Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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0EBBBEBEBEi I GR/ K |? 10 BIG SHOWS bp! BEST OX THE HO i ? K the best institution ot where will be seen some iTh M R PLANTATION Mlh SW THE \TRE, the greatest < L|J mei .nch< ?!v go to the LA KJLM iti.r miicir . Iinrinor livrin ^|9| 111m. I I IV.I -IV ? Vi.ll IV.i||Mf I 1 III fQ the pre:it FERRIS WHEI children and all others w HSj thin* entirely new. Hig Jjj AA'iONO THE F Sk} never before litUmpte !? Flying Trapes e at d H fcS3| of Fine Italian Musici id pBBBBBBEEBJ ^jTheir Elopement | "tVliat i- \lii< storf, Kotbriyo, about your 11n\";iplanned an rlopotncnt with tin; i.nxumian's tlatiglit?T*;" "Ob. senor, lot ns not nabout rum. "Come. It'll rue about it.' "Well. seller. I flou t like to, bur if 1 man I must. Recnu*o Arango lntd a good r.-iMoh ami several thousand sheep he iritisl e.\p? < t to wed his daughter to -one' grandee. lie was a widower, arid Ju.inita was his only child. If he had hud . sou he would not have been -o pa refit! of her. As It was. he watch?hI Iut u.no carefully than his sheep, which roamed where they liked. Utu .1 n?tnit ) was never allowed to leave the ranch lest -he meet some young fellow iilioin any property and, losing I. r li'-ait. make it unpleasant for the Id man and Ills plans. I had .-nine capital in Ar.uigo's hand?, and he relied on me to keep the slieep froin freezing or starving and to do the sell? mgr. I could not see win lie would not fa\or me for a son-in-law, but he did ma. True, I am twenty years older than ics daughter, but thai is not -o bad. and do not women prefer to marry men older tliau themselves? I acicU *ery honorably with Arango. I .?-ke?l him for his daughter's baud n ithoui having tirsl spoken to her. instead of acting like an American and getting th< girl's heart without permission." ''Jlnt did you not try to run away with the girl'/" "Pat knee, yen or. I am rooting t?> 'bar. What yon suppose Arango do when I ask him honorably for his daughter? lie laugh in ni,v face. That laugh was the only answer I ever got. I bore it as best T could, but never try io take 11 mean revenge. "Arango would never l?*l any young men eon-e to visit at the ranch, but his daughter, who had beou edueated at ilie convent, sometimes bad her school mates eome to sec her. Due day one of iln-se girl?, RUmea Kavedra. en mo to the ranch. She was a tall girl, with blue eyes and l'-d cheeks. I did md think her beautiful, because she hud on her upper lip Hint suspicion <?f a miiut.iclw, tvliVli l\ .r m? in.iil.l any woman's lusnify. r.uf there was a r.arejes.s .swing with her and an honest louring thai I liked. At fit-si sh? did not take any notice of me. Init after a lime she lagan t?> make friends with inc. Then I thought. "Here is a eha.ae to console my self for tin* loss (.f .Juanir.i and at the same lime ! t the old man .-<>< that I a in not so iiunh disappointed after all.' "One time I started In t.? ask lWanen to l?o toy wife when she threw tip her hands and exclaimed: " 'Oh. heavens, Is this tie- constancy of man? Not two mouths ago you pro posed for tho hand of my friend, and now you are going to propose fMy mine. Here is .luanita dying for love of you. who do not deserve to he lowd." "Well. I toll her that I did not know that my love for .luanita was return ed. Resides, Arango would not eon sent. Would not it be hotter to take ihe girl who was free to > < t for her *elf? "'You have no pluek.' sic- said. 