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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-03-08
Silent FOrcea

The late DR.. Alexander Clark thus beauti-
fully illustrates the efficacy of silent forces:
Workmen in stone quarries sometimes find a
very hard kind Of rock. They pick little
grooves for tho iron wedges into the iiinty
rock. And yet, once in n while they fail to
divide the solid mass. The iron wedges and
sledges prove useless and the workmen Won
der at the stubborn rock.
There is another way. The iron wedges
are removed from the narrow grooves. Then
little wooden wedges of n very hard fibre are
selected. Now you begin to shake your heads
and think: "Well, if iron wedges will not do,
how is it possible for wooden wedges to be
used SUCCESSFULLY" Just wait until we ex-
plain. The sharp, well-made wooden
wedges are first put Into water. They are
then inserted into the grooves tightly, while
wet, and water is kept in The grooves, and
no sledge is needed to drive them. They
would break under the severe blows of the
hammer. But the workmen just let the
wedges alone They will do what the iron
failed to do. How so? The damp wood
swells. Tho particles must have room
enough to enlarge. And the granite heart
of the rock cannot resist this silent in
fu"ncc. In a little while the solid rock
parts from top to bottom, and the work
mems will is accomplished.
1t Is so, often, in other things; what
noise and visible effort fail to do, some
quiet power when applied will surely
achieve. Teachers may remember this fact
in mechanics, and manage some stubborn
natures by the application of the silent
fo ccs. The iron and the sledge hammer.
often fail but tears prayers and a patient
example under God never fail.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-03-08
In a Demons Power.

The physiological secret of that progress
siveness OF all stimulant passions, says Dr.
Oswald, in the oice, is the gradual increase
of the depressing reaction, which lnfalhoiy
follows every abnormal irritation OF the ner'
vous system. The jaded nerves fail to re-
while a more and more irksome depression OF
the vital spirit prompts the patient to relieve
his torpor at any price-too often the price
OF lifelong bondage, clinched by more COM
plete surrender to the power OF the demon
whose caressing embrace only secures
firmer hold upon the throat OF his victim
Mild stmulants soon become insipid, and by
and more decided appetite for stronger stimtl'
lants. The increasing exorbitance OF thai
appetite thus not only constitutes constant
temptation to worse excesses, but also pre-
vents the topper from retracing his steps on
the road to ruin.
There Is, in that respect, curious analogy
between the influence Of moral and physical
stmulants Tho chief objection to mind
enslaying passions il, perhaps, not their di
rect temptation to nets Of reckessness, but
the circumstance that their influence tends TO
annu the attractiveness of less exciting en-
joyments. The historian Lecky, In his re.
Elections upon the moral alterations OF pagan
Rome, traces the decline of art and harmless
pleasures to the indirect influence OF the
gladiatorial games. ITO men who were ac.
customed to witness the fierce vicissitudes OF
that did not elicit the strongest excitement
was insipid The idealized suffering OF the
stage became unimpressive to those who
were habituated to the intense realism OF the
amphiths atre All tho genius Of Siddons
or q Ristori would fail to move an audience
who had continually seen living men fall
bleeding and mangled at their feet"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-03-08
Awake!

"Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from
the dead, and Christ shall give thee lightm
Awake before the archangel trump 0hll on
thee to awake. Shake off your spiritual
sln.aber before you be called on to shake off
your mortal coil. Lift up your eyes even
now, to the Saviour lifted up for you, that
you may not have to lift them up at last
where there is no Saviour to
look to. Say not, "If / am asleep, I am
not responsible" You are not In this
sense asleep. You are responsible; for
you are an.agent rational, intelligent, NOR
al, voluntarS, unfettered, and free. You
are responsible, for God loves you; Jesus has
died for you; the Holy Spirit is now striving
with you; q full and free salvation lies at
your hand; and tide OF saving influence
has all along been setting in upon you, and
seeking ingress into your mind and
your heart You are responsible;
for, If you believe man, you can
believe God; you can give that atten-
ton to the Bible which you lavish on the
vou sxeft ys yGry y6a Sa dr and
If you are reluctant to do so, this is not your
misfortune remember, but your damning
crime. Awake, then, thou sleeper; live, ye
dead! Hear the life-giving voice of the Son
of God-hear, and your soul shall live. Flee
in time from the wrath to come. 80 earth,
earth, earth, hear the word of the Lordr'-
Dr. Guthrie.
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NUMBERlo.
SUMMARY OF CONGRESS.
The Senate.

