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Abont unclo sam,s Nrusicians.

On a sign board in front of the regular
army recruiting station in Park row
every day in tho year can be seen the
words, Musicians wanted" Clarinets,
fifers and snare drummers are always in
demand, because skilled musicians can
find more lucrative employment outside
Of the army and consequently they do
not enlist. The pay of an army musician
is $50 per month, and no distinction is
made between a FOUNDER of the bass
drum and a skillful clarinetist.> Another
deterring influence is that the army
musicians are not allowed to play out
side Of camp or barracks and thus earn
an extra honest dollar. Cornet players
are as plentiful as sparrows in the park
and applications are received every day
for positions. The clarinet player g
place in the band is the hardest to fill.-
New York Evening Sun.
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was blocnedd " til III the Service de Ia bouole
and the wagons carrying the belongings
of his imperial majesty, which were
truly impedimenta.
When the Israelites were under the
ocracy, and the chief priests sons ate as
do city of London aldermen, the Philis-
tines routed them. Likewise Marshal de
Soubise was immortalized by his sauce
for mutton chops and disgraced by his
defeats. The old French monarchy was
done for when Louis XVI, whether try
ing to fly from France or prisoner Of
the assembly in one of its most stormy
sittings, could nos do without heavy
meal at the usual hour. / never saw
anything 80 prodigious as the service de
la bouche at the Tuileries and Fontaine-
bleau. The kitchens there were vast fac
tories, and were situated at great dis
tance from the court dining and ban
quoting rooms out Of respect for imperial
nostrils. BY the time, therefore, the
dishes got to table they were spoiled
Paris Cor. London Truth.
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No Scarcity OF Salt.

It is said on the best authority that
100000 bushels OF salt are consumed
In this country. Tho average American
gets away with fifty pounds of salt every
year The quantity taken at d tilne is so
small that q person hardly notices 1t, but
o years consumption OF salt by one per-
son is almost O bushel. An Englishman
gets along on twenty-five pounds year,
and in France an ordinary man swallows
eighteen pounds between New Years
day and December II calculations
amount anything there Is no danger Of n
scarcity Of the saline article, for famous
statistician has declared that If all tho
salt in tho ocean were piled together, is
would mako bulk equal to 80, 900, 600
cubic miles, He never saw all this salt,
but he says it is there, and oil chat need
be done is to set it safely ashore. - Cur
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a Tribute of Respest
Supt.
JOHN w. IGp

At meeting of the Salem sohh,n
the sa,snm oaiem church, November 25tb Iss,
nro.antg owing preamble and resolution, Woo, ao0,
read .d hn "a Sy the undersigned commit
WIm0usly adopted by the school.
cha,eaS. death, the insatia,c arch
h.,aa shining mark in the nerson - nus
wIGTa brother and co-worlar ~ InW UeT
..;s:. aat1.EE, and waited his ;nr~orta, n
sp,rit to that bourn from which m, 'miior'al ,,l1
'et9rns. Therefore be it, '"'ei'r
, Hesofued, That we the ,nor,ho.
eeooath School do most bumbIv ho,, u oa'em
win OF the Supreme ruler Of Tho ~" - the
saw. ..I,'n ,na' nc doeth all things well and
my will be done" "i'
g. nesofrs7, That we extend to tho Wiz, ,
fai. OF our deceased brother our bo"r' "nu
o,'r yml athies, and will Remember tbsua
=, E prayers, at throne of grace md n,nra, in
n 'nls thelr hour of sore trial md hy'
~ trusting that we NAV nil 1,oot I've;
'ha mapsis&s .rhcrs o.. Io meet MN
Ts'0free, J"rthcr, That it is H.,
Ea inc Itouse tho. the eolIoc,;o, :,
AZ S~-ha-h- yVns eternai, Hn. VI suCH IL
his children rest.
hesotued, That copies of those resoS!
tions be published in the Union TIuys and
forkutAe Enquirer, and that the same be
sent to the wife and family of the dcccssod
brother.
ROB'T. A. FOSTER
WILLIE JONES
WIN. ESMARR Commi,tec
MILDRED L. STRAIN
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DIRE ESS GOODS.