'If I loved a girl who hived ine, | would elope with her.' "Then for the first time it occurred to me to have revenge on Arango f<?r Ills insult. Resides, if I marry his - daughter I must some time share her properly with her. So I say to Rlancit that If site will help mo I will carry off Juanlta. "'That Is easy,' she say. '.Ml you have to do is to provide relays of horses to tho rallroud fifty mile* away. I will contrive to get Juanlta ? ?l.iv unnnli In T/11! <111(1 Vflll ertll OOt "II I iiU 1 Uin II I.V J VW, -.. CF-a tralu before tbo old man knows of bis girl's escape.' "In a few days all was ready. I bad arranged to have n buck board with iho swiftest borso on tho ranch near the entrance to tho ranch at 11 o'clock at night, and the two girla wore to moot uje there. I asked Plnnen what reward she expected for her disinterested action, apd frha *tdd she acted only through friendship for two lovers. I turd b'-r thut abb must {# ug end ll^e wltli tig ua Itfua ?? IM jJbft.iru&iR t sn* liibj* to .. ? X- " t' . . BERBERS \ND FALL BENEFIT UN \i!" a UNION, ! THE WORL1 its kind on the road, and the at 1 of the people from the far East JSTRELS will return to you all y ever seen in this country, when UGHING PARLOR, laugh and j 2 pictures, from classic and arec iL which will afford you a nice ho wish to ride. DOLETA, th< jh wire walking, etc. REE ATTRACTIONS WILL id. 3 and 6:30 p. m. Profes ead Balancing acts before tf ians. Each of them is an ar DON'T FORG with her than Juanita, hot Juanltn ! would have tbe ranch sonic day, and it ( would have been very foolish for me | to Rive ber up for Blanco, who told tne j thai she bad no mouey nt all. Don't ! you think so, scnorV "By all means. Go on." I "On the night we were to run uway I i wait<*(1 under a dump of trees with j the buekbourd, for the moou was full, ' and if was light as day. They must ' | have bad trouble In carrying out their ! ! plan? to get uway, for it was nearly ; [ 12 o'clock before they eatne. When I mw two girls running toward me T ; thought ??f Arango laughing nt me. and ( I latighed out lotid myself. Along came tbe girls In the moonlight. Blnncu pulling Juanita after ber. "When they came up to the buekInKtrd 1 said: " lie brave, Juanita. You will never regret this notion.' " 'You will not, sweetheart.' said Blanea. Tie is right.* , "Blatnra put Juanita into rhe bltek- ! board while I held the reins. The j horse started too soon, and I whs ! obliged t ? attend to hlui exclusively. [ When I turned Rlanca stool before rue t in u woolen shiVt and trousers, rover- j tug mo w't!i a revolver. j 'flit:* said n changed voire. "What rould I do? Blauca was a ! man and had planned to run away with Juanita himself." "Were they forgiven?" "Yes: the old inun thought it so good i Joon inc that lie wrote them to nine hark." BRUCE PARKER. j Couldn't Enjoy It. "Dues he enjoy good health?'' "So." "What's the rnnlter with him?" "Nothing." i "I thought you said bo didn't enjoy ' i good health." | "Neither does he. lie has plenty of good health, but he can't enjoy It or I anything else because his giri lias gone j back on him." Reminded Him. "That medical gentleman hovering over the bar reminds me so of my nan! Ileal experience." "Because lie is half seas over?" ! "No, no; not so crude as that. Be1 cause tins bartender is putting the schooner info the dry doe." Leaves Them In the Air. "He is probably the meanest man on record." "IIow does he demonstrate It?" i "By proposing to every young lady lie meets. <;f course they say 'No,' exporting to lie urged, and then he never i mentions the subject again." Could Stand It. fe '>fit > bttttk^ rnkk H I Just had the dollars At little birds to pitch, j I wouldn't mourn, though some with srorn Might mieer and soy, "Now rich." Terrors of Peace, TIou<?t, lady, f would go to work If i I could find anything to do. but I have ' tramped the world over, and there is j nothing doing In my Irrulo." "Poor man, what la your trade:' "I tun a war correspondent." The Autumn Landscape. The autumn winds ?ro slghh.g. The clouds weep over all; It makes tho weather end. Indeed. To cee the water full. Not All Free. "t.iolim to tho horse show*/" "What do they do at horse bUows? break horses?'' "No, break tbo visitors." Tl?e Brute. 