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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-10-04

, shadow OF one OF the grcnt smoky hills,
that gloomy stone mansion OF ample
| proportions stood, and still stands, in
the midst Of n natural park of oal
trees, whose melancholy rustic answer
ed to the lonesome gurgle of little
brooks among the rocks.
These little brooks trickled dowr
from the hills, 1fdsa-were absorbed in I
large, placid sheet of water, por" poIr"lg!larll l!l.nr
called "Black Poud"
This lake bordcrsd the lawn which
swept upward to meet the foundations
of the lonely stone mansion, and with
the trees leadess, the grass scre and
brown, with chill north wind whining
dismally down into tho ravine, and no
welcome smoke curling from the Chin
neys, no fire-light dancing upon the
shuttcred windows, the place was a
place to shun, and leave to the dead
memories which could bo its only
tenants.
And yet years ngo-it had been q
bright and happy abode, wheii Orrin
Clifford, then in the prime of life. and
the vast enjoyment of wealth, had
brought his fair young wife, Clarissa,
home to he tho idol of an admiring cir.
Gle of friends.
For two years the house was filed
with Joyous companions, the stables
were crowded with the equipagcs of the
guests, while night after night the
merry strains of music wandered far rp
the lonely hillside, causing tho nesting
birds to twitter in surprise, and the
twinkling lights fIickercd across the
lawn, to be reflected upon the mystic
bosom of "Black Pond"
Suddenly, without n word of warn
ing, the change came. Tho guests
ceased their visits, tho music was
hnshctl, tho lights extinguishcd, and bv
night the birds were no longer dis
turbcd in their slunbers. and tho dark
water slept it's gloomy sleep.
The cause of it all wns tho sudden
disappearance of fe;s-5ouns M-.. te'if-=
ford. pie, ma not died, at lcnst there
was no funeral.
For time it was whispered among
the neighboring country folks that she
had drowned herself in the lake, which
was said to be fathcmlcss, and to have
subtcrranean outlet into tho sea.
Some said more uncharitablo things of
the missing lady, but a. every servant
upon tho place WAS instantly discharged
and as the husband shut himself uD
with the outside world, tho mystery
languishcd for want of support and
finally died u natural death.
OF course there was some flutter oc-
casioned by the arrival of n bevy of
new servants, especially by the COM
ing OF grim, rcpulsive looking man,
who answered to the name of Nicholas
Garland, with little innocent baby in
his arms.
This man took up his residence with
sns ns%l{ fsgngSa . fas%ss aEPaIs ii his GattpSs
wife had died in clild-b birth, leaving
him burdcncd with tho little child whom
he called Grace.
just what Garland's functions upon
the place were, it would have been hard
to explain. 1t was given out, however,
that he acted III valet or body servant
to Mr.. Clifford.
Certain it was that ho was the only
man who ever approached the gentle
man in his sanctum. and it was whis-
pered among the servants that ut night
high words had been heard to issue
from the library; hut upon what subject
no eavesdroppcr was sufficiently sharp
cured to ascertain.
4 ITo BE CoNTINUEDI
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-10-04
An Exceedingly Expressive Answer,

A lady who was dresscd'elegantly and be-
longs to the high perch of socinl plumase
made formal call recently upon n lady of
her acquaintance and waited in tho parlor
whilo her card was sent up. A tiny speci-
men OF u girl was present, who eyed the
elegant visitor very closely and seemed
much interested in her appearance. We'll,
my dear, remarked the visitor, with np-
proval, as she snIoothed ont hor silks and
laces, what do you think of mc?"
"Oh," said the little girl. with tho
charming candor of childhood, I've seen
ilounccs before! Detroit Free Press.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-10-04
The DiscOurtcOus Person.

