The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, June 12, 1903, Image 3

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FUR TRAPPERS. Til* Kind of Life Thrr Lend l'v In the Wllda of Canada. "You admire furs," commented an old trnppcr as be ant contentedly smok^ I UK hia pipe. "You should go where we get them. Ah, tlint la the life?pure nlr. plain, wholesome food ^nd then after the season's work that brigade of fur loaded canoes going oft down the lakea. Every canoe Is loadtnl. 3*ou know, nlmoit to the gunwale, and they string out one behind the other, a long line of them. They usua'^. start out early In the morning ami paddle, paddle, paddle, hour after hour down this stream, through that lake and so into . civilization. "But they don't forget to eat?oh, nol About noon they go ashore. They | snub' the canoes to overhanging trees and bent around for a good flat rook on which to start their Are. But those fellows don't take an hour for luncheon. Time Is too vnhnibln to thorn They take n drink of ton, n blto of pork. Tlint Is nbout nil. Then tlioy nro off | ngnln. The mon spoil onch other nt the puddles, nnd ooonslonnll.v the on noes nro bunched by steersmen for n good smoke. ' "When night wines, the brlgiule goes nshore nnd pitches Its enuip. Tents nre put up, cnmpftros lighted nnd the supper prepnred, great clouds of black (lies nnd mosquitoes hovering around. Some of the uien busy themselves preparing the great brown flapjacks for the next dny, while others dry their moccasins or get their blankets ready to bunk in. Perhaps n cnnoc lins to bo patched the next morning before the start cnn be made. "Oh, It Is n great life up there In the wilds of Cunndn. where they get the furs. You should try It."?New York Tribune. ,t The "Tom o* DedUmii." In the old days, when the supply of lunatics exceeded their accommodation nt Bethlehem hospitnl, the ditllculty wns not met by the building of tempornry annexes, but by the admission of outdoor patients, who went by the name of Tom o' Bedlams. As an old chronicle tells us: "They lind on their left nrm nti nrtnllln of tin nbout four Inches long. They wore nbout their necks n great horn of an ox in a string or bawdry, which when they came to a house for alms they did wind, and they did put the drink given tlicnl Into this horn, whereto they did put a stopple." It was found, however, "that several vagrant persons do wander nbout the city of London and countries, pretendIng themselves to be lunatics under cure In the hospital of Bethlehem, with brass plates nbout their arms and inscriptions thereon," and these occasional patients hod* in consequence to l>e i.. m.-rr. t irVllOMCU III 1UI Ui AA^IIVIUII VIIIUIIILIVI or* Who Ploy Doll on Sunday. Tlie bishop coadjutor of Pennsylvania, Alexander Mackny-Smlth, was on the way one Sunday morning from the litfn Mnwr railroad station to tlie chapel of Uryn Mawr college, where he was to preach. As he drove in the hired station wagon along the country road lie saw approaching on foot a little boy with a ball and bat ami a catcher's mask. The bishop caused Ills carriage to pull ? up. "Little boy." he said, leaning out, "little boy." "Sir." returned the lad. "Do you know where little boys go who play ball on Sunday?" "Yes. sir." the other answered. "They go to Ileston's lot. over there behind the dam."?New York Tribune. A Brave Woman Sailor. There are any numlier of instances en record of women sailing ships Into port single handed when eompellcd thereto by some exceptional stress of circumstances. A typical ease Is that of the brlgantlne Moorburg. cholera stricken In the autumn of 1S7T while on a voyage from China to Australia. The only one that escaped the pestilence was the captain's wife, and she was handicapped by having a baby In arms to suckle and attend to. Nevertheless he nnvicnted the vessel Into Brisbane. a voyage of sonic seven weeks' duration, reefing, steering and generally performing the work of n full crew, while tenderly nursing the sick during her spare moments.?London Tlt-Blts. CAN'T BE SEPARATED. Some People have Learned how to Get Rid of Both. Backache and Kidney ache aro twin brothers. You can't separate them. And you can't get rid of the backache until you euro the kidney ache. If the kidneys are woll and strong the rest of the system is pretty sure to vimtfnna KoatHi i Doan's Kidney pills make strong healthy kidneys. ? Mr. Henry Murphy, of 684 