'Ta, la music a science or au art," "Sh, don't tell your ma I said so? lt*? a four flusto." PERT PARAGRAPHS. Often the gcCEttqpt erf lrtrtfc is tfe? whys otami a tt tyBrtnuTt ?E8SE?BB?? . FESTIVE HON FIRE DEPAI 5. C? WEEK C [;> FAMOUS BARKO tractions are all clean and of an dressed in their native costunv /our money's worth In comic ? you will witness the Thrilling grow fat. Then don't fail to s( ;orical subjects. FLYING LAD view of the town and surround e smallest lady in the world. 1 BE THE FOLLOWING: Pr isor Darella, the Champion le Public. 2:30 and 7:30 p. tist with his instrument. rET THE DATE! \\ >BBBBBBBSB g THE PLAY COW BO ( With hia Jaunty white sombrero, Pear claws hanging from hi'' vent And with fringe upon hi* trovisers. Float* in Willie from the west. Floats In Willie Cute. the cowboy, t )'rimed and looking for a row, . And it's pretty safe to venture ? That lio never pouched a cow. lie has language tipped with sulphur, Jast to make the people look, lint ho got it. more than likely, From some lurid wild west book. Walks tip to the polished counter, 'in his new embroidered suit. Talks of shooting out the gu.-light. Put tjalte careful not to shoot. With a swagger loud end stagey. Orders tip a round of drinks, ? While he tells the awestruck natives What a western cowboy thinks. Trying hard to look the terror And the wild man eating tough, ( Wouldn't it be most pathetic ] If a dude should call his bluff? Kver meet with this play cowboy, l , With his line of Joke book slung. J Hanging round an eastern city 1 Trying to impress the gang? 1 When you his harmless pistols And his broad, Impressive hat. Purchased Just for this occasion. Don't you feel like saying, "Scat?" ????? t . Enjoyed the Try. i ? v "lie is trying fyizY? tn dr,nk up a" I OI" luc ,M'/0r ,u L jKs|ja "lie knows It, J Ml and that Is why he Is so cheerful , -zJm fa \ about it. It would ; break his heart ' ***tl If he thought he could exhaust the supply." Sure Shot, He (11:30>?Will you miss me when Pm gone? She?If you duu't go soon pa will begin throwing things at yon, and ho won't miss you. The Afrerctap. He who laughs last, they say. laughs best. Ami maybe It Is true. Rut. then, he cannot see the point Till ail the rest are through. You mark ft with a diagram. Bhow how the thing was planned. And when he sees a light at last ITo laughs to beat the band. It may be much tho beltar way To lungh at It next day, Rut I would rathor r>'tt i%' sides At onee and go my-a^. A return coupon rarely goes with a ticket to oblivion. Many a girl ha* found that marrying money and marrying for money are two different propositions. It fc? wiser to pay your debts than to be talked (o death by collectors. A dunce becomes a wise guy when he chances to hit tho right side of the market. A woman isn't really afraid of burglars, but she knows that men expect her to be afraid, und she doesn't like to disappoint them. The real reason why an old bachelor doesn't marry Is because bo spends his time trying to figure out how he enme to get left. TI.A M'tlA /.i.AtiMh ? ?uni? ^ uvi minis v riHFii^n uiiniuunn ability to enjoy l>elng with men usually conies to bo spoken of as n ladies' man. ! I No Secret About It. It is no secret, that for Unfe. Rnrns, Ulcers, Fever Bores. Bore Eyes, Pol's, | etc.. nothing 1b so effective as Bncklen's Arnica Bn've "It didn't take long to cnre a had sore I had. and It la all f>. K i for sore eves/'yrritea TYL-pracrorr. of gg*, T&?? 0>o A f * 0,' vttfctf? tfreg | V*s9M?*r. K3ES33BEB3S3B& XL AND ( *TMENT C0MPA1 >ECEMBER1 OT AMUSEMENT exceptionally high order, amc es, giving one an opportuni songs, dancing, up-to-date ; Train Robbery, which will m ?e "THE STUDIO" offers atf; Y who Hies through the air lil< ling country. Then there's th Weighs only 30 lbs. 2<s inches ofessor Scott, Champion S One-arm High Dive. 4 to m. THE BARKOOT AMI This feature alone will be rKEK DKCEMRER 3HRISTM AS HOLIDAY EXCURSION RATES VIA SOUTHERN RAILWAY. ()n account of Christmas i Iolidnys, southern Railway will sell tickets rom all points cast of the Mississipai and south of the Ohio rivers and ,o St. Louis, Mo., and interim-dint