Courteous men and women undoubtedly
keep society in healthy condition. They
bear sunshine with them. aud smiles
greet them. And how revolutionary in its
effects upon society is tho discourtcous
onc!-Rep. Ym. LedcOck
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XXX NEW SERIES.
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II kya<ly. I r<nY yo4. Ut ms eofs &
~ c(tfls q soul that BtYuGgfcs sol
-liudy, pseo on yonder height
D'm r"fiox OF q solemn light
tinme that shineth from the place
= Wccro Beauty welks with naked face;
ltEaE Eamo you can not see--
Lie down. you clod, and sot ulo fro>
Body. pray you, lot me goi-
llt ~ n bJuI that Rtrivctfi SOL
Eody, bonr dim sounds afar
Dipping from somo diviner stnv:
Dim sounds Of Joyous harmony.
IL III my mates that sing, aud I
must drink that song or brels my heart
Gody. pray you. lot ua part.
ConiTnde, your frano is worn ami frnil.
your vital powers begin TO fail:
i iong Tor lifo, but you for rest
Then, }cdy, lot us botlr be lipst
When you are lying meath tho dow
1u come, somotimes. and slug to you;
But You will foel nor pain nor WOO
Body Iprny yon. lot mo CO.
Thus strove n Being; Boouty fotn.
lie broke his. bonds and tl.sl amaJn.
Iic fled the Body lay bcreft,
hut on its lips n smile WAS left.
As III that Spirit, loOking bi,ck
Shouted upon hts upward track,
MWh joyous tone and hurried brcntb,
Some message that could corpfort Death.
-Ddnkske Ddnrii1c, in The Coat,rv. - y
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Devoted to Asrlculturo, aortieulturr.s. DomssiiS

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This astonishing piece of informs
tion fell like thunderbolt up,a the
little group, and it was Lawyer Edgar
who was the first to como to his
senses.
Without for q moment doubling
ycur:wcri, madam, he said, politely,
permit me to ask whether you have
the proofs to substantiate your state
ments ?"
Certainly, havo," was the naughty
reply; here is the certificate of my
marriage to Mr.. Boyden; his engage
ment and wedding rings are beneath
my glove, and, if you care to inspect
the record of my birth, you have only
to seek the proper authorities"
AS she, ceased speaking, she drew a
parchment from her bosom and ten.
dered it to the lawyer, but he courte-
ously refused to examine it.
"The proofs of your identity are no
doubt sufficient, Mrs. Boyden," he said
unfortunately for your claim, however,
Mr.. Clifford made n will Just previous
to his death, in which neither,your
name nor that OF your husband is men
toned" Es
Indeed? Will you obligo mo by
showing me the will?"
Il regret that at present I nm un.
able to do So" .
A scornful smile played around the
adventures lips as she retorted:
"Oh, that is singular, is it not I? How
ever, may be permitted to know to
whom my uncle left his fortune?"
Cora's brilliant eyes shot to the
shrinking figure of poor little Oracle,
and rested upon her for a moment in
impudent scrutiny.
DO you mean to tell mo-" she said,
once more, addressing the lawyer, "that
that girl is the person
Yes, replied Mr.. Edgar, "this young
lady is Miss Grace Clifford, and her
fathers sole lcgatee."
"Oh, absurdI" cried tho woman.
bursting into cruel laugh of wither.
ing scorn; my dear sir, how you must
have been dupedl If my. nncle ms1
such will he must have been OF un-
sound mind, from excessive use of
opium, which was his. fatal habit, and
which unquestionably caused his death.
That girl?" she exclaimed, pointing an
accusing finger at little Oracle. "If I
must speak, suppose I must. That
girl is Mrs. Clarissa Clifforl's child
hut Orrin Clifford is not her fatherI I
do not think need speak more plainly
She my uncle's heiressl Bah! she is
an impostor, and rs such I dcnounce
hcrl"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-10-04
A WecDiuy MOttlcr.

Young man Ito editor)-IIero is littlo
poem of n pathetic nature, sir. l showed
it TO my mother. md sho actually cried
over it.
Editor latter reading tho pocm>-- You
say your mother criedp
Young man-Yes, sir.
Editor--Well, you go home and promise
your mother never 10 writo any more
poetry. aud think the old lady will dry
her cyes.--Harpcr's BaSdr.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-10-04

years and fined$5OO. Owen III, ran, q
New York hod carrier, while drunk, draggel
his thirteen-year- old daughter to the stove,
and poured scalding water over her.-Jas.
Hnskins discovered enoush giant powder and
dynamite luried on his property at San
francisco to have blown up tho entire noigh-
>orhocd.-Four Cinnamon were killed by
Oakland, Ch.-A conspiracy, in which
several city officials are implicated, has been
discovered a. Spokane Falls, W.T.. to appro-
pirate the funds and supplies furnished by
contribution for tn, relief OF the fro sufferers
at that placc.--A little steam yacht was
wrecked on Lake Erie and ten lives lost
The latest story circulated In connection with
the Cronin cas-, implic ties Scotland Yard
detectives in the conspiracy. Fire destroy
ed the town hall and dozen other buildings
In Seoford, Del. Total loss about S3J, 900;
insurance 5000. The College of Lie is a
new institution In Chicago, occupied by
young women and old men who cl lin to be
religious reformers with new theory con-
cerning married life.--Mrs Elizabeth A.
| McCl ,llau, the mother OF G. neral q .orge b.
Mcclellan, died in Philadelphia, agcd ninety
| years.-John Compton, o: Perryville, KY.
shot and killed William Gregory, whom lie
suspected Of undu, intimacy with Mrs. Comp
tor.- Fire ut Macon, Ga, destroyed Payne
& WhHngbani's furniture factory and s. s.
Parmeleo'S cIrriage repository. Total loss
] sl2o, 200; insurance $77.O0
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-10-04