.-.-~--T- ~
sion, impetuosity and, above aff, Madefs Haatae
ity, are prominent factors in recruiting
the army of suicides. Statistics Of all
nations show that occasionally there oc-
ours what has been called an epidemic
of suicide; though whether this is an
illustration of the force Of example, or
the result of some general impeliing
force, such as temperature during the
exhausting heat of summer, remains an
unsettled question. That the month Of
July has long been noted for the large
number Of its suicides favors the latter
conclusion. OF direct causes among
young people, affairs Of the heart, love
matters that have taken ON unfortunate
turn, must be reckoned the leading one.
Very often, too, the circumstances at
tending these cases are unspealrably pa
thetic. Next come losses Of money and
business, friends and health. OF GRIM
inals who have recourse to dagger, bull
let or rope to evade just penalty, 1t is
unnecessary to speak.
There is q moral cowardice in fleeing
from the battle Of life, which strikingly
contrasts with the patient, heroic endn-
ance Of multitudes Of men and women
in every land and in all sorts Of hard
conditions. To the tempted it might
serve as tonic to read history on this
point, or better, to recall events. Think,
for example, of the crew Of the Jean
nette in their frozen Businesses, and Of
Capt. DeLong and his men in the Lena
Delta, dying Of slow starvation, yet
brave to the last. But what need to go
beyond the streets of city, with Its
views of pinched and haggard faces and
toiling decrepitude, for heroes and hero
ines that shall be forever nameless?---
Lavinia S. Goodwin in Boston Globe.
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How to Save Clippings.

After trying many ways of preserving
scraps and clippings of transient value,
which arc wanted for reference in writ.
ing any article. have adopted this plan:
Instead of putting them away in en-
velopes or boxes, where it would be hard
to find them, simply put them in order,
with letter clip at the top to hold them
together. | can Immediately refer TO
any one of them, and when have fin
ished with them throw the worthless
ones In the scrap basket and paste the
others in my book.-"C. E. E." in The
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1888-12-07
Tho Paris Exhibition Train.

& An endless railway train, consisting of
400 platform cars, is to be one Of tho at
fractions at the Paris exhibition. Tho
line win be sunk so that the platforms
win be on level with the surface, and
the ffanf VII sftm slowly enough 70 'l,sr-
NIT most people to step on and off while
1t Is In motion; but for the accommoda-
ton of elderly people stop of fifteen
seconds every minute will be made. The
motive power will be electricitv.-New
Vorlr SIM
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6oSL -, ttI"fit t'if >UA-sC t'IS>s.sS-
old home to meet me-.
And there was fathcr-and Il mother
and brothers and sisters! And my
bullet would bring tears and aobs and
walls and mourning. And the sunshine
of life would go out of many hearts for
months and ycars-pcrhaps forever l
prayed him over and over 10 forgive me-
and as death came nearer I dared not
look away from his pale face for fear
that should meet tho accusing glances
Of widow and orphans through the drift
ing smoke of battle. As death finally
came lie clutched my hand with firmer
grip, looked into my eyes with last
effort and family whispered:
1T IS war, horrible war! Let us be
friends! God bless Mary and the chill
dren" - ''Ex-Rebel" in Detroit Free
Press
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, The kicker Is a developer; the croaker
is an incubus The kicker incites to Inn
iproyement; the croaker to indignation
.epf resentment. The kicker only Is heard
Sf2rt.f1s giverdoco dollar sccommoda-
e as ~ three dollar rates; the croaker
Would be just as noisy IL he was getting
tbi&e ollar accommodate and paying
no lpg. Tho kicker is o lively, jovial,
p{6 ressive fellow; the croaker is dis
rda nuisance, who Iags superhuoGs on
~ tage. Augusta tGa.) Chronicle.
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While searching through his fathers
effects Ticket Agent Moffett, of Knox
vile, Tenn, found a gourd over 100
years old. 1t contained many old papers,
among them a note from Davy Crockett,
payable to William Moffe.t, for one shill-
ing and three pence for barrel Of
whisky and o keg Of cider.-New York
Evening World.
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Tho Red Clover Cron.

TIE failure Of several crops of rcd
clover in wv Zealand was explained by
the absence Of the fructifying insects
which are requisite and necessary to the
perfection of certain plants. A hundred
wild bees were imported from England
and set free, and in that district the
clover has begun to flourish. New York
Euu
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Mus Lines had for the Ewes.

