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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-04-22
COLUMBIA AND GREENVILLE
RAILROAD,
PAssE NIGER DEPARTMENT.

PAssE NIGER DEPARTMENT.
COLUMBIA, 8. c., April 9Th, 1881
On and after Thursday, April 7, 1881, Pas.
senger Trains will run as herewith indicated
upon this Road and its branches.
DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAYS.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-04-22
Horse Millinery.

UST received, good lot of Saddles, Riding
e and Flow Brides in large variety, Double
and Single Buggy Harness, Wagon Harness and
Breeching, Horse Covers and Blankets, &C., SC.
J. T. HILL s. co.
March l8 ii n
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-04
The Presidency.

Whe first gave America the idea of a
President2 Should such question be asked,
the reply would be, Benjamin Franklin
Twenty-Five years before the Declaration of
Independence, Franklin was a member of
the Colonial Convention, held at Albany,
the object q which was to consolidate the
Colonies undera President General. British
Interests were to be promoted, but the home
government objected to giving such power
to their Colonies, and the scheme failed.
Hence, when the revolution took place, a
President" was natural idea. At first he
was merely President of Congress, but when
the present Constitution was formed, he was
President and General. Franklin Just lived
long enough to behold the beginning of his
scheme in George Washington, his dearest
friend, who visited him in dying bed when
he passed through Philadelphia on his way
to New York City. Franklin died soon
sfterward, but the news of the Inauguration
cheered his last hours Washington was
fifty-seven at the time of his Inauguration.
john Adams, the next, was native of Mas
sachusetts and was sixty two at the time of
Inauguration. jefferson, who succeeded
him, was Virginian of fifty-eight, and was
sixty-six when he retired from the Presi-
Dental chair. Madison, likewise Virgin
ian. was ffty-seven when elected, and re-
tired after eight years service, ranging from
1909 to 1917. Monroe, also q Virginian,
was inaugurated at the age OF fifty-nine, and
was sixty-seven when he retired from office,
period extending from 1917 to 1925
John Quincy Adams, Massachusetts man,
was elected at the age of fifty seven, and re
tired at sixty-one, having served but one
term, which closed March f. 1929. Jack
son, native of North Carolina, was sixty,
two when elected, and retired at seventy
having served eight years, from 1929 to
1887. Van Buren, was the first native of
New York State to enter the Presidential
Office; he was fifty-four when elected, and
served but one term, which lasted from
1887 to 1S41. Harrison was native of
Virginia, and was sixty-seven when elected.
He died after months service, and Tyler.
also Virginian, was raised from the Vice
Presidency to take the Office thus vacated.
This was the first instance of such an ext
gency, and therefore was an important ex-
pertinent.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-04

aration of food is doing more than any
other fashionable folly toward populating
our cemeteries as well as enriching our doc.
tors. If these same doctors were teachers
of simple health rules; If, instead of waiting
till the sick room invites their presence, they
would come into the kitchens, theft "ounce
of prevention" might prove "better than
pound of cure" If it were as delightful to
fast as it is to eat, we would never have new
diseases and the old ones would ego glim-
mering." If you are sick, stop eating, and
rest the abused stomach. Stop one meal.
OF two or three. Ii the demon has fastened
upon you, starve him out. if it takes
forty days; keep the skin clean, have
plenty OF pure air, and don't take
medicine. Have patience with ma
ture, faith in her simple laws, and you will
conquer. Missing meal at the right time
saves many life, and the lack sends many
another to their long home. Eating too
much is worse than working too much, and
worse than drinking too much. Not con-
| tent with full, hearty meals, You nibble
little pickle, cake, mince pie, candy or nuts,
between times. You can eat anything; it
never hurts you. Stop and think if this
may not be the cause of so much invalidism,
that ruins so many fortunes, saddens homes
and distills heartachesI
Over working and eating are the lover
acts of our lives. Next to care in quantity
and quality of food is exercise. No remedy
known to human skill has such powerful
and permanent influence in regaining and
retaining health as cheerful exercise in the
open air. The amount of exercise must be
adapted to the strength. The rule impera-
tive is, under all circumstances stop short of
fatigue. Walkingis the very best exercise,
because action of the whole body. The Ia
dies of England walk miles and miles day.
Look at their ruddy compilations, that tell
of perfectly free action of the lungs. There
is no languor, and as a rule, no chronic in
valids. Oxygen is their tonic. This is the
secret Of their rich blood, and why at fifty
they are admired for their matronly beauty.
American women at fifty have sallow com
plexions, and wIinkles-tired out, they say,
or invslids, when if the laws of health had
been learned in girlhood and practiced all
their lives, this age should find them we'll
and good looking, better looking for the
mstured, rounded life, and the grand soul of
&omanhood looking out of their eyes.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-04
RELIGIOUS NOTES AND INCIDENTS

