shape, size, character, etc., and this it docs with the assistance of the sense o? touch. The face of the mother or nurse is made fuuillinr in that it is brought so close to the Infant's face. After the infant has learned to seo objects distinctly at the distance of several feet It begins to use both eyes In common. At first the eyes net independently of each other, so that it undoubtedly has double vision nnd sees everything double. This double vision can bo produced by many at will by looking "cross eyed." The infant having reached the point wheu it sets an object clearly, it must also begin to understand objects of three dimensions?that is, to lltul out the difference between a flat surface nnd a solid body. Here the sense of touch also assists. The Infant grasps an object and. putting it to its lips and face, satisfies itself as to the shape, character, etc. It is interesting In this connection to note some cases in which a person horn blind recovers sight when grown. In one case a young man who had lost his sight in early infancy was so completely blinded that he could not distinguish even the strongest light from darkness. After on operation on one eye had been successfully performed he began to see objects without understanding them?not being aide to Judge their distances from his eye?and he felt as If everything was touching his eye, so that to touch an object lie at first would put one finger or the hand up before ills face, pointing at the object aimed at, ami rcacli forward until his linger came In contact with the object. After lie had recovered the use of both eyes he began to find out that everything was not fiat, hut that many things had a cortain thickness ns well as length and breadth, and In this way he began to see solid objects. Ibit even for a year or two after complete recovery lie was unable to dccldo whether a certain tlgure was a tint surface. as in a painting, or a solid body. lie was also obliged to learn the different animals nnd objects, not knowing the difference between a eat ami a dog until lie had touched them. We all go through Just the same process of learning how to see in infaift-y. The child may lie two or three years, or even older, before It lias control over its eyes and can judge of the distance of objects in the room, etc. The rare of the eye is a question of great Importance for mothers nnd nurses. The eyes of newborn infants should bo carefully washed with fresh, clear water, and if anything unusual is noticed the physician should bo seen. Tlio infant's eyes are specially to be protected against too bright a light. It Is by no means an uncommon thing to see a nurse wheeling a young Infant in the carriage while the t"lght sun is pour I into tlio child's eyes. This does not argue against taking Infants into tlio tsun when tlie weather is not too warm, but tlie eyes should always bo protected against the bright glare, whether direct or reflected. t Overplayed Tliomselvea. "Confound it!" exclaimed the sallow dyspeptic in the ttfth row, under his breath. "We've overdone the applause. Inst end cf merely coming out and bowing her thnnks, she's going to sing again."?Chicago Tribune. DEFECTS OF VISION CORRECTED WITH SUITABLE GLASSES. Persons who roali/.e the importAr.ee and value of coirooLly adjusted glasses invariably have their eyes examined ar? fitted by H. R. GOODELL, Optician,. SPARTANBURG, a C. Consultation Ltea