Broadway, Memphis, Tcnn., Professional nurse, aays: "For a year or two pain anu weakness across the loins and difficulty with my kidney excretions indicated that my kidneys were either overtaxed or weakened. All my knowledge of medicine failed to bring relief and ever anxious to get rid of the trouble before A it beeame chronic, I got a box of Doan's Kidney Pills at Hamner A Ballard's drug store. They performed their work very satisfactorily. I know of a great many others in Memphis who 1 ave been benefited by Doan's Kidney Pills." For sale by all dealers. Price, 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. V.. sole agents for the United states Remember the name?Doan's and take no substitute. MEN'S FIVE SENSES, j CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT THEM NOT I GENERALLY KNOWN. The Nerve* of TnMe Are P?r?lr*e* ! by Either Very Hot or Very Colt I.I a (ltd*?The Knr I* ? Wonderfil Orsnn?The Bye* Knnlly Deceived. For sonic unknown reason different I ports of the tongue nre assigned for j the peroeptlou of different tastes. Willi the tip we taste sweet substances and salts, with the back we taste bitter things and with the sides we tasto , acids. The middle part of the tongue's surface has scarcely any sense of taste at all. The long nnmed substance parnbroinbenr-olc sulphluldc produces a most re mnrkable effect, for It gives n sense of sweetness to tlic point of tlie tongue | and ot bitterness to the bnek. Pure water tastes sweet after sulphate of magnesia. We can only taste things In solutlon; hence If the tongue were perfectly dry It would not be nfTccted by the strongest flavored substance In a dry state. The taste nerves are paralyzed by very hot or very cold liquids. After drinking very hot or Ice cold water we could not taste even such a substance as quinine. This fact supplies a useful hint for consumers of ill flavored medicines. Smell, though the least useful, Is the | tuost delicate of all our senses. Wo ran smell the three-hundred-millionth pnrt of a grain of inusk. No chemical analysis can detect such minute quantities. The most powerful microscope would not render a particle ton thousand times as large visible. We could not taste It were It many thousand times as large. While we taste liquids, we can smell only gases. Fill jour nostrils with eau do cologne, and you will experience no odor whatever. Fine as our sense of smell Is, it has deteriorated Immensely since the time when our forefathers were wild men. The Calmucks can smell an encampment twenty miles away; the Peruvians can distinguish all the South American races by their odor. But smell Is a sense highly susceptible of cultivation even by the modern white man. Dealers In ton. soloes, nor funics and drugs, in consequence Of their training, can distinguish the fniutest differences in odors. The organ of heurlng is one of the most marvelous pieces of mochanlsm lu the body. In animals the external ear acts as a trumpet to collect the sound waves; in man It Is little more than an ornament, but the internal ear is alike In both. So wonderful Is Its construction that we can distinguish sounds varying from forty to 4,000 vibrations per second. This feat is performed by a portion of the ear called the organ of Cortl. What a wonderful organ that Is may be understood from the fact that It consists of 5,000 pieces of apparatus, each piece being made up of two roils, ouc Inner hair cell and four outer hair cells?that Is, 35,000 separate parts. In some mysterious manner the rods, with other things, are tuned to different notes, and when they vibrate tliey cause the hairs to transmit an impulse to the nerve of hearing. To be musical, therefore, is to have a good organ of Cortl. Why is it that scratching a piece of glass with metal causes such an unpleasant sound? Itccausc it Is what is en I let! flic fundamental tone or tnc ear, which Is very high. What the fundnmentnl tone exuetly Is would take too much space to explain, but if you blow across the mouth of n bottle, a hollow globe, etc., you get its fundamental tone. The ear is a deceptive organ, and it is often n matter of guesswork to tell whence n sound comes, indeed, if you place the open hands in front of your cars and curve them backward sounds produced In front will appear to come from behind. Human beings and monkeys sec most things with both eyes. Our whole field of vision extends over 180 degrees or half a circle. The middle half