18th DAY:--A message from the President
returning without his approval a pension bill
ior Edwin L. Warner, was presented, read,
Among tho lighthouse bills passed were
those for lights at the western end of Coney
Island, n. Y. 1895, ,O00), for lightshp at the
wreck OF the steamship Oregon in New York
n.al nnaroori and Tor lighthouse and fog bell on
The House amendments for lighthouse and
log signal on Orchard Shoals Princess Bay.
New YORK, .were non-concurred in and a
conference was asked. The request for a
Senate bill granting pension to Mrs. Sheri-
dan !reducing it from $500 to S25OO was
withdrawn, and the amendments were con-
CURED in; Resolutions were agreed to au.
to take testimony at any place in the United
states, and authorizing the Committee on
ship Investigation.
59rH DAY Mr.. Dolph reported back tho
Senate bill vetoed by the President for the
relief of William r. Wheaton and Charles
mendation that the bill pass notwithstanding
the'objections Of the President The vote re-
suited: Yeas 30, nays & So the bill was
passed. Tho House amendment to the
month to tot the widow Of &a p ior General @ S XII
patrick was agreed to. The amendment re-
duces the rate to $75... The Senate Mt 1915
resumed consideration of the Army Appro-
priaeion Oil. AN amenumeng 20 the Appro-
priation bill providing $50, 600 for the pur-
chase Of 225 acres of land directly south Of
the military reservation at West Point, was
agreed TO-. The Senate passed the Army
Appropriation bill with amendments
GOTH DAY..-The Senate passed the bill
which prohibits tho erection Of dams across
the rivers in Alaska fer the purpose Of catch.
ing salmon. Mr.. Platt reported two bills
for the formation and admission of the States
OF Idaho and Wyoming. Mr.. Hoar re-
Amandment RnDfOUriatinp
FOR the detection and conviction of the per-
sons who illegally carried away and de-
stroyed the ballot Loxes Of Plummervile,
Ark. 49,. On motion Of Mr.. Cullom, the Sen.
ate proceeded to the confederation Of the
Senate bill to amend the Interstate Com
merce law.
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A Costly Habit.

The laborer who pays the saloonist twenty
cents per day, for four glasses of beer, or
two glasses OF whiskey, spends seventy thrAe
dollars annually for tho beverage. With this
money. as prices now are, he could purchase
six barrels of flour, two hundred pounds OF
sugar, twenty-five bushels Of potatoes, ton
pounds Of tea, and twenty-five pounds OF
coffee. So far as these several articles are
concerned, the above amount would be az
ample annual supply for q familytpf SIX,
persons, perhaps b family. ofl eight parents
Which TSnta Sc M aiiR s lpa be cite.
paternal affection. Suppose he belongs to
the knights OF Labor, can no plead Tor
a strike consistently so long as he worse
than wastes seventy three dollars! Must he
not strike against the saloon before he
can strike for higher wages. IL he would
challenge tho sympathies of thoughtful men.
1t was this thought that completely changed
the life and purpose Of bootmaker in Nor
folk County, Mass. a few years ago. He
was very moderate drinker-stepped from
his shop into saloon near by only twice
day, and paid five cents each for two glasses
of Eecr. "Over thirty dollars year. he
said within himself. ~ could buy three bar.
rels of flour, five pounds OF tea, ten pounds of
coffee and fifteen bushels of potatoes with
that money" He took his pencil and cast
family need it, to, he thought: aud tho out
come of his thinking was: ~ will never
spend another cent for beer as long as hrc;'
and he never has.
Was he not wise: Is there any discount to
made on his Judgment: None at oil, cs
pecialy when the reader learns that his deri'
sion became an era to his family. FROM thai
day, n laudable ambition, desire for better
education. love of books and journals, aspi-
ration for higher social life, grew i'm that
family: and at tho end of ten years the
members of it moved in the most intelii'
gent and influential circles There j. nothing
like a good, commanding idea to lit Il
father and his family into nobler life. And
this is what is needed, and all that is needed
in thousands of families in our land to-day
The total abstinence idea is but one idea, and
it may seem a small one to many men; but
it is big enough and strong enough to save 0
multitude Of laborels whom nothing else can
save.-NationaL Record.
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The House.

