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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1883-01-05

Two ORAToRs-The Philadelphia II .
cord says, and says truly, that no one who hi 8
ever heard Bob Ingcrsoll lecture will dcny
that he is rare orator--tht hi, word.
painting is wonderful aud his C elooucnce
entrancing. The Record, however, quotes
passage from sermon delivered Sund ~
before last at Kansas City, Mo-, by Cath.
ollc priest, Rev Father David S. Phelcu,
OF st. Louis, which is quite equal to any
thing lnsersoll has said Having asserted
that the idea of the soul and the faith in its
Immortality must have come down from
above, Us earth could not have taught it, nor
could death have inspired it, the reverend
Father said:
If there is no hereafter then life
is one long debauch, and the highes.
education is to know how to find and how
best 10 enjoy pleasure. IfIhcre lis NC
hereafter; virtue is a deceit id hcroism
IS lie See that young man bleeding
from hundred wounds He died in
| defence of sisters honor. If there il
no hereafter that nobcst of deeds will Q,
forever unrewardcd. See that young sis
ter in the hospital bending over victim
OF the plague; to morrow she will succumb
and rapid ride and Il hasty sepul,ure will
reward her devotion II there is no here.
after, her charity met sorry rcquilal. S G
that man holding Gu affrighted child at the
window Of burning building. He holds
1t long enough for sturdy companion to
grasp it from below, and he then falls back
into his fiery tomb. Ifthere is no here
after, such Sacrifice IS heartless and unmean.
ing cruelty. See that troop of soldiers
marching by to the beating of the drum
Their country has called, and ithey go to
defend her honor on the battle field. Thew
follow that fla 6 into..the thick of the fight,
and when the bugie sounds the retreat
few return from the carnage Those brave
soldiers. died with their faccs..to the foe, and
smile was stamped on their features in
death If there is no hereafter, their he.
roism was suicide aud their courage a mock
cry Of fate. E,rthiy life is closed in death
the grave terminates all consort and asso
citation with thinss .,of time, but, waited
above the bier, the wreck, the tomb, hyats
the sweet voice of God, saying: 81 am the
life"
Contrast the above with the followin-
from one of Colonel Ingersoll's lectures, and
beautiful and tender as is the language o.
the infde orator, that Of Father Phelan
loses nothing by the comparison:
Next to eternal joy; next to being forever
With those We love aud those who have l5vc
us; next to that is to be wrapped in the
dream like drapery orctcrnal dcath. Up,
on the shadowy shore Of death the sea O.
trouble casts no wave. Eyes that have
been encurtained by the everlasting dark
will never know again the touch of tears.
Lips that have been touched by the eternal
silence will never utter another word OF
grief. Hearts of dat do not break. The
dead do not weep.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1883-01-05

BETTER THAN PoLIrICs.-Wc so heart.
tlIy and thoroughly endorse the following
sentiment from the Now York Star, that
we copy the extract IN which it is con.
veyed, as substitute for anything that VIC
may say on the subject, and earnestly com~
mend its pcrusal to our young men: Young
men of intelligence and culture and noble
purpose can earn more money honestly, pre-
serve their self-respcct better, build up hap.
pier homes, and 10 more for the world out
OF politics than in it. And the steady ten
deney in this country is to reduce political
regulations to their proper dimensions, and
increase the importance ofpriyatn enternrisa.
The man who builds up great productive
industry, giving employment to hundreds of
people; who makes useful invention
which adds to human comfort and power (;
who achieves distinction in any of the pro-
fessions or arts who does anything any
where for the good of his fellow men, wins
sufcr and and II ore satisfying reward than
any ordinary political success can bring
While every American citizen should take
an active interest in politics, all who have
talent and education and industry and chars
acter, and means to preserve thcir honesty
aud self respect, should shun politics as
business"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1883-01-05