of this we see with both eyes together, but the qunrter at each side is seen only with one eye. AH other nnlmals see most things with one ej*e only. Scarcely ever can they fix both eyes ou anything at the same time. Hut there are considerable variations. A bulldog, for Instance, somewhat closely approaches the condition of a monkey. The larger the pupil the greater the quantity of light which enters the eye. Large pnplled people, therefore, see the world in a Drigtucr nnu more cnccrrui staio man those with smnll pupils. They can see things better In the dusk or at night As every one knows from the optical Illusion pictures, tho eyes are easily deceived. A white square on a black ground appears larger than a black square of the saiuo size on a white ground. Red near green looks redder; blue near yellow looks bluer; white near black looks whiter. Touch really includes several senses. Thus there nre spots on the skin which feel heat only, spots which feel only cold, spots which feel only pain, spots which feel only pressure and spots which feel tickling. These spots are supplied with nerves capable of doing only one particular duty. The sensations of the skin are grouped by physiologists Into three kinds?toacb, pain and temperature. The skin which covers a scar has only one kind of sensation. It can feel neither pressure (touch proper) nor temperature, but perceives pain very acutely. The tongue Is the most sensitive of all parts to touch, the forehead and elbow to heat or cold. We only dream sights and sounds. We never dream tastes or smells. If we dream of a flower garden, we see the flowers, but do not smell them. If we dream of a dinner, we see the dishes, bat do not taste them. t ! INSPIRED BY A SKELETON. I Tfcs Siorr ( How rhopla Conpoied Hfa Fnseral Msrck. | Late one summer's afternoon, snid | Zlem, Chopin and I snt talking In my j studio. In one corner of the room stood j piano and In another the complete skeleton of n man with a large white j cloth thrown, ghostlike, about It. I I hotleed that now and again Chopin's j gase would wander, and from my I knowledge of the man I knew that his lllnllivhla n'nni / ** ? ? ? ? -* I ?a.vun?to *? viv iiu ?n liuiu Hit- I1I1U his surroundings. More thnn that, I know that lie wan composing. | Presently ho rose from his sont without n word, walked over to the skeleton and removed the cloth. Hq then carried It to the piano nnd, seating himself, took the hhleous object upon his knees? n strange picture of life nnd death. I Then, drawing the white cloth round himself nnd the skeleton, he laid the latter's fingers orer his own and l>cgsn to play. There was 110 hesitation In the slow, measured flow of sound which he nnd the skeleton conjured up. As the music swelled In n louder strain I closed my eyes, for there was something weird In that picture of innn and skeleton seated at the piano, with the shadows of evening decjwnlng around them nnd the ever swelling nnd ever softening music tilling the air with mystery. And I knew 1 was llsten'ng to a comi>osltlou which would live forever. ? | The music censed, and when I looked up the piano chair was empty, nnd on the floor lay Chopin's unconscious form, nnd beside lilm, smashed all to pieces, was the skeleton I prized so much. The great composer had swooned, but his march was found.?New York World. A FAIR WARNING. Mark TwaHt'a Interview -With 111a Knlarr Fnthrr-ln-lnu. Mrs. Samuel Clemens was Miss Olivia Lnngdon. For some years beforo she met Mr. Clemens she had been confined to her ImmI with what was l>e< lleved to be an Incurable disease, but she was at length miraculously restored to health. The cure was tho sensation of Hlmirn, N. Y? and young Clemens, then a newspapvF reporter, was sent there to Interview Miss I.ang. don on her recovery. lie obtained the Interview for his newspaper and brought hack lm()resslons of more value to himself, Miss T.Jlliirdnti's ntir.Mifs \\*r>rn of strongly opposed to the young newspaper man, ami, for Ills part^il^ timid* ity, so It is solemnly said, stood In tho way of the progress of his suit. Hut finally he screwed up courage to speak to Mr. Lnngdon and one morning timidly entered his future father-in-law's private olilee, where that mail was seated at work. "Mr. I.nngdon ? have you ? noticed anything ? between - your daughter ? and?me?" . "NoT' shouted the objecting parent, wheeling sharply around so as to get a full view of his v.lsltor. "Well," said the young man as lie turned to the door, ready for instant flight, "if you?keep a?sharp?lookout ?you?will!" A Mdtrrlonn Infant. The most marvelous child of history was surely little Christian Ileinecken of Lubeck, who died crowned with honor and glutted with fame when lie wus only a few months over four years old and whose biography will be read centuries hence side by side with those of Shakespeare and Goethe. When lie was but twelve months old Christian had mastered the Pentateuch so thoroughly that he could pass the most searching examination In it. A year later, wli" other infants were sWsllAil Kt* Initio O Mil ?... 