For soma time past the school futhor-
tiles have recognized the injurious effect
on the vision of the use of writing paper
ruled with blue lines. The grand ducal
school committee at Mayence is the first
in Germany that has taken positive steps
in banishing this paper from the public
schools. From and after the 1st of JAN
uary no ruled paper is to be allowed with
lines other than black. Paris American
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diatlon. An examinaai0n- sf- -lI.s.Aa
would show that iai.oe,e among the
paid dhx.skasAssrer ers and farmers and
iM.,nds, Whlle the best among the
ere the daughters of hotel keepers
llage merchants, and very often the
70 teacher was q mighty spry little
on her feet, for the reason that she
almost always such a great favorite
tho dancers Of the other persuasion
It she couldn't avoid holding the floor,
d was dancer in spite of herself
ne dances were usually kept up until 4
even o'clock in the morning, and
vere then closed with n stupendous
breakfast, followed by an effort to get q
collection for the fiddler. And these
pioneer fiddlers were shockingly under
paid, Very often they were not paid at
all. They had the gratitude and The ap-
probation of the time in which they lived.
But no more. They fiddled through two
generations, but the second did for them
little better than the first, and they passed
down to the grave miserably poor
Toronto Globe.
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Sharks and Conyicts.

There (at Cayenne) when convict
dies the body is borne to the sea and q
great bell is tolled. And then Is the Wis
cous, glaucous sea surface furrowed sud.
denly by fins innumerabie, swart, sharp,
triangular-the legions Of the sharks
rushing to the hideous funeral. They
know the belll-Harper's.
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feet high, ana ana 'wE:pss fleGea. sXfr IBe jnten
of the town in 1412. In one huge hand
the giant holds shield marked with ON
eagle (that symbol of liberty in all ages),
in the other naked sword. 1t was the
gauntlet thrown down to all the world
that Bremen would be free.-Chicago
Herald.
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WARNINa.-A wagon load of sipged cot.
TON on Main street last week excited our
curiosity. Upon making inquiry We were
informed that few days before when the
cotton was being driven to town, n negro
sitting ON one of the bales struck q match to
light his pipe and fred the cotton. A creek
was fortunately near by and the cotton was
arlven there aud dumped into the water and
saved, but was badly damaged Rock nm
Herald.
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A Nut for yeretar,aoos.

Here is q nut for vegetarians to crack.
An Indian runner lives almost entirely
on dried meat and he can stand more
fatigue than any other man in the worldi
The Blackfoot runners do 300 miles over
the toughest country In four days and IN;
tho race tho horse stsnds no chance
against them. Detroit Free Preaz
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Not n Child mt All.

was n wee bit of q girl, with n
earnest pair of eyes, and--a very
Kitten. Questioned as to the name
pet, she answered simply: "Wose-
i Asked further il she was not ga
listle child" she drew herself up
b display Of small hauteu that was
enchanting, and said, severely:
hot child at all. Pso n person, a
krson. n--Pittsburg Bulletin.
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Chiefs rs Ton Spinners.

An independent state in the Malay Pc.
ninsula Is Pahang. 1t has just been ex.
amined from tho outskirts by some En-.
glishmen, who report 1t capable of sup
porting large poulation IL the rulers
would cease from spending their time
chiefly in top spinning. New York Sun.
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sIlk from Wnd Worms.

A curious method Of silk manufacture
is said to exist in the Chinese province Of
Kwangtung, where are found.wild sill
worms feeding on the capH ~ The
full grown caterpillar is "
silk is taken out ~
catgut, subjected ro
and made into
Traveller.
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Y Mrs. Julia Bayless, of Charleston, Ind,
possesses a wooden wine tray that was
oncep'sncd by Hnman Blennerhassett,
- 0ka .as connected with the Aaron Burr
sey nc the beginning Of tho CEN
Tho light colored wood Il stained
x<N'o fhat vfas spilled, as Mrs. Bay
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Knowledge Of Human Naturc.