ALLIGATOR HuSTrso.--The business of killing
and catching alligstors provides occupation for
quite o number Of persons in our State. The
hide Of large alligator is worth 81 to So. It
Is almost days task TO skin large one. Al
ligator oil, which has at first most unpleasant
smell, is much valued as remedy for rheuma.
ftism. Fishermen sometimes eat portions Of tn Q
animals body. The fosh Of the tail, when cook
ed is said TO be like veal in look and like pork
in taste. Yonng ones are bought by dealers at
from 81 TO 81 a dozen, II not over one foot in
length. They fetch much higher price when
| retaiied, as they are hard to keep alive. There
Is An increase in the selling price of so cents to
81 for every additional foot over a certain
length. ARigateis sixteen 10 eighteen inches
long are often found by dozens in shallow water,
and they may DO handled without trouble, pro-
vided the old one does not take alarm. Most
alligator fishers are usually turtle hunters as
well, pulling oui tho animals from holes with q
hooked pole.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1883-01-05

In THE SrREEr-A gentleman interest.
ed 10 prisoners, visited q man 10 Jail, J. watt
Ing to be tried for crime. "Sir," said
the prisoner, the tears running down his
checks, 81 had good home education.
My street education ruined me. I used to
slip out Of the house and go of with the
boys in the street. Ia the street | learned
q. lounge, in The street I tlso learned to
swear, in the street l learned TO smoke and
gamble, in the street learned to piIfer and
to do all evil. o, sir, il is in the street the
devil lusks to work the ruin Of the young.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1883-01-05

Gather aud burma all the weeds that have
seeded. By thus destroying the seeds Of
troublesome weeds you will save yourself
many days Of labor il tho spring.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1883-01-05
NUMBER 4.

ADVICE TO a IUUNG MAN -D,ut be
mean, my boy; dou't do mean things. Cul-
tivate feeling Of Kindness n spirit of char.
ny broad and pure for men and things.
bei'ere the best fcvcrybo j., have faith
IN humanity, and as you think better
of other people, You will be better Yourself
You can. with some accuracy, measure "a
man character Dy the esteem iu which he
holds other men. When hear man re.
peato''ly declaring that all other men are
knaves, want strong endorsement on
that mans paper before III lend him mon.
ey. when man asurus me that all the
temperance men i'll the town take their
drinks ou tn sly, wouldn't leave that
man aud my private demijohn-if had
one-togcther in a room Eve minutes.
" hen man tells me that he Decent know
one preacher who isn't hypocrite, have
all the evidence / want that that man is a
iiar' Nine times in ten, and frequently
oitener, you will fiud that men endeavor t,
asssE { s.: tEp:n ssi;sg,shsikss
my boy, think well aud charitably Of people,
for the world is full of good people
AUD II you are mean, you cannot conceal
1t. People will know it. Our unfortunate
human fondness for gossip always puts us
in possession of all the worser qualities of
each other. Don't you and your intimate
friends, my boy, discuss the weak and evil
points in your n,ighbor character? OF
course you do; and when you are the absen.
cue, be assured, Telemachus, that YOUR
friends are in like manner dissecting you.
Indeed they are. They know all about
you, and that which you would have least
known, they know the best.
And, at any rate, my son, you know it,
and that is enough. Sometimes I wonder
what mean man thinks about when he
goes to bed. When he turns out the light
and lies down. When the darkness closes
In about him and he is alone and compelled
to be honest With himself. And not q
bright thought, not manly act not a word
o: blessing, not grateful look, comes to
bless him again. Not penny dropped
into the outstrochcd sun poverty, nor
the balm ofa loving W I'd dropped into an
aching heart; no sunbeam Of encouragement
cast upon struggling life; no strong right
hand OF fellowship reached out to help
some fallen man to his feet-whcn none Of
these th!rgs come to him as the "God blcs >
you OF the departed day, how he must hate
himself How he must try to roll away from
himself and sleep on the other sida of tho
bed When the only victory he can think Of
is some mean victory, in which he has wron-
ged a neigbbor, no wonder he always snccrs
when he tries to smile. How pure and fair
and good all the rest of the world must look
to HIM, and how chcer'css a-d dusty and
dreary must his own path appear. Why,
even one lone, isolated act of mcanu :ss is
enough to scatter cracker crumbs in tho
bed OF the average, ordinary man, and what
must be the feelings Of man whose whole
iiie Is given up to mean acts When there is
so much suffering and hcartacne and Iaisory
-tA2 Ta;,i anyha.y- ~hy ahcnih- -yeu add
one pound OF wickedness or sadness to tho
general burden? Don't be mean, my boz.
suffer Injustice thousand times ra,hrr
than commit it ncc.-Bwlinyton Hawkeye
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-17
NJ aATALITY AMONG AUTHORS.