WISE men make their enemies their ill.,
structors; fools become enemies TO their
teachers.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-10-04

UNITED STATES TREk
Gently signed two check
and the other for Sl
are. for money that
pensions.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-10-04

Z.
WILLIAM J. FpS
man I'm Alleghenypn'd
recently by piung
edly into his breast !,
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-01-25
tate, for the following reasons:

state, for the following reasons.
First They buy from first hands
IN large quantities. They save the
profits of the middle men. They
save in freight. They also have the
advantage Of buying bankrupt
stocks, and also very often reliable
merchants who are pushed for funds
sell them the best of goods ut twenty
to thirty per cent. discount for cash.
Second, They have leased the
elegant Opera House building for a
long time for almost nominal rent.
They have the most commodious
and best lighted store rooms i'm the
city. They carry a full and COM
plete stock Of dry goods, clothing,
hats, boots and shoes, ladies' and
gents, furnishing goods, jewelry and
sllverware, notions, stationery and
cutlery, groceries, i'm fact a general
variety such as are usually kept i'm a
first class store. The Capitol Adj
venture Co, is about the only firm
in Salem that tries to command the
farmers trade by buying all their
merchantable products, and they re-
tail the farmers products the same
prices they pay, thus saving to
the mechanics and laborers from
ten to twenty per cent for the real
necessaries of life. Therefore the
Capitol Adventure Co. asks for the
continuance of the public's patron
age. You will find them at the
Opera House corner, Court and
Liberty streets, Salem, Oregon.
EUGENE WILLIS, 5. FRIEDMAN,
Secretary. Manager.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-01-25
PULLMAN BUFFET SLEEPERS.
TOURIST SLEEPING CARS,

At Albany and Corvallis connect with
trains of Oregon Pacific Railroad.
Through tickets to all points south anu
east via California.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-01-25
TINE TABLE-RIvER DIVISION.

The elegantly equipped steamboats,, VIM
M. HOag, Capt Geo. Raabe; the n. S.
Bentley, Capt. J. ;P. Coulter; the Three
Sisters, Capt. w. p. Short; are in service
for passenger and freight traffic between
Corvallis and Portland aud intermediate
points, making three round trips each
week as follows:
NORTH BOUND-Leaves Corvallis Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday at a. m.
Arrives at Salem Monday, Wednesday and
Friday at p. m. Leaves Salem Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday at 6 a. m. Arrives
at Portland Tuesday, Thursday and Satur-
day st $3.50 p. m.
SOUTH BOUND-Leaves Portland Mon
day Wednesday and Friday at 8 a. m.
Arrives at Salem Monday, Wednesday and
Friday at 7:l5 p. IN. Leaves Salem Tues
day, Thursday and Saturday at 6 a. m.
Arrives at Corvallis Tuesday, Thursday
Saturday at $3.50 p. m.
For freight and passenger rates apply to
the captains and pursers of the respective
boats, or to w. NJ. Darling, agent, 200 and
2O2 Front street, Portland; Gilbert Bros,
agents, Salem; l. NJ. Adair, agent, Albany
|C. A. Miller, agent, Corvallis; or to the gem
eral freight and passenger agent Corvallis.
o. & Q. trains connect at Albany and
Corvallis.
F. w. BOWEN, Superintendent.
VIM. HOAG, General Manager.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-01-25

LOCAL PASSENGER TRAIN = DAILY EA-
CEPT SUNDAY
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-01-25
HAPPY NEW YEAR 70 ALL

The Capitol Adventure Co. was
Incorporated in March, 1856. Their
principal business house and Office
are in the Opera House, double cor
ner on Court and Liberty streets,
Salem. They do a general mercbon-
disc business, and in connection do
an auctioneering and commission
business, buy and sell real estate
cattle, horses and also act as an
praisers, administrators, assignees
and accountants. They have ex-
perienced help that are competent
to act in all the above capacities on
short notice, The best of references
can be given as required, and bonds
TO any amount necessary. They have
given the best of satisfaction as ap-
praisers and assignees.
The Capitol Adventure Co. have.
for the short time they have been
in business, shown to the public that
they are doing legitimate business,
worthy of their patronage. Among
their patrons you will find the best
farmers, who exchange their pro-
ducts to them for their wares: the
mechanics and laborers, who know
the value of a dollar, and where to
invest it; also the refined and tai
ented people go there for their
elegant wares. Theimmigrants soon
find themselves to home at the
opera house corner, for the reason
that the Capitol Adventure Co. sell
from ten to twenty-five per cent.
cheaper than anv other house i'm the
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-01-25