'And SO your nice clergyman is going
to be married, Mrs. Marigoldl. hopa
you'll like his wife as well as you like
him."
"Well, ma'am, Pm sure I hope So
but we generally find that when the gem
tleman is haffable, the lady's 'aughtyr"
London Punch.
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~ boy naturally wants to do every
thI4, and nothing very long. No mat
- bow enjoyable new job may bc it
grows old with boy. He is n nat
lx perimenter--ne and is
aI(yays WANTING 70 do the precise thing
Qan't do. Hamlin Garland in Amor
Ua9aziue, s-..--..--..-
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PRESIDENTIAL PREDICTION N.-Richmond,
Va, December 3.-An occasional corrssn,n' ;
dent writing from Keysville, Va, hopefully
: disousses Gen Harrison's probable policy az
regards the South, and closes his letter
tions V"
90! was particularly struck with pre-
oietlon made few days ago by one Of our
oideet citizens, that Gen. Harrison would
not live out his term. lie says tha. in the
year when Gen. Harrison, the ancestor Of
the present President elect was elected, il
snnYeA 1r....-' n~-' - November, and he
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At Cost.

IINlLL January 1st, 1889, we will sell our
Il entire Stock of Boots and Shoes and
Dry Goods at Cost. -
S. NJ. RICE -,stand ou: j
| nearly every para rro II
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A Curlons Coincldenca.

Fond Mother-My dear, arc you feei-,
ing any bctter2
dolly dunnoi am the jeil an gohe9
Fond Mother-Yes, my dear. ! Z n
u Dollyr-Wel, j guass am wei Ionuu
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Sead 81 TO j, ". s. j. II. TOLLESON, for
one OF the celebratey ':Gold Shirts. 1926
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iinc assortment of Cross & Blackwell,
Jams and Preserves at LAURENS G..
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Bird fanciess~ cay that tho voices OF
American bred cannries become harslier
in each gsnsfatipn: qsEzaPn btsds Ee.,s
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GRAHAM & SPARKS,
CHEAP CASH STORE

E M: II. L. CO!emrn, of Jonesv;lle
Killed this week two hogs of his own raising
equal to the best drove. n~-,-.and costing
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BucKLESs AHnicA EAEvx.1<T3Il<Bf
SALyE In the world for Cuts, pfnisep, SSv1 q
Uicer-, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tettt8,
Chapped Hands, Chiiblains, Ccrnx, and al:
Skin Eruptions, and positively cupes IN (
or no pay required II is guaranteed "a 1l3<
Perfect satisfaction, or money refubdc1.
q Bro. Fsb. ID. > :, I.
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sac OF Valuable Property in
'he Town of Union and
Vicinity.

vicinity.
VIE undersigned will sell at nnb,;,
L sale, on Salesday in January 1ssa
as,i'' a. court House door, (if not sold mi pti
vasely before that time, the folIowg;nr gr,
saluaDle real estate of Or. j. Df. Gibbs
Street. "u io' on Main
a., q. Inc Home place in Union to ho
more or less. acfes,
TERMS.
one-third Cash ), balance in ono and
Two years, to be secured by bond anS
ulo'esage of-premiscs, with interes. n,
sen per centum per annum, from dov of
'"e' purchaser nI to pay for papers.
JOHN II. SLOAN JR
ID. A. TOWNSEND.
Dec ? Attorneys.
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| IAN honest6
stocked and wig
quently we wilio
DO the public good
Calicoes for 4
Goods worth $40, /
loo, lSc, zoe, 25c,
Our all wool Dress
4Oc per yard
above. ~
We also have az
cheap. h 8
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rrvrur yguHg man. saaslis.s

never was sick week in all his life. No
long ago he had occasion to 90 10 towp Or
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light direction.
s HM Herald says, "We bea
',on will be circulated in town fo
70 a few days requesting the leo
w1ese away from the drug sto.e
eell liquors of any kind for nj
upon the Prescription !
or otherwise, If whiskey g.
drug stores be an evil, as SO, :,
f1eheye this would be n rema /
! lple of the town will no deal
pertinent"
hRt prepared to endorse suobs
fyement, strongly as we are 4,
sarpg store barrooms now
every town, and made posi-
TIE present law. In our opinio
4 hing the giving ofprescription,
alone should be Sj6adr mS (.
80 g 81 ..--,-rz--~,--..-
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IL seems strange that this point has neve,
oeen carried to the Supreme Court before
now, out such is the fact. The opinion de.
eiares that the Constitution is very clear ON
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nearly every paragraph.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-12-01
THE NEW A ARMY.