63D DAY.-The Senate amendments to tho
Agricultural Appropriation bill Were non
concurred in. :. The last week OF the Fiftieth
Congress was ushered in by filibustering, set
in motion by Mr.. Bland, who raised the point
OF no quorum upon tho approval Of the
journal. After q delay of a few minutes Mr.
Bland withdrew his point OF order. in order
to enable c. f. Booher to qualify as the sue
ccssor of the late James y. Burnes, of Mis-
souri, Mr.. Crisp then called up the con-
tested election case, and Mr.. Sayers In the
interest Of the Deficiency Appropriation bill,
raised the question of consideration. The
slider the election case, but Mr.. Mckenna,
who had voted in the Affirmative for this
purpose, moved reconsideration. All efforts
to get a quorum to vote failed.
9th DAY.-The Speakers tablo having
been cleared Of business, the Speaker, acting
in conformity with the special order, recog-
mel Mr.. Abbott who called up bill for
the erection Of a public building at Fort
Worth, Texas. Mr.. Randall asked unani-
nous consent to report from the Committee
Of Appropriations the Sundry Civil bill with
Senate amendments. The ,recommepda,
tttons tjt sth4 s. pAtn were hgtesdSto ascon<I
ference wns ordAs Rpd Messr& HandaiL'
Forney and Ryan were appoints d3ia'
into Comrnit iYas no ~ i;aa6R Ia calJ
in the Chair on the Deficiency Appropria-
tion Bill. Afser brief concluding debate,
the Deficiency bill was passed.
65THDAY.-The conference report on the
District Of Columbia Appropriation bill was
debated. The Indian Appropriations bill
was passed :. :. Obstruction tactics were used
to delay action on the Cowles bill, and this
consumed the rest Of the days session.
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TEMPERANCE.
The Publican's Till.


LIST to the click Of tho publican's till,
AS you pass by his glittering temple OF
sin,
How impressive the sound, when you think
OF the ill
That is being entailsd on his victims
within.
Surrounding his spirit bar crowds may bo
seon,
Old and young of both sexes, all eager to
swill,
Some smoking, some croaking, then housing
While they help to replenish the publican's
The till gets the proceeds of vice and of
And the hard earned wages of labor and
The pence Of tho poor. THOUGH -thAD -..-----
Are Shs1Sged S ssti ruv'.-.~w of the publican's
II the coins in the till had but voices to
They might tell tales Of grief that would
startle and thrill,
OF hearts, that were broken, of homes
And Of children starved through the pub.
lican's TILL
he the perilous drink cup false lessons
Is fruitful of habits that lead to discord.
BY paving the way to the publican's till.
II the young, who in kindness, are taught to
sip wine,
Could the future forsee it might make their
hearts chill,
For thousands to ruin 60 down the incline.
And become human wrecks round the
publican's till.
In the spring time of life, when all seems
bright and fair,
What visions Of happiness many minds fll,
Till awakened by suffering and sorrow, and
They experience the fruits of the publican's
till.
Vast numbers drink daily, both women and
AS IL duty compelled them a task to fulfil,
They practice their 'nipping" oblivious that
then
They are swallowing disease round the
publican's till.
Oh how long shall the people submit to the
chain
or the dreadful drink demon, who binds
but to kiln
Let them strike off the yoke and true free
dom obtain,
And stop their supplies to the pubican's
till.
Richard Cameron, in Temperance Record.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-03-08
nismantIed His Saloon.

During n recent revival meethR at
Arkansaw Village, Pippin County. Wis. :.
William Manierea, a saloon keeper, rose aud
with tears streaming down his cheeks de-
cared that he had been made to see his sins
and would no longer sell liquor. Followed
wbere with the assistance of Methodist
clergyman, he smashed up his bar and
billiard tables and poured his whisky and
beer into tho streets Mr.. Manierea then
cal the crowd into the dismantled saloon
and held a prayer-meeting. he then posted
up the following notice:
ITO My Friends Having been led to see
tie error OF my ways | have cleared out my
salc on bus ness l am determined by the
grace of God TO load an upright and Chris,
tan life and have purchased stock OF hour.
--Chicdgo Times.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-03-08
soMEBoDY.
BY PEARL EYTINGE.