The rulers of the Adventists in Michigan
have forbidden life insurance.
Says a religious exchange: ga little rain
should not make an empty Church. 1t is
an injury to the preacher and an insult to
God"
Whether geologists contradict Moses or
not, DIR. Joseph Parker thinks an open ques-
ton; but he is sure they contradict each
other.
On the occasion of the anniversaries of his
creation and corronatic n the Pope expended
1O,0OOf. in the purchase of beds for poor
families in Rome.
Bishop Simpson is 10 preach sermon be-
fore the Ecumenicsl Conference in London,
on christian Union" This is the request
of the English Wesleysns.
A Philadelphia clergymen assisted wo-
man to tie on her bonnet, and the verdict of
the council which tried him for it was: at
was brotherly act. but he'd better let 'em
tie on their own bonnets after this"
The number of persons in full COM
munion in the United States of America in
1880, as reported to the General Assembly
of that year, was 173, 500; the same number
reported in 1880 was 57S,671. Theincrease
is more than three-fold.
A minister up in the oil regions who has
been extensively advertising the Bernhard
says:"If she would show fruits meet for re-
pentanceI would be the first one to meet her
with open arms" AS Sara will not enter into
the agreement, Church scandal will be
avoided.
At a camp meeting lately a venerable sis
ter began the hymn, my soul. be on thy
guard, ten thousand foes arise She began
too high. Ten thousand" sne again
screeched, and stopped "Better start her at
five thousand, sister" quietly remarked an
unconverted broker present.
The first Christian Church ever built by
Chinese for themselves and by themselves
was in Honolulu in 1879, when $500 were
collected for the purpose. The chief sub
scriber, a Chinese merchant and rice-planter,
who gave $500, came to the Island twenty
years before as coolie in a slave ship.
Henry Ward Beecher has announced
from the Plymouth Church pulpit his belief
that baptism was non-essential ordinance
of the Church. 1t was pleasant enough and
useful enough, but if man died trusting In
Christ il made no difference whether he had
been sprinkled or immersed, or both or
neither
Rev. DIR. Potter, of Grace Church, New
York, lately remarked in sermon about the
perils Of New York from thieves and rob-
bers, shat in principle there is but little did.
erence between many of the transactions
countenanced as business and the operations
ofthieves. While al arc ready to denounce
gambling in its simple forms, equally dis
honest transactions IN stocks, merchandise,
etc, arc tolerated"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-04
She Does Her Own Work.

Does her own work. Does she7 What OF
it2 Is it any digrace2 Is she any less true
woman, less worthy of respect than she who
sits in silks and satins and is vain of fingers
that never lsbor2 We listened TO person
the other day who, speaking of newly
welded wife, said sneeringly, "Ohl she does
her own work." The words, and the tone of
contempt in which they were uttered, be-
tokened a narrow. ignoble mind, better fitted
for any place than country whose institu-
tons rest on honorable labor as one of the
chief corner-stones. They evinced false
idea of the true basis of society, of the true
womanhood, of genuine nobility. They
showed the detestable spirit of caste, or rank,
which a certain class are trying to establish
"a caste whose sole foundation is money,
which is the weakest kind of rank known to
civilization. Mind, manners, morals, all
that enters in a good character, are of no &C
count with these social snobs. Position in
their stilted ranks is bought with gold, and
and every additional dollar is another round
in the ladder by which elevation is gained
in their esteem and society.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-04
Lady Horseback Riders.