New York, Nov. 2S.-Grand Army
men in this city seem 10 recognize the
Importance of the movement begun in
Indianapolis yesterday and admit that
a split in the organization is inevita-
BILE.
Joseph A. Joel, editor of the Grand
Army Gazette, says the movement will
be national in extent. He saws the
democratic members have always been
treated as more or less interlOpers in
the q. A. II The order has always
had politics in it and the republicans
have always run it.. The democrats
have been ostracised and treated as
traitors even when they had been
manned in battling for the union.
Other q. A. II. men indorse these
statements and say that the democrats
now propose to form a non-political and
charitable organization, such as the G.
A. r. was originally intended to be.
The new order will be called by some
such name as s'The Union Veteran
Association" and ali union veterans
will be welcome. 1t is expected that
mahy republican x-soldiers who ieel
that the q. A. Il. has been run as q
political machine will join the new
organization.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-12-01

Republican demag ogism was never
more forcibly depicted than in the mat
ter of the appointment of Mr.. Halford
as private secretary to Mr.. Harrison.
The first announcement of the fact
casually mentioned that MIR. Halford
was born in England. This was at
oncc seen to be, from a republican
standpoint, a mistake, and the subse-
guent associated press notices of Mr..
Halford, which were quite elaborate, as
that institution is part of the republi-
can machine, carefully avoided any
mention of the fact that Mr.. Halford
was al E~nglishman by birth. They
traced his life back, step by step, to
where she came to this country when
he was a small boy" but they left the
tabooed word England out of the
biography. There never was in poll
tics a more contemplate thing than the
republican effort to make the people
believe that the democratic party fav-
ored English rather than American in
terests, and there never was a more
contemplate little piece of political
charlatanism than this in regard to
Mr.. Halford's birth place. No doubt
the gentleman is capable and deserv-
Ing, indeed his position as a journalist
Is presumptive evidence that he is, and
his being an Englishman is nothing IN
his disfavor, either, but if such an APP
pointnent had been made by Mr..
Cleveland 1t would so have raised the
ire of the republican press AZ to be-
come, perhaps, an international ques-
ton.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-12-01

Private Dalzell:-I don't judge the
G. A. r. by its name, but by its uni
form cooperation with republicans
The reason why this matter rests so
easy on my mind, and why | have no
fears at all of the g. A. r. eve divorce
ing itself from the republican party, is,
that neither can live without the other
The g. A.. r. puts the republican party,
that is its W members, at the head OF
the nation. By this time next year
so, 1000 G. A. r. men who now have 10
Offices will be installed in good places,
at good salaries. 1t is rather n.ore
like a business partnership than a
marriage. Before IL months bills will
pass congress by the votes of the g. A.
r. men there whom we sent as or
servants, whereby we will get at least
Sl00, O0O, 900 in pensions and bounties.
So IL was expressed in the contract.
This we must and will have or wiud up
the affairs of the partnership with a
ierkl This is the point and pith OF all
l write. This is the complexion to
which all comes ut last. l have no
other use for the republican party or
the G.. A. r. either, but TO get. this
money for my comrades; and a wee bit
for number oneI Oh, myl am con-
fident of the result. But M result is
possible. Ii must come 10 thai. "A
rose by any other name would smell as
sweet" call it what you will. The G.
A. r. will get there all the same or the
republican party will get out of there
double quick, all doubled up and done
IN.
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The official vote for president in
Missouri shows that the elements
opposed to the democratic party lack
less than 5000 votes Of being IN the
majority. With four years more, Of
intelligent discussion and Logical
progress, they will certainly make that
party a minority institution by 30 large
a vote that it can not possibly hold the
state either for federal or local ppr'
poses.-Globe Democrat. "The Official
vote for president in Missouri shows
that the elements opposed to the repub'
lican party lack' a few votes OF placing
that party fifty thousand in the minor
ity. And "with four years more o.
intelligent discussion and logical pro.
gress." and republican misrule. the
minority of that party should not be
less than 1o0, 900 in the state odesss
Democrat.