joints at rate of one and one-thin irst class one way fares, plus twen- ( y-tive cents for the round trip [minimum rate 50 cents.) Tickets ,o be sold December 22n?l, 23rd, < Mth, 2oth, 30th, 31st, 100"), and January 1st, 11)00, with final limit January 4th, 1900. Tickets for teachers and students jf schools and colleges will be sold December lTih to 21th, 1005, with final limit January ?Sth, 100G, upon presentation and surrender of certificates signed by superintendents, principals and presidents of the various institutions of learning. For further information apply to my Southern Railwhy ticket agent or R. W. Hunt, Brooks Moroan, D. P. A.. A. G. P. A., Charleston, S. C. Atlanta, Ga. Mf\ to the Cheer of Christmas Season by a drink of delicious, fragrant and wholesome Coffee. What is better than a cup of the right kind of Coffee, brewed in the right kind of way and served by the right person. fcSSVMWfcNUN SSXUAKUOHHltttN Vt*WttS"WET>Euc\ous ~ S8&* wr*1 HICHCRADt UNION GROCERY CO., High Grade Coffees. ft Superior Service! The writing and filling of a prescription are both important links in the chain of recovery of a patient. Few drug stores carry such a superb stock of drugs and chemicals as we do. Few insist upon the care, skill and accuracy that we practice. Our ambition is to do Perfect Prescription Compounding and we think we succeed. The best physicians agree with us. Ideal service and right prices prevail here always. Night calls promptly answered by ringing phone 159. Palmetto Drug Co., Kutet & Rcnwiok,,Owners .j . , , ,.... . jALA wee NY'S FUND. I TO 16. a * COMPANY >ng them the following: THE S ty of studying their costumes, gags, etc. Then comes the mi akc you hold your breath. If yc actions to please lovers of art in v '< ? '1 1m iHtirflvr ' 1 af /\ff tKii aoy(1' ii uuiu my. uii u it: irai i1 ie "Old Reliable" MERRY-GO-R high, 28 years old. COL1SEI lack Wire Artist and Jugle 10 p. m. Professor Tree, in t JSEMENT COMPANY have v worth going miles to hear. 11th TO 16th. ggggggggggg THE PERFECT WAY il 'H Scores of Union People Have Learned It. in T I' you suTur from backache, there i nly on.- w<i\ io t'xiu. The perfect wa? is to cure the kidneys. A bad bac means sick kidneys fo-gl'-rt. it, urinary troubles follow. Down's Kidney PilU are m ide for kidneys only. 10 Thomas Peden, Btock buyer and trader, living on lKpo? stieet Chestei. 0 >S. (5 , says: "'The remarkable amount 15 of benefit I receiv.-d front the u e oi < Down's Kidney Pills has convince I nt? 'Ul that they are a ?rr? at kidney and ban fj( ache remedy. For a long time m> hsek pained across the loins and a - {R though 1 have used many liniun ni and all kinds of plasters it was alwa\ 1 <lte same old ache until I u-ed Dnan' j Kidney Pills The result of a brie treatment astonished me. I have n had a backache s-ince I u ed them ami have felt the strengthening effect ii every way." Ji For sae by all dealers. Prire f>? \V cents. Fo.?ter-Milhurn Co., Buflfuh *1 NVw York, sole agents forthe Unite- lit States. -at Remember the name?Doan's? ate >r take n<> other. ra Famous Fruit Farms of Texas. t,.< Arkansas, Louisiana, and the greti South-west reached l?y the Cottm '' ' Belt Route. You can purchase tor cheap round trip "Home Seeker" tick 'ts at Atlanta, Birmingham, Anniston. 1 Montgomery and certain other point 01 'any first or third Tuesday. Ticket ? | hear a linal return limit of 21 days tnd allow stop overs any point west oi ? Memphis. Ask for tickets to read b\ Memphis and The Cotton Belt. WriU L. P. Smith, Trav Pass. Agt. Atlanta, (la. p Dying of l-amine. 1 is. in its to-ments, like dying of con- ip sumption. The progie-s of consumi tn>n, from the beginning to tlie very Vt *n?l, is a long toiture. both to victin j-q >nd friends. "When I bad con-ii'oi* ? ion in its fir-t stage," writes Wm. I livers, of t'earfoss, Md., alter tying rp lilTeient medicines and a v od d- ctoi. 0 in vain, 1 at la-t took Dr King's New 0 Itiseovery. which quickly and perfectly ^ nred nie." Piompt relief and stir. . tire for tiglis colds, s<>re throat, broil- ^ chilis, etc. Positively | revents pnen nmnra. (itia ran teed at F. C. Dnke' . drug st. re. price .?0c and $1.00 a bolt e "ill t rial bottle fiee. l-jg All Service Resumed. 