The last ten years, says the London
Saturday Review, have been marked by
what we may venture to call an unpre-
cedented mortality among the repre-
sentative novelists of Europe. The fa-
tai decade opened with the death of
Manzoni, a loss which Italy has not
ceased to lament. In 1876 Denmark
parted from one who was not the great
est, but certainly by far the most cele-
brated of her writer's, Hans Christian
Andersen. The death of George Sand
in 1876 was speedily followed by that of
woman, Fernan Caballero, who was,
if possible, more to Spain than Nine.
Dudevant was to France. In 1880
George Eliot passed away from us, and
Auerbach from the Germans in 1882.
Scarcely a month ago Russia expert
enced the loss of a genius perhaps great
81 than that of any we have mentioned,
ami the ashes of Tourgeneff are scarcely
Geld before Belgium is called upon to
mourn Henri Conscience, the only man
in whose person her literature has ever
succeeded in winning the ear Of Eu-
rome
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-17
CHEAP POSTAGE.
them.

The history of our postal service very
strongly encourages the hope that the
recent reduction of letter postage to two
cents will not result in loss of revenue
by the department. Prior to the reduc-
ton In 1916 the revenues of the depart
years. The change to lower rate
caused falling off in the receipts for
the next two years, but the third year
brought the revenue above the former
sum, and thereafter it increased rapidly.
Following the red uction, in 1851, to
three cents for prepaid half ounce let
ter for 5000 miles, the revenue con-
tinued to increase the first year, fell off
the second year, and then came up
again to the level of 1850-51. From
that time on the growth was constant
and large until 1872 8, when the three
cent rate was made uniform all over the
country; and, as every one knows, this
liberalization of the postal system has
resulted in vast development and great
~ increased revenues. In the light of
experience, therefore, 1t appears alto
gether probable that the reduction of
the letter rate from three cents to two
cents, although the immediate effect
may be reduction of receipts, will in a
short time so augment the business of
the post Office department that its regu-
lar revenue will be greater than ever.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-17
a NATIONAL BANKRUPT LAW.

The recent heavy failures in New York
following close upon those of Boston and
others in different parts of the country,
must have the effect of directing public
attention anew to the importance of a
national law of bankruptcy.
There has been considerable difference
of opinion as to what kind of bankrupt
law congress should pass, but the pre-
vailing sentiment of the commercial
world appears to be that one of some
kind or other is needed. In fact, a uni
form system of bankruptcy Is anecessity
In great merchantile nation. Especial
~ is this true in this country, where,
unless there is a uniform national law,
there must be nearly forty varying and
conflicting state statutes. The failure
of an extensive house In New York may
affect creditors in every state of the
union. The assets, which are the prop
erty of all the creditors, should be col
lected, guarded and distributed under a
uniform law which secures to the debtor
and to every creditor their just rights.
Congress has been dalIying with this
subject for years. It should take up
the matter In earnest at the next session
and give the country the bankrupt law
that it urgently needs.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-17
WHO DISCOVERED AMERICA.

Who the first historic discoverer of
America was seems as impossible of
final settlement as who wrote the
Z" Junius . letters, or who was the fam
GUS g Man with the Iron Mask" The
average American gives the honor to
Columbus, and he will probably be the
popular hero of the enterprise through
all time, but the efforts of the congress
of European Americanists have pretty
concIusively proved that he was not.
The sole object of this organization,
which recently met at Copenhagen, is
to study this question, ana, if possible,
ascertain who the first discoveries and
settlers were. The results of the labors
of similar historical scholars and organi-
cations have been to show that the first
discoveries of America were Scandina-
VANS, but facts and fable are so inter
mingled that it is almost impossible to
distinguish them. A Scandinavian
book was published in 1888, entitled
" American Antiquities; or, Northern
Writers About Anti Columbian Affairs
in America" which attracted great at
tention and was translated into several
languages. The work was edited by
Prof. G. g. Rain. secretary of the
Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries,
from eighteen parchment codices and
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-17
Topnoody.