4*1^ Ka Iwwl I MI/PV/I ?A.TI \WJ UVI1IV (UIU liUIIVn, 11V Ui(\l made the wliole world of sacred history his own. At three years old ho could converse fluently In French and 1 Latin and was familiar with the history and geography of the entire world, ancient as well as modern, while In his fourth year he mastered the study of the world's religious and church history. Thousands flocked to Lubeck to see and tost this miraculous child, and he was summoned to the Danish court to receive the homage of the king. But his career was doomed to be as short as It was brilliant, for he died when he was but four years and four months old. Qet the Earth. You never heard of n wild animal that had rheumatism until It reached captivity and was kept off the earth. You never heard of a horse that had rheumatism until it was shod with Iron and kept off the earth. You never heard of a dog that had rheumatism until It became a household pet and was pampered?kept off the earth. The heathen of A^rien and the Pacific islands never rheumatism, so far as we know, until they got to wearing sandals or shoes. I once knew a fool man who, whenever he got sick, would dig a trench In his garden, lie down In It and have his wife cover lilm with fresh earth an fnr up on liis chin. He would remain there for nn hour or two, then got up In fine spirits. Mother earth! The contact I It looked like the resurrection?and it was,?New York Press. Tk? Hare. In the economy of unturc the hare Is tho one creature that stands between most of the carnivorous animals and starvation. In tho northern woods, where snow lies on the ground for more thnn half the year and where vegetation Is of slow growth, the hare serves as a machine for converting birch twigs Into muscular, lean meat and providing It lu such quantities that hawks, owls, wildcats, weasels and foxes can lire In comparative luxury. A pair of hares under favorable corn! II Hons produce 70,000 ludividuaia la four IftM* | Black Hair "I have used your Hair Vigor for Ave years and ani greatly pleased with it. It certainly restores the original color to gray hair. It keeps my hair soft. ** Mrs. I Helen Kilkenny, New Portland, Me. Ayer's Hair Vigor has been restoring color to gray hair for fifty years, and it never fails to do this work, either. You can rely upon it ( for stopping your hair from falling, for keeping your scalp clean, and for making your hair grow. $1.99 a todlc. All Aratittts. IHynur ilrugcfot cannot supply you. ena tin one dollar anil wo will express you a Imlllc. Ho sure ami plvc tlic nnmo of your r.<\ire*t express olui-c. Addrcsn, J. C AY Kit CO.. Iajwell, Mass. OLD ENGLISH HOMES. The Unit Won llir Principal Apartment In lite Mlilille Afff*. AmUl all tlie luxury of n modern home It Is linrtl to realize liow our Anglo-Saxon ancestors llvetl in what now would seem a condition of utter | discomfort. Comfort was, however, | gradually evolved, and the present nr- j tlcle deals with the time when a re- ( fined condition of domestic life was first beginning to assert itself. I In tills connection It must be remom- 1 bored that during the middle ages In Kngland there was a general revolution In society. A new class had late- . ' ly sprung Into existence. Feudalism i had been destroyed and the middle and lower elements of the population were rising. With their social betterment came an Improvement both In house construction and Interior arrangement. Narrow streets were still the order of the day. 1 sadly out of keeping with our modern 1 I Ideas of sanitary requirements, while i I the houses were elilellv of the "linlf timber" kind, sonic of which luul the lower story (if stone nnd those nbove, eneh projecting over tlie one helow, ; consisted of a tlinher framework tilled In with bricks. It was a picturesque fnslilon, hut