'O The Southern Pacific and Union Pa if ific lines reach nearly every State ii n_. the West, with Steamship Lines t> China, Japan, Hawaiian Island, A us tralinund India. H uind trip homeseekers rates t- 1"^ Louisiana, Texas, Oklalionia and oh Mexico, eaeli first and third Tuesdax Through Pullman Tourist Cars thre? J days each week from Washington, S. (/., to San Francisco via Atlanta, ' .Montgomery, Mobile and New Orleans Ur and Southern Pacific "Sunset Route." ('heap one-way colonist rates from all points to California and Northwest ? from February loth until April 7th 0 Requests for information cheerfully answered. J. F. Van Rensslaer, General Agent, < , 121 Peach tree St., S* R. (>. Bean, T. P. A. Atlanta, Ga. ; huge Task. <; It was a huge task, to undertake the % ( tire of such a ba-l case of kidney di- ] sense, as that of <). F. Collier, of Clien - <* kee. Ia.. but Electric Bitt- r.sdi l it. He writes; ".My kidneys were so far gone, > 1 could not sit on a chair without a cu-hion; and sufTered from dreadful backache, headache, and de press i n. In Electric Bitter-", however, I found s cure, and by them whs restored to per- < > feet heahh I (?commend this irreat t"?nie in* dicineto all with weak kidneys, < > liver or stomach. Guaranteed by F C. ' I?uke, druggist; price M)c. . J > r>: a rv? i C r iiiai mscnargc. <; Notice is hereby given that A. McA < , I'ittinan. executor of ttio estate of F 0. .leter, deceased, lias applied to Jasoi M. Greer. Judge of Probate, in and fo J , the County of Union, for a final dis ! cliarge as BUCh executor. <! It is ordered. That the 18th day o December A. I). 10D5. be fixed for hear ] ing of petition, and a final aettJeruen < J of naid estate. <, Jaiww M. Orrb, , Probate Judge Union County, B. 0. < | Pabliahed In T** Ukjxjn Timxs No !? 1?,W0* ^HV :ki~i WEEK OF FUN ? AMUSEMENT &? JTREETS OF CAIRO 58 mode of living, etc. ignificent ELECTRIC >u-are suffering with WJ arious forms, includ- yRS 1" by taking a ride on W OUND to please the jjj JM CIRCUS?some- ^ r, performing feats Jh he most wonderful PS ff vith them a Band sj i JUTHERN RAILWAY E SOUTH'S GREATEST SYSTEM. excelled Dining Car Service, htough Pullman Sleeping Cars on all Through Train>?Convenient Schedule cn all Local Trains, Winter Tourist Rates are w in effect to all Florida ints. For full information to rates, routes, etc., conIt nearest Southern Railway :ket Agent or OOKS MORGAN, R. W. HUNT, G. I'. A., I). P. A., \tlanta, (la. Charleston, S. C. Final Discharge. lotiee isljeroby given that J. MobJeter. Sr., administrator of the ate of York Mill, deceased, has ap d to Jason M. Greer, Judge of Proe, in and for tlie county of Union,, a iinul discharge as such administer. t is ordered, That the If tit day of oemher A. I>. 1005, be fixed for licar; of Petition, and a final settlement ?aid estate. Jason M Gukek, 'robate JuclUnion 0 uiuiy. S C. 'uhlislicd ili The Union Timks Noliber 10, 19J5. 45-4t re find that we are a little over-loaded on INE BOX PAPER d for the next thirty days e will offer some real barins in this line. We have beautiful selection of 50c >ods, surpassed by none in wn at this price, which we ill offer for thirty days, or itil sold out, for 35c per box. ?member that it is new and rictly up-to-date. We will If ive it displayed in our win>w for a few days. Be sure call and look it over even you do not need ary just )W. lUKE DRUG CO. 1 Jole Agents for Huyler's Candy in Union. ider Hotel Union. Union, S. C. www m SCm J lb. l^OFFElj ij HO J4V4 ;! COFFEE ii brews a cup of pleasing .fragrance <; and perfect flavor. i You just try it I *m once. j; Freth ithen $ealfdnndK^>un'<\ <! ' 3| FOR SALE BY ? 'i VT. P ewell Smith, PHOf^E 126.