lLabouchere in London Trnth,l
To elbow is bad enough, but when the
LEFT arm is raised nearly parallel to the
shoulder, it looks, to say the least of it, odd
especially when the riders eyes are fixed to
the left with look as much as to say, snow
what do you think of my style of riding2'
In my humble opinion ladies cannot ride
Ter for the matter of that, do anything in
publicl too quietly. The arms should fall
naturally from the shoulder, with the elbow
we'll in at the waist, hands low and light
and shoulders well squared. This gives a
perfect seat. / know that women inclined
to embonpoint as rule cannot sit as straight
and square as thin women; all the more
reason for them to try and do so, and above
all to keep their elbows well in. To effect
an attitude on horseback is very great mis-
take
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-04
A Lady's Mistake.

David Dodge lived on farm where there
was great deal of work to be done. He
did all he could to help his father and mother
They kept large flock of hens and Davy
sold the eggs. Every Saturday he went
into the village and carried them. His
mother packed them in several baskets so
they should not get broken.
People liked to buy eggs of him because
he did not sell any but very fresh ones; so
he had as many customers as he could sup
ply.
One Saturday he started off with his load
Mrs. Skaters house was the first ne came to.
Mrs. Slater was an excellent lady, and never
asked DaYy to wait till another week for his
pay.
r,And besides paying him promptly she
would sometimes give him a piece of
cake or pie. Once she gave him large
orange. So he was always glad to go to
Mrs. Slater's. This time when he went to
her house she wanted to buy four dozen
eggs. She had some visitors and had to
make good ry.ssny buildings.
When she p i him for them she took the
money out of a coarse cloth bag. Davy had
seen her take money out of a big pocket
book, and out of an old purse with steel
clasp, but he had never seen the cloth bag
into his hand she said, "There's one bright
cent for YOU"
Davy saw that the cent was bright and
did not look like the other cents, but he did
not say anything about it.
Mrs. Slater tied up the bag and put it
away. Then she gave Davy little cake
spiced with seeds, which was very nice.
After this he drove on to the other places
ands.soldshis eggs. At last he had only one
dozen left, and these were for Mrs. wilkins
When he got to her house she wanted him
TO change bill for her. She wanted some
small pieces of money. So Davy gave her
the small pieces and took her bill. The
bright cent was among the pieces he gave
her.
When Mrs. wilkins saw that she said,
"Why, what is this2 it is not cent? This
is five-dollar gold piece"
Davy had never seen any gold money in
all his life, and ile looked at her with sur
prise. Then he told her how Mrs. Slater
had given it to him for cent.
"The poor old lady has lost her eyesight, /"
said Mrs. Wilkins @She did no. know what
she was DONG"
:sI shall carry it back to her when / go
home" said Davy. won't she laugh when
/ tell her what big blunder she has NADER
When he got back to Mrs Skaters he car
ried the gold piece in to her.
He told her that she had given it to him
for cent.
80, bless mel bless me-" exclaimed the
old lady. Eyes, did have some gold in
that bag. Well, L shall have to get some
new glasses after this.'
She was so much pleased that Davy had
brought it back so soon, and laughed mer-
rily over her mistake
Davy went home that night with funny
story to tell, and he and Mrs. Slater had
many laugh together about THAT bright
cent"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-04
Hints for Helpful Girls.
IFrom the Woman at Work.

To look pretty has always been consld-
cred the prerUgative Of girls; to look well Is
better, and to be we'll best of all.
And what u saving of suffering, time, and
money it would be if the girls OF this gen.
GRAFTON could learn how to keep their health.
instead of spending years OF their precious
lives in getting back the lost blessing,
All sickness is violation of natural law;
nine times out of ten the trouble begins with
the stomach. Now plainly, one OF our
greatest wants, and one that money can not
always supply, is good cook. Not that
our tables need be more daintily spreai, or
in variety and seasoning the improvement
be made. but they should be more whole
some Ignorance In the selection and prep
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-04
Strange Friends.