somebody thinks the world all wrong
ana never has word in it's praise:
Somebody sings the whole day long,
, L,Sss the world and all its ways
Somebody says it u queer old place,
Wnere none OF the people do as they should
somebody thinks it full OF grace
so anu wouldn't change the folks IL no could.
somebody calls it cruel aud cold
sull OF sin ana sorrow and pain
Whero life is but n search for gold
, ana souls arc lost in selfish gain
oomeoody merr,ly laughs aud cries:
- Hurrah for such dear old carthI
SUCCESS shall crown the man that tries
, 10 make his mark by honest worth"
somebody groans and shakes his head
. Calis his lot n wretched one;
somebody wishes that he wero doad.
n ror somebody else has all the fan.
But somehow notice you generally find,
~ In good or evil, pain or care,
mind: ~ '
Somebody al,oaps gets his share.
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in his arms. and love all the dearer for her
very helplessnes. And John Bowerbank,
though elderly, almost old, did not look
like weak man, or an untender man.
Far stronger, far tenderer-the two quail
ties usually go together-than the brides
handsome and elegant father.
Poor thingl" muttered Mrs. Knowle to
herself. We'll, in one sense, it's an es-
cape. He's an honest man, John Bower
bank. Perhaps she may be happy-at
least, less unhappy than she looks now.
God bless her!"
And with that cordial bless ing, unheard.
and few kindly tears, unseen by her for
whom they were shed, for in truth the
bride did not seem much to hear and see
anything, the carriage drove away. Thus
terminated the principal scene. and thus
vanished the principal actors In that grand
show wedding, which had been quite satis-
factory and successful in all its elements,
with the exception of one trifing omission,
not unfre4uently occurring in similar cere-
monies-Loye.
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Our BuhIic Schools.

In the current number of the Presbyterian
Review is n clear. forcible and able article
upon the question, Are our Public Schools
Godlessy' The reply is First, Not by their
origin. The American school of our fathers
was in its aims, exercises and textbooks
Christian school Suci i'm the histprica!
sense is the "American Public School"
"The motive which urged our fathers to the
establishment of schools, was professedly
drawn from religion For nearly two cell
turies, no one lisped the idea that a goddess
school was the logical outcome Of Christian
free State.
Secondly They are not Goddess by nny
constitutional or statutory requirement
Long sfter the constitution went into opera
tion the power of taxation for the support Of
religion in the Protestant form was actually
exercised in some of the States. That power
still exis,s and might be exercised by any
State to any extent and in favor OF Chris
tianity or any other religious system.
The author Of the articl, Rev. IL. ID.
jenkins, ID. D., thinks it is high time to come
to a halt i'm yielding to the demand for God
less public schools, and that tt last parley is
now in progress. He closes with the remark,
Zone thing is absolutely certain, Christianity
is ever increasing in power, and in the long
run, will never tolerate the absurd and ag-
system of public schools must be held, in its
sphere, true to the claims of Chris ianity, or
they must go, with all other enemies of
Christ to the WALL
'Tis but short journey across the isthmus
of now.-BOree.
If in the day of sorrow we own Gods
presence in the cloud, we shall find Him SO
in the pillar of fire, Frightening and cheering
our way as the night comes on.
Those who retire from the world on ac-
count Of its sin and peskiuess, must not for
get that they have yet to keep company with
a person who wants just as much watching
as anybody else.
Christian graces are like perfumes; tho
moro they are pressed the sweeter they smell.
Like stars that shine brightest in the dark; (;
like trees that are shaken; the deeper root
they take, the more fruit they bear.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-03-09
GRADUAL TRIUMPH.

Little by little the world grows strong.
Fighting the battle of right and wrong.
Little hy little the wrong gives WAY.
Little ~ little the right has SWAY.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-03-09
Wrtuen ETpreSsiHfo for The ArkdnSdtc Tfdrefer.
A KENTUCKY COLONEL.
Nv OPIE ". READ.

Author qt Len Gansen," "Ip Terrop,n Rirer," Etc.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-03-09

Ioorrrreur rsso NJ rnr AUTHOR AZ RIGHTS RESERVED
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1889-01-26
CHARM CURES.
Wonderful Things Guaranteed to Reading
People who Purchased Them-A Potts
town Baby Buried to Cure Skin Disease.