Time Between Salem and San Francisco.
ThiTty-siX Hours.
CALIFORNIA EXPRESS TRAIN-RUN DAILY
BETWEEN PORTLAFD AND S. F.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-01-25
,vENING CAPITAL JOURNAL.
THE YAnUINA ROUTE.
OREGON PACIFIC RAILROAD

And oregon Development companv,s
steamship line. 225 miles shorter, 20 hours
5ess time than by any other Route, First
nioss through passenger and freight line
rom Portland and all points in the VIII
iamette valley to and from San Francisco
TIME SCHEDULE, Except Sundaysr
cave Albany loo p M
i eove Corvallis lao p NJ
A rive YaQuina $3.50 p NJ
Leave Naquina 645 A NJ
cave Corvallis l035 A M
Arrive Albany lilo A NJ
q. & C. trains connect at Albany and
corvallis.
The above trains connect at YAOUTNA
with the Oregon Development Co.'S Line
ofStea .hships between Eaquina and San
i"--N SAILING DATES.
STEAMERS, FROM SAN FRANCISCO
Willamette Valley Thursday Dec
Willamette Valley Monday (" II.
Willamette Valley Sunday " Sol
STEAMERS. FROM YAQUINA.
Willamette Valley Wednesday Dec. p
Willamette Valley Monday "a
This company reserves the right to
hange sailing dates without notice.
.B.-Passengers from Portland and all
Willamette Valley points can make close
Connection with the trains of the
SAQUINA ROUTE at Albany or Corvallis
and If destined to San Francisco, should
srrange to arrive at Yaquina the evening
before date of sailing,
Passenger and Freight Rates Always the
Lowest For information apply to Messrs
.HULMAN Il Co., Freight and Ticket
Agents 200 and 202 Front St, Portland, Or.
Dr to
&C. HOGUE, Act Gen1 Frt. &
Pass. Agt,, Oregon Pacific r. r. Co,
Corvallis, Or.
G H. HASWELL, Jr. Genl Frt; &
Pass. Agt. Oregon Development
Co., 304 Montgomery ST.;
San Francisco Cali
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-11-06
A. Noted Trio.

A trio of noted Confederate Briga'
diers walked mp Pennsylvania avenue
this afternoon. They attracted the
TENT m even from passrrs by who
did n TT cognize them. Three finer
physical specimens have seldom, it
ever. been seen on the a1pnue famous
for its promenadcrs These three
handsome men wer~ Senator Butler
Gen. Rosser of Virginia, the freud
and c|asSmate OF the picturesque
Caster and Gen. F ED, the ex DIOR
keeper of the House If Representa-
lives, now a resident OF Washington
Gen. Butler. although a large man,
was the smallest of the distinguished
party. Rosser was head and Shouts
ders above him, and Field could ca
ily look over the top of tue fly
Senator's hat. Each of these noted
man is an Appollo, straight as an
arrow, aud with features As attractive
as his firm Ro'-e r AMI Yield are
Tree firm wounds or phi ,sic' laiImtnis
of an, sort. AID Bu,I~r So a:tfl!'v
concealed h.. los oI leg that. as tie
rarry roll, d along, be- apl cared rs
strong 10 wind and hmb IS his CON
pAnio,s. Ger. Ros>er las been here
10. TWO days aud has not Yet given
ZEN to bis nimtle tongue.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-11-06

Gent emen's Driving Club, Char
lotte, N. G.
The Richmond & Danville r. r.
will sell round-trip tickets to parties
attending meeting of Gentlemen's
Driving Club, Charlotte, NC. Nov.
4th to eth inclusive, good returning
until and including November Sth,
at the fnllnwinr rntas,
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-11-06
First National Bank Of. Durham.


SCARR, President LEO. d. HEARTT Cashier
cs BRYAN. WcePresident CHAS a. JORDAN Teller
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-05
PETITIONS FOR 1NCoRPoRATIoN.
' EORGIA. CHATHAM CoUNIY.-To the Supe-
y r-nr -.mrt nl -LaLhalll EnmnLN.

