The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-02-25

Dooth was residing in Baltimore. pious
uroanc old gentleman of that city. hcarin,
OF his great power Of rlocution. one day in
'"ed hin' to dinner, although Always dcprc
eating the stage and all theatrical pcrfnrm
"hces' "A large cor pany sat down at tn,
table, and on returning to th. drawi,y r,ou
ono "f them asked 30 dh, as special favor
10 'hen' "ii, to repeat the Lords prayer
ne s'Snlled his willingness to crafty them
anu all eyes were fixed upon him. lie
slowly aud rcvcrently arose from his chair
trembling with the burden of two grca,
conceptions. He had to rcaliz. the char
acter' attributes and presence of the AL
,s"et ,"''e".J Seius he was ~ uaarrss. tiu uus,,
transform himself into poor SHINING. stun
bling beuish;ed, needy supplicaut, offering
homage, asking bread, pardon, liyh. and
guidance. Says one of the company who
was present: 1T was wonderful. to watch
the play ofcmotionswhich convulscd his conn
tcnance. He became deadly pale, and his
turned trembling upward, were wet with eyes
tears. AS yet he had not spoken. The
silence could be fell; it had become ab.o
lutely painful, until at last the smell WAS
broken rs If by an electric shock, as his
rlch toned voice syllablcd forth. "Our
Father, which arc in Heaven" etc with a
Pathos and fervid solemnity which thrilled
all hearts. lie finished; the silence con-
t'"ued. not voice was heard, not a mus.
cie moved in his rapt audience until, from
rcmnta nn-~sr % -~',v rvv,n, u suuuuva aou
was heard, and the old gentleman, (lhc
host) stepped forward with streaming eyes
and totterins frame and seized Booth bv
the hand. Sir" said he in broken nc.
cents, "you have afforded me pleasure for
which my whole future life will feel CRATE
ful. l am an old man, aud every day from
boyhood to the present time, have repeated
the Lords prayer; but never heard it be,
fore, never J" "You are right replied
Booth to read that prayer as it should be
read, caused me the sevcrcst study and la
Dor for thirty years, and l am far from sat-
lshed with my rendering of that wonderful
production" Hardly one person in ten
thousand ccmprehcrds how much beauty.
| III n "P"vo ~ sIupIu. L nuJ prayer III Usc1f
sufficiently illustrates the truth of the Bible,
and stamps upon it the seal of divinity
4AHiance.
Except the place and the "pious, urbane old
gentleman" the above is true. II occurred in
Philadelphia, Mt n dinner party given by the
lamented Adam Waldie, Publisher of "Waldic's s
Select Circulating Library" Our dear departed
Father was present and when boy, we have often
heard him give very similar description of
that remarkable scene.-[EDlroR UNION TINES.
THE UPAs TREE.-It is one of the curl.
ous facts in the history Of dclusions that
even scientific men once had an unques-
tioning faith in the deadly influence Of the
Upas Tree on living things within its range.
DR.. French, an eminent surgeon in the SER
vice Of the East India Company, first de.
scribcd the tree and its destructive power in
"Pennock's Outlines OF the Globe" pub.
lished ut the close of the last century. As
he gavo the account from his observation it
seemed entitled to a greater weight. lie
said saw it myself, the sole individual OF
species, standing alone in scene Of solitary
horror in the middle of naked, blasted
plain, surrounded by circle Of mountains
the whole area of which is covered will
the skeletons of birds, beasts, and men,
Not vestige of vegetable life is to be seer
within the contaminated atmosphere and ev
en- the fishes die in the water.
| NJ. N. he, bol hnk ;ej
accepted the theory as scientific fact ant
in his "Botanic Garden" exercised a littl,
poetic license making the nilsma penetrate
over ten leagues square. and destroy
the eagle in the air or the lion on tn,
plain.
A more careful investigation of facts ha
found the tree to be perfectly harmless, ant
that the destructive power is due alone T.
fumes Of sulphatc and carbonic acid ga
coming from volcanic openings in the region
There is famous "Valley poison" at tn
foot of the volcano Papandaging, in Java
where scientific travellers have found grea
number of dead animals of various kinds
as dogs, cats, tigers, rhinocerosses, squirrel
birds, aud snakes The soft parts Of th
animals, as the skins and muscles and hal
q and feathers are preserved, while the bone
t crumble and disappear. No living thing
found in the vicinity save the Upas Tre
Z and it is not surprising thar supersttious NJ
tions of its malarious power should hay
been widespread. But the true cause
death in this case is very obvious, as thel
o are many crcvices and openings in the sid
y of the mountains from which carbonic aci
gas and sulphurous fumes are emitted
great quantities 1t was these emissions
u which the elder Pliny and his companio
were suffocated, at tho time Of the destru