Wonderful Things Guaranteed to Reading
People who Purchased Them-A Potts
town Baby Buried to Cure a Skin Disease.
READING, Pa, Jan 90 "A stranger de-
scribing himself ns DR.. John II. Crate was
committed TO jail here charged with oper-
ating among the poorer classes on the back
streets, selling them all sorts Of curious
charms to cure variety Of complaints.
District Attorney Grant has gathered a lot
Of evidence in the shape Of charms alleged
to have been sold with written guarantee
that possession Of them would bring about
wonderful results One charm worn by a
sufferer would turn an offending witch into
o fish, and that fish would be eaten by the
woman who possessed the SPELL another was
10 drive out an evil spirit that caused St.
Anthony's dance All tho charms had odd
characters written upon them. At some
places pieces of ordinary white paper COW
cred with hieroglyphics in ink were sold for
fifty cents each
The man appears 10 be in earnest in his
work and says IL is not swindling. IL is
claimed that reputable witnesses will APP
pear in court from Other counties, WHO will
swear that the charms they bought operated
as represented One woman " IN swear that
a charm she wore killed a witch ia her etom-
ach and cured her Of dyspepsia that had re-
duced her to a living skeleton. Dr. Crate
halls from Lehigh county.
porTsTowN Pa, Jan. 90. "A curious affair
occurred here illustrative of the superstitions
Of the Hungarians Several children were
seen running around on the frozen ground
barefooted In the Hungarian quarter They
were all beating tin pans with sticks and ex-
ercising their vocal organs in a manner in
dicative Of considerable excitement
A closer examination developed the fact
that in the center Of the circle described 10y
the barefooted children in their evolutions a
live baby was buried in the ground up to il.
head, over which light shawl was thrown,
and around which snow and ice were piled
Inquiry ELECTED the information that all thi!
was being done in order TO drive away az
affection Of the skin with which the poo
/ little thing was afflicted, their theory being
| that the ground drew the disease from tn
child, and that the noise Of the children, 60
gether with their penance IN running owe
the frozen ground harofooted, propitiated Ia
evil spirit that caused the disense
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4 HApPY HoME wREcKEp.
Daughter Ruined, Mother Insane. Father
in Jail, the Guilty Man Free.

Daughter Ruined, Mother Insane. Father
in Jail, the Guilty Man Free.
JOHANNESBURG, Pa. Jan. 20 John and
David Rubecls, two well known famers living
near Clear Spring, Md, were placed in Jail
here for the attempt "a abduction aud false
arrest Of William Trogle, a wealthy farmer Ct
Mercersburg John Rebucks story is that
about a year ago Trogle, VIII, is a widower
became engaged 70 his l7-year-old daughter
Iulie Belle Rebuck, famous in the neighbor
hood for her beauty. Trogle and his tancee
left the home Of Rebucls Jan 20 como 10
Chambersburg 20 procure a marriage license
They were % be married that day.
The girl appeared at the home of her par
ents Jan Is a raving maniac having walked
oil the way from Trogle's home in the night
time In her lucid intervals she told Of her
abuse by Trogle; how be had failed TO marry
her, and had kept her in his house for a
week She became insane from shame and
disappointment The mind OF her mother
also became unbalanced because OF the girls
treatment
Yesterday the father and his brother came
across the Maryland line heavily armed To
compel rrugle TO make PREPARATION AT the
point Of the pistol they compelled him TO ar.
range for the expenses Of keeping the girl in
a private lunatic asylum, but when they
went TO Mercersburg TO let Trogle draw
money from the bank he had them arrested
Both will be able to obtain bail. as they ar,
| large property owners
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colonel reIIows's prison pTnte.

William b. Neal who had the appear
ance Of a tramp, pleaded guilty Yesterday
in the Court Of General Sessions TO grand
larcency, and was sentenced by Recorder
Smith TO two years Imprisonment. Mr.
Thomas J. Sullivan appeared for the de-
fendent and addressed the court IN his
behalf elciting a strange story which re.
ceived the recorders confirmation.
Mr.. Sullivan said that the prisoner, on
his arrival In this city, had received a
letter of introduction from District At
torney Fellows, and asked the recorder
TO take that fact into consideration.
The recorder said, Eyes, | understand
your client and Colonel Fellows were in
Jail together.
AT the close of the proceeding Mr. Sui
livan said that Neal belonged to one of
the first families of Virginia. His
father, prior to the civil war, was the
owner Of slaves and large plantation.
On the breaking out Of the war Neal
enlisted in the Eighteenth Virginia regi-
ment, as first lieutenant. Neal
and Colonel Fellows were taken prisoners
at the same time, brought North and i'm.
prisoned on Johnson's Island. in Lake
Erie, for twenty-five months. They were
released on a general amnesty Neal
went back to Virginia, inherited $40, 600,
married rich and accomplished lady,
and became a drunkard shortly after
ward. He dissipated his fortune and
came to New York a short time ago, de
scending lower and lower in the socia
scale until lie reached the degradation Of
State Prison convict. New York Her
aid