It did not provide sunshine and air. The rooms were usually small and : dark. The hnll was the principal pub- . lie apartment and remained the only \ part of the house una fleeted by the ( growing taste for domestic privacy. } The general arrangement of this very i Important part of the house Is made t apparent to us In such pictures as that | of the "Hundred Men's Hall" at St. \ Cross, nenr Winchester. I As the hall was the usual scene of > domestic festivities It was eonsid- * trod necessary to have a gallery for musicians. Sometimes this gallery occupied two sides, though usually It was placed at one end, opposite the dais. Iu large halls the llreplace was still In the middle, where there was conslructed a low platform of stone of a kind that may l>e seen In an old cut representing the tlreplncc In the great hall at Penshurst, Kent. Large Iron dogs, or andirons, supported the logs. In some parts of England they wero called "cob Irons." A group of ornamental flro Irons of the sixteenth century is most Interesting. Often an Implement placed beneath the flredog was used for moving logs. The walls of the hall were usually furnished with tapestry, and In the middle was n table with a bench on each side. There were also a cupboard, or "hutch," with side tables, one or two ciinirs nmi pcrnnps a "settle." cunlrs were still compnrntlvely rare. Buffet stools were genera I ly provided, and these conunonly lind a hole through tho middle for lifting them.?Home Beautiful. 1 A Kali llonnr. Lady Guest?Your father is such a hospitable gentleman! He dearly loves n full house, doesn't he? Jack?Well, yes?If it happens to be on his side of the table.?Kansas City Journal. Easy Pill ^ Easy to take and easy to act Is 0 that famous little pill DeWitt's . Little Early Risers. This is due to ! the fact that they tonic the liver inI stead of purging it. They never gripe nor sicken, not even the most delicate lady, and yet they are so certain in results that no one who uses them is disappointed. They cure torpid liver, , constipation, biliousness, jaundice, | headache, malaria and ward off pneumonia and fevers. . | rmrARto it I j V X. C. DtWITT A CO., CHICAGO I ^ Don't Forgot tho Namo. J EARLY RISERS Dr. R. M. Dorsey, Specialist on diseases of the EYE and EAR ?and? OPTICIAN. Successor to II. R. Goodell. Alexanders Music Hall, Spartanburg S. C. 47-ljr. He Who Has Nol _i'' /1 li m des,gners ( y tf'Ml MAKERS 0' Mry W?kZ'N? CLOTHING. A I.nrnc Orilfr. The proprietor of n certain restaurant hail "leased" the reverse side of Ills bill of fare to a carriage manufacturer, who prints advertisements thereon. The other day a customer In a great liurry ran into the restaurant, sat at a table and was handed a bill wrong side up by the flurried waiter. The customer put on his plnce-nes. curled his mustache, with his left hand and shouted in a voice of thunder: "Bring uie a fly. a landau, two victorias and a dogcart! Got any wheelbarrows?" The waiter (led.? Loudon Answers. There Is an age when every girl nrants to go on the stage, Just as there s when every boy wants to be a pirate.?Now York l'rcss. FREE TO OUR READERS. Botanic Mo jtl Jl.ilni for the Mood. If you suiter from u'c rs. ecz m.> icrofula, blood poism, cancer, ea'ii j. mres, itching skin, pimples, boils, bom >ains, swellings, rheum ?li?m, catarib >r any blood or skin disease, we advi>. rou to take Botanic Blood Balm (B 11 13) Espicially recommended for old jbstinate, deep seated cases, cures wlier* d! else tails, heals every sore, make? lie blocs! pure and rich, gives it.eskii lie rich glow of health. Druggists. Si rfr lar^? bottle. Sample Sent free b.\ vritin0 Blood Ba'm Co , Atlanta. Ga *. describe trouble mat tree medical ao 'ice scut in seal letter. Medicine sen it once, piepaid. F. L\ Duke. Jnvoiillt* I.okIc. Tlie logic of childhood Is frequently is convincing as It Is refreshingly original. Mrs. P.'s little daughter Is very much given to reasoning things out for iicrsclf and seldom falls to arrive at a satisfactory conclusion. Some weeks :igo she gave a party to a number of little friends, and when the time came for them to go home she politely asked them if they had enjoyed themselves. \I1 replied in the affirmative with the exception of one conscientious maid, who said frankly, "No, 1 didn't; I had i horrid time." "Did you really V" said the small hostess in a puzzled tone. "I don't see why. 1 had a lovely time; but, then," she added reflectively, "I suppose I ought to, 'cos, you see, it wus my party."