Chambers journal tells ola lioness at the
Dublin Geological Gardens who was tor
mented by rats milling her toes. So little
terrier was put into her cage. At first she
growled; but, seeing that he at once killed
n rat, she came to the conclusion that he was
her friend. Coaxing him to her side, she
folded her paw round him, and took him to
her breast where he rested every night after
ward, ready to pounce upon any rat that
disturbed her. At Regents Park Gardens,
London, dog has made friends with a
tiger and his mate; and he will bite their
tails or jump on their backs. and go to sleep
whenever he pleases.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-04
OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
arhe Children Laughed and S:

ssThe Children Laughed and Sang"
II was in the chill December
That the Angel of Death came by.
And he rustled his wings of darkness
As he swept through the wintry sky
household of happy creatures
Dwelt quiet, and free from care,
And the angel stole in softly,
And stood all silent there.
(But the children laughed and sang at their play
Never a fear nor pang had they.)
And the angels swiftly in silence
Struck home the mortal blow,
And in the wintry morning
He laid the father low;
And wildly the sOrrowful mother,
Bewlldered and stunned with woe,
Walled in her lone bereavement.
And wished that she too might 60
(But the children laughed and sang at their play
Never fear or paug had they.)
Cold in the lonely chamber
Lay the fathers form &trest;
And they laid the delicate fiower-wreaths
Upon his quiet breast;
And forth from his home they bore him.
And hid him from sound and sight;
And they heaped the cold earth above him
While the children's feet trod light.
{fsut the boys went home TO their happy play;
Never fear nor ang had they)
And often the childish footsteps
Are turned to their fathers grave,
Where the grass with its glistening hearfrost
Lies over that heart so brave;
And sometimes they watch their mother
Bending in sorrow and pain;
And they say in their childish voices;
will papa never come AGAIN.?
but soon they laugh and sing at their play;
Never fear nor pang have they)
So God in His infinite pity
Shuts the eyes OF the children dear.
And they see not the fell destroyer,
Though their eyes are so bright and clear.
And l said: There's no past for the children
With its terrible pangs and stings;
And for them no brooding future
Spreadeth its threatening wings.
All they see is the Bresent-tO-day:
A nd so they laugh and sing at their play.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-04
The Rhinoceros Bird.

Five Years in South Africa, by Cuming1
These rhinocerOs birds are constant atten-
dants upon the hippopotsmus and the four
varieties Of rbinoceros, their object being t.
feed upon the ticks and other parasitic insects
that swarm upon these animals. They are
Of grsyish color, and are nearly as large
as q common thrush. Many a time have
these ever-watchful birds disappointed me
in nav stalk. and tempted nae to invoke an
anathema upon their devoted heads
They are the best friends the rhinoceros
has, and rarely fail to awaken him even in
his soundest nap. "Chukuroo" perfectly
understands their warning, and springing
to his feet he generally first looks about him
in every direction, after which he invariably
makes oG. have often hunted rhinoceros
on horseback, which led me chase of many
miles, and required a number ofshots before
he fell, during which chase several of these
birds remG;ned by the rhinoceros TIL the
last. They remind me of mariners on the
deck Of some bark sailing on tie ocean, for
they perched along his back and sides; and
as each of my bullets told or the shoulder
Of the rhinoeeros, they assembled about six
feet into the air uttering theifszharsh cry
of alarm, and then resumed their position.
1t sometimes happened that the lower
branches OF trees, under which the rhinoc-
eros passed, swept them from their living
deck, but they always recovered their former
station; they also adhere to the rhinoceros
during the night. have often shot these
animals at midnight, when drinking
at the fountains, and the birds, imagining
they were asleep, remained with them till
morning. and on my approaching, before
taking fight, they exerted themselves to
their utmost to awaken Chukuroo from his
deep sleep.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-04
Re Sensible

You have allowed your bowels to become
habitually costive, your liver has become
torpid, the same thing ails your kidneys
and you are just used up. Now be sensible,
get package of Kidney Wort, take it faith
fully, and soon you will forget you've got
any such organs, for you will be awell man.
Albany Argus.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-04

In Great Britain there has been no in
stance during the past 100 years of any three
consecutive Januarys having so low mean
temperature as those of l879-8l, the mean
for these last three being only 32.2o.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-04

IN ct them for common duties, but only rem
ders them more helpful. more self-relisnt.
more sympsthic, more charitable. more true
women, in short, than if they confined them
selves TO the narrow circle of domestic du-
ties, with the usual spice of household pride,
scandal and gossip.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-04

Caustic Balsam, advertised in this paper
does whes is claimed for ID. Satisfaction
guaranteed. Give Ii trial
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-04
THE HOME.