GFrom the Cincinnati Merchant Travelerl
Mr.. Topnoody pushed back his chair
from the supper table, and looking at
his wife, remarked:
"My dear, I understand the ladies
have formed some kind of an association
for the furtherance of the prohibition
ticket. Do you know anything about
it ?"
eyes, [ was at the meeting"
"Oh, I didn't know you believed in
temperance"
81 believe in the kind I believe in,
Topnoody, and if want to talk, I'll
talk, and all the hints you may hint
won't amountto hill of BEANS"
"Of course not, my dear, but what
did they do?"
ATTENDED to their business, which
some men L know don't always do"
What was their business ?"
"Well, they met to send out speakers
to stump the state" ..
"They had to select men, of course. !"
"I'm sorry to say they did, and the
worst part of it was your name was sug-
gested."
"Ah, indeed?" and Topnoody smiled
in an exceedingly self-satisfed way; I
am glad I have some reputation among
the ladies'"
"Don't be proud, Topnoody."
"But, my dear, there is something to
be proud of in that, think"
81 suggested it myself"
"You don't say ?"
"Yes, Topnoody, got up and said
that I thought if Mr.. Topnoody's nose
could be secured for the campaign, it
could be carried around and shown up
during the day as an awful result of in
temperance, and at night it would do
for red light to hang out in front of
the hall. The question was voted on
and lost, because it was thought by the
entire meeting that the nose couldn't be
secured without the man, and the en-
tirety would be such load on the cause
as to make the whole party get drunk to
drown its sorrows. Now let me see you
smile when you think the women are
compimenting you, will you %
Topnoody didn't let her see.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-17

medium of education, and already thir-
ty-seven schools presided over by east
ern teachers of the best quality have
been established on permanent basis
IN Utah, New Mexico and Arizona, the
latter territories having been invaded
also by the Mormons. The schools are
welcomed by some of the Mormon peo-.
pie, while the Mormon Church as an or
ganlzatlon opposes the innovation. Still,
the desire for education is such that the
schools are well attended and the de-
mand for more increasing. Funds to the
amount of 100000 were expended DUR
ing the past year, and more are freely
coming in. The Congregational Church
is the leader of this particular missiona
~ work, although the Catholic Church.
was In the field first. Let all the church
es establish just such missionary fields
in Utah, and the problem that is puz-
zling the councils of the nation will be,
solved
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-17
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER II, 1883.
COST OF NAVAL SHIPS.

The great American shipbuilder, Mr..
John Reach, has been looking up the
expenses of the navies of the world
since the close of the late rebellion in
this country, and finds that the outlay
by our own government is merely insig-
nifcant. According to his statement,
England has expended on her navy in
eighteen years, $156, 100000; France,
IS, 900, 900; Germany, $4,000, 900;
Russia, S35, 900, 900; Italy, $50, 1000, 900;
Turkey, 81, 900, 900; Brazil, $40, 900, 900;
Chill, $1,000, 900. Total by the eight
governments named of $382,000, 600.
During the same period it is alleged that
the United States expended only So, 900,
900 for new vessels, but it is certain that
a great many millions have been squan-
dered in the repair of worthless vessels.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-17
Wisconsin Wind.

A terrific cyclone struck Arcadia, Trempea-
leau County, Wis, on the 9Th inst, lasting
about three minutes. People were driven from
their beds to their cellars to avoid the most de-
structive wind ever known there. Barns, CHM
neys and outhouses were torn to fragments
and scattered promiscuously over the country
The large belfry of the graded school building
was taken off and twisted into shapeless mass
ofFkindling wood. lightning struck the south
end of building and tore down a brick wall
twenty-five feet wiae by thirty feet high. The
NJ E. Church spire, on the southwest corner of
the building was twisted off and hurled to the
ground. large barn Belonging to John BiDg-
ham was blown into atoms and four valuable
horses killed. The damage is upwards of So
500. Robertson's barn Is a total wreck, as are
also number of smaller barns east of the
town. Broken boards, trees, brick and stones
were flying through the air in every direction,
pelting through the houses and in some in
stances injuring inhabitants. Stacks of hay
and grain were taken up and no traces of them
can be found Many people were manned and
fearfully crippled by houses falling upon them.
while they were quietly sleeping. Reports of
destruction are coming in rapidly. but the dam
age to property cannot as yet be estimated.
The path of the cyclone was narrow and ex-
tended from southwest to northeast. In three
minutes from the time it struck the town all
was calm and the stars shone brightly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-17
ST. LOUIS.
NEW YORK.
TOLEDO.
The Streets of Cairo.
[From Revel's Egypt