4 EORGlA, CHATHAM CoUNlY.-To the Supe
- rior Court of Chatham County:
The petition OF y ATNANlEL LOWELL, r. y.
LATTlNORE. FRANK G. LOWELL and W.
LATIlMORE, respectfully shews that they de
sire for themselves and their associates to be
Incorporated under the corporate name and
style OF THE LOWELL AND BALTIMORE
HARDWARE AND STOVE COMPANY for
the period of twenty years with the privilege of
renewal at the expiration of said term: That
the am unit Of capital to be employed in said
company, entirely paid in is Furty-fye Thous-
mud Dollars. and Tint they desire the privilege
Of increasing said stock TO the sum of one Hun
dred Thousand Dollars, said stock TO be divided
into shares OI one Hundred Dollars each, and to
decrease said stock from time to time to any sum
not less than the said sum of Forty-fye Thous-
aud Dollars
Your petitioners further shew that the object
OF said corporation is TO carry on the business
of the purchase and sale of hardware and stoves
and general merchandise, and general whole
sale and retail lobbng and commission business
ia the aforesaid articles, and TO do all things
necessary and proper for them IN the further
auca OF said business; that the principal place
OF doing business of said corporation viii be in
said county and state, with the principal Office
iu the city of Savannah, they desire to have the
privilege and power to purchase, own and hold,
and lease property both personal and real, as
they may lind 10 convenient or necessary to
carry ON their business aud to sell, mortgage
or Otherwise convey the same or any part
thereof: to have agencies and appoint and en-
ploy agents at such places as they may desire
20 nave corp rate seal TO borrow money and
secure the same 10y collateral, deed or mortgage;
TO issue notes bonds and obligations; TO sue and
be sued 10y the said corporate name; to make
by laws which are not inconsistent with the
laws # the land. and generally to have aud
enjoy all the privileges incident to a corpora
ton under the laws of this state
The Stockholders who shall have paid the full
amount of Their stock subscription to be in no
way liable for the debts of the corporation, or
for any wrongs done by il.
WIFE REFoBE. Your petitioners pray they and
their associates may be incorporated for the
said purposes, under said corporate name for
the term aforesaid and with the powers afore-
said. GEO. w. OWENS,
Attorney for Petitioners.
4 true copy of the original petition now on file
and recorded in this office, this 18th day of
July, 1859. NJ. r. MOLINA,
Deputy Clerk s. O. G. c.
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THE DUENNA IN FRANCE.
Her Existence Responsible for More
Harm Than Good in Society,
Ilro,,. fbo

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
The relations of the sexes in France have
been deranged ever since the French race
was formed. Mr. Shackleford, our con
sui at Nantes, says that the enforced sepa.
ration of the sexes before marriage works
the greatest evil to the young men. As
they cannot visit respectable girls under
the jealous custody of parents and duennas,
the youths go to the licensed bordels or pick
of the peasant and working class females
and thus are made false to the marriages
they subsequently make. An unmarried
French woman or virgin over 40 years of
age dare not walk in tho streets in daytime
lest the tender young thing would be spoken
to by a bold man.
She still walks out with a duenna and
looks down, as if glances might be her dem
clifton. | sat before the cafe of the Ho-
tel de France, looking at the old French
duennas accompanying the French old
maids across the square-tittering things,
with loV-qua tered shoes. who would not
now recognize a husbands tones, so bat
tered have they become in preparation, SO
low the oil III their virgin lamps--foolish,
unnatural virgins, who faint at the cry:
Behold the bridegroom coMethn That is
to say, they faint on false claims, for he
does not mean to come. Finally suspicion,
the result Of the observation-disclosures of French
marriage, regards the heart of man and
woman not to be trusted. Hence, they do
not meet with the freedom of innocence.
The girls, kept in a dungeon at the time
TREY dream of excepting house." like other
children, marry any man presented, that
they may get out Of jail; then they regard
the marriage as not binding on the heart or
the habits. The constraint Of systems poi
sons nature at the fountain; love is the
mighty tide of life, bearing on its bosom
the passion and destiny of species, and false
is the man or king to nature and her sway
who reduces it to a bondage that gives the
heart no choice and the birds Of the air not
the affinities of selection.
France Is a suspected country, and it sUs-
poets everybody else; it is a country where
the maids are not permitted to know from
without what they learn from within, aud
the wives do not inform within what they
learn without. The worst of it is that this
corrupt condition, being in the hands OF a
restless, artistic, vivacious p6ople, is con-
terminating the surrounding nations Thus
hypocrisy, tue formal verisimiltude of
conformity of one faith and innocence in
one marriage, has devoured France.