?Brooklyn Kagle. ( rUliiK to the I'olnt. John (sheepishly)?1?I s'pose you'll be gittln' married some time? Betty (with a frightened air)?Oh, 1 dare say I shall some time. "I dare say I'll git married too." "Oh." "P'r'aps we might both git married at the same time." "Wouldn't it be awful, John, if the parson should make a mistake and in.'irrv lie In ivwli nfliurV" "I?I shouldn't mind." "No; neither should I, to tell you the truth. John." To Cure a Cold In One Day Take Laxative Brcmo Quinine Tablets All druggists refund the money if it faih to cure. E. W. Grove's signature on ?ach box. 2"?ci. 0 ly (fVuMMEirl i ^ the ll I elU ZL- THB T 1 ~|\ATE5 THE U ON the 5UMM SOUTHERN ~= c??i . Mails KAILWAY WATU.. ^ r Pass. Traffic Msr. WASHIHOTOM. D.C. ^ A - t Been to See Us T/ i ' rvuuws r.oiiiing oi our extensive and variel stock?he knows n-'tiling of 1 lie splendid wearing quality t.f our clothing except by hearsay?he knows nothing ot the exceeding moderation of our prices?and he knows nothing of the attentive, solicitous cnrc we be-tow on each patron. Don't you think,you gentlemen wiio have never been to our store, that it is decidedly to y- ur interest to drop in and have a chat with us?to t"ke a a survey of our stock?to learn ometbing of our prices? J. COHEN. BACK FROM THE FIRE. flir llimirnnril Trip nn Vlmfd !>? tlic llorxr'N Slnttil point. And nftor it was nil over?when tho red mid yellow flames lind censed to dance in the empty window spaces, when only the white steam smoke rolled up through the yawning n*?f holes?the ladders were reslilpped, you left the purring engines to drown out the Inst hidden spark, and you went prancing hack to your house, where the lonesome desk man waited patiently for your return. No loping rush was the homeward trip. The need for haste had passed. Now came the parade. You might toss your head, nrcli your neck and use all your fancy steps. The driver didn't Dir.. In I." ""II.... I'I?I > you show off a bit. The men on tho truck, smutty of face ninl hands, joked across the ladders. The strain was over. It was a time of relaxing, for behind was duty well done. Then came the nice accuracy of swinging a sixty foot truck in a ttfty foot street and of backing through a fourteen foot door wheels which spanned thirteen feet from hub rim to hub rim. After unhooking there were the rubbing and the extra feeding of oats that always follow a long rnn. How good It was to be bedded down after this lung stretching, leg limbering work!? Sowcll Ford in "fTorses Nine." A Qnrrr Monnment. Standing in Mount Hope cemetery nt Logansport, I ml., is one of the queerest monuments ever erected to the memory of any individual. It Is over the grave of William II. ltelghtcr. The statue part of tlie monument represents Mr. ltelghtcr as he was attired when stricken with heart disease. Mr. Iteigliter was n ditch contractor and prominent in his locality. It was 011 n rainy day that deatli came, and he was well prepared for the weather. He was wearing a broad brimmed hat, a mackintosh over his suit of clothes and his trousers legs wore in ms runner noots. Tlu; members of the family, wishing to reinoinlior hint as he looked when last he hade thein goodby, employed a man alnint the same size and Iniild as Mr. freighter to have his photograph taken in the clothes last worn by the deceased, and when he had carried out llie idea they replaced the head on the photograph with the head of a likeness of Mr. licightcr. This picture was sent to a sculptor in Italy, with the request that a life sized statue be made from It in Italian marble. Tlic statue Is true to life. It cost $3,000. Power Stored In Wntrh Springe. Many wntches make live beats per second, 300 each minute, 18,000 every hour or 432,000 per day. Thus It will be seen that half a dozen turns of the key once a day, taking tip but a few seconds of time, store lip n modicum of power In the spring which is cut up Into nearly 1,000,000 beats. If we multiply the daily beats by 3G3V4. the number of days in a year, we find that the watch ticks 137,788,(MX) times while the earth is making one annual trip around the sun. NE FOR BUSINESS, NE FOR PLEASURE, NE FOR ALL THE BEST 1ER RESORTS >lete Summer Resort Fold<r ! id Free to Any Address. S. H. Hakowick, W. H. Taylos, Gsn'l Pass. Agont, Asst. Gsn'l Put. Agt. washinoton, d.c. atlanta, oa. 1 I.Ill I ! I ..i ~ ~