Il IL not doubted thAttnsn have home In that
place where each has, established his hearth and
the Of his possessions ard fortunes; whence ne
vii not Depart II nothing calls him away; whence Il
he has departed be 20 be vanderer, and II he
rssurns he ceases 20 wander.-Dennifion from Civil
Law.
''Then stay a. home, my heart, and rest.
The bird Is safest in Its nest;
Ger all that hutter their wings and fy
A hawk IL lowering In the sky"
-LouRfellow.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-04
PIeasantries Concerning women.


Pleasantries Concerning Women.
Take away women and what would fol-
low2 The men.
A young man in pressing his own suit
frequently wrinkles the girls.
Widows over fifty can not marry again in
Portugal. In this country widows never
get over fifty.
A young lady up in Berkshire County,
Massachusetts, was stung on the lip by bee
the other day. That bee evidently knew
his business.
A patent two-horse street-sweeper is not a
pleasant thing to meet, but is not quite so
bad as to pass hallway containing deter
mined woman and broom.
The jewel of q servant girl is the one who
hangs all her mistress embroidered under
wear on that portion of the line most con-
spicuous to the neighbours eye.
A girl composed of eight halves is q
mathematical anomaly, a scientific monstros-
ity. And yet we heard one recently, within
an half hour, declare she was half dead with
the heat, and half laughed herself to death
at somebody's mishsp or blunde-, was half
crazy to know something about something
else, was half tickled 10 death at some funny
remark of an ape or a beau, was half mad at
an escorts presumption. and was half killed
by hair-pin scatching her neck, while all
of her-two halves more-was still alive,
well and absurd. Girls, drop all these
hyperbolical nonsensicalities that disfgure
your daily walk and conversation, and be as
sensible as you are pretty and loyaDle.-
Deadwood Pioneer.
An old lady of his flock once called upon
DIR. Gill with a grievance. The Doctors
neck-bands were too long for her ideas of
ministerial humility, and after a long
harangue on the sin of pride, she intimsted
that she had brought her scissors with her
and would be pleased if her dear Pastor
would allow her to clip them down to her
notions of proprity. The Doctor not only
listned patiently to her lecture, but handed
her over the offending white bands for her
to operate upon. When she had cut them
to her satisfaction and returned the bibs, it
was the Doctors turn. "Now," said he,
"my good sister, you must do me good
turn also" "Yes, that l will, Doctor,
what can it be2' i"Well, you have some
thing about you which is deal too long.
and causes me no end of trouble, and l
should like to see il shorter" Indeed,
dear sir, 1 will not hesitate; what is it,
Here are the scissors, use them as you
please" "Come, them" said the sturdy
divine. 'Good sister, put out your tongue"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-04
Charles Chickens.

1t was in tho spring time. Charlie papa
had been planting in his garden, and
Charlie hsd besn very trouble
ous nss1s AslPs N the work
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-04
The Straight Path.

THE Bible is so strict and old fashioned,
said a young man to a grayhaired friend,
who was advising him to study Gods Word
if he would learn how to live. There are
plenty of books that are written nowadays
that are moral enough in their teaching,
and do not bind one down as the Bible
does"
The old merchant turned to his desk and
took out two rulers, one Of which was slight
ly bent. With each of these he ruled n line,
and silently handed the ruled paper to his
companion.
well" said the lad, what do you mean2'
"One line is not straight and true, is It'll
When you mark out your path in life, do
not take a crooked rulerv
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-04

esc week in your own town. Terms and
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Portland, MhtnA