The most populous streets of Cairo
are more populous and more crowded
than any street in Paris, but their life
is of different kind. There is no reg
ularity In it; In one place the street is
blocked up by a group of musicians,
around whom group idlers gather; in
another peddler attracts the crowd,
showing the stuf5s which he carries on
his shoulders; another man, his fingers
covered with rings for sale, displays
them in the eyes of customers. Often
we are stopped on our way by hocks of
sheep and goats, or camels laden with
great stones or beams of timber that we
encounter as we pass. The greater part
OF the passengers in the streets are
mounted on donkeys. How often In the
streets of Cairo have I seen the we'll
known picture of the ''Flight into
Egypt reproduced! Upon donkey is
yelled woman, with child In her arms;
by her side a man with white beard,
wearing long robe, holding Ii one
hand stick and resting the other upon
the neck of the beast, to guide and urge
him. But there is one point il which
the tableaux vivant of which I am speak
ing differs from that of the pictures; that
is, that IN the East the women do not
sit on the animal they ride, as ours do,
but bestride them like men. When
they go on foot they generally carry
their children astride upon their shout
ders, the little creatures leaning with
both hands upon the head of its mother.
It is a picture less familiar TO us than
the other, but not less attractive.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-17
THE APPLE CROP.

This is the third year in succession of
a poor apple crop, and the apples of the
earth known as potatoes have also been
somewhat deficient in quality since 1880,
that great year of plenty. The potato
crop is not so deficient this year as the
apple crop, which in New York is very
poor, but the yield will be far less than
was expected by farmers. The acreage
is nearly one-sixth greater than a year
ago, but the amount available for ship
ping will not be large. AD average pO-
tato crop is about 163, 100000 bushels,
and that of $50 was nearly les, 1000, 900
bushels; but that of 1881 was less than
lis, 100000 bushels, and importation
was extensive. 1t. requires about three
bushels per capita annually to supply
our population, exclusive of what is
needed for seed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-17
Advice Which Was Taken.
From the Boston Gazette.I


The story has been kept very quiet,
but thus much of it has leaked out A
young gentleman, moving in good
soci ty, but whose bank account is by
no means plethoric, sought out one
of our wealthy citizens about
month ago and told him he wanted
to speak to hirn on a very i'm
portant affair. Croe5us said to his visi-
tor: ct am busy just now, and must re-
quest you to be brief. What is it
business % The young gentleman,
thoroughly embarrassed by the brus-
queness of the other, could only STAN
mer. ''Very important business. "
WELL" said Croesus, "let me give you
this advice: Don't put it off till to-mor-
row, If you can do it to-day. That has
been the theory on which l have made
my success in life. The young gentle
man stammered his thanks, departed,
and thatvery day went before magistrate
with the daughter of Cresus, and married
her then and there. When the old gentle
man found it out, he, for the first time,
began to doubt the universal applicable
ty of his theory. However, it is under
stood that all has been forgiven.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-17
ENGLISH Morals.

GAS came up in the train to-day, 4"
said Canon Wherefore in the course of
speech at recent public meeting, ST
read in my newspaper that two or three
lads we're brought up before the magis-
trate for playing pitch and toss in the
street. 1 turn over and I find the bet
ting transactions upon the coming
Derby. I find these things chronicled
in the same loaded type-the most i'm
portant news concerning the dealings of
parliament and the odds that are being
laid against horses IN weIl-known west
end racing club; and printed there upon
the same sheet is the account of these
little fellows being punished for playing
at pitch and-toss. It is difficult not to
agree with Canon Wherefore that the
moral instinct which permits such
strange obliqulties is disorganized. 1t
amounts to a warping of the national
conscience that such things should be
possible-more, an infringement of the
national intellect itself.