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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-07-19
A FOOLISH BANTER

One Young Man Injured and Another
Killed by an Electric Wire.
In II crowd Of young men at Columbus,
Ohio. one OF them accepted banter to take
hold of AN clectric-light wire which was
hanging from pole. He was pulle up n die
tnnc" ami thrown unconscious 10 the ground
William Frost endeavored to pick him up,
ana In doing so touched tho wire accidentally
with one hand and was instantly killed. II
wha some timo be ore anyone q .ui | be found
y" rsincVo the dead or rescue tho injured
mau.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-07-19

AFTER being totally blind for fifteen
years Mrs. Todd Lattic, of Bronson,
Mich, was suddenly cured. The filst
person sho saw was her daughter, and
her first remark was, "My! how you've
growu," -
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-07-19

The rcformcr becomes n fanatic when
he begins to use his emotions as n sub.
stitute for his reasoning faculty,
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-07-19

THE President ana directors or the Cnesa,
,eaie and Ohio Canal have BEEN authorized
To restore the channel to nayigabie con,
dition. The cost will be about $SQO,9co.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-07-19
CHAPTER XIV.

~ Sc'oi'u 1uottSnb MT.
Folton decides there
is no very pressing
reason for his immedi-
ate return to the stuff'y
back bedro, m in his
city boarding house.
he airy country inn,
in which llc has estab-
lished himself pending
Jhis contemplated ne
gotiation with tn o
powers that be, at BY
wafer Park ia nv nil
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-01-31
6. Suggestions.

1. Engage in no iIlogitimate business. A
man should be so employed that every day he
can ask Gods blessing on his vocation. Sooner
or later all evil business will be wrecked
2. Beware of evil spirits Let them not get
the mastery of you If they be within, expel
them. Ii you be going down the road where
they rage, keep away from them.
3. Seek Christ. Do not tell him to go. Be
happy in his company
A. Tell what Christ does for you. Witness
for Christianity. Speak out for the right
5. Help men who are in sin. Do what you
can to rescue them.
6. Make the spiritual always first Never be
anxious for the material at the expense of the
spiritual and eternal,
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-01-31
THE QUESTION SQUAD.
Comrades Queries and RepIies-Odds and Ends
information

Comrades Queries and RepIies-0dds and Ends Of
Information.
TComrades answering these INQUIRIES are re-
quested TO write directly to the persons asking for
the information, and not 10 The NATIONAL. TRIR-
UNE.l
B. F. Hazen. Nina, n. Y. wants the address of
Serg't Henry Howard, of Co. F. I04th n. Y-E
W. Dodson, Ansley, Neb- desires the address of
Capt John 2. Boyle. Co. b. 10th Ill.-Jeffrey
Miles Sugar Branch, Ind would like the addresses
Of Felix Gaiger and Henry Tucker Co l. 10th
Ind.-Calvin West. Kenton, O.. wants to know
the whereabouts of Maj. Theodore Boles-Pas-
quale Ortiz. Is South Illinois street. Indianapolis
Ind. would like the address of any member of the
military band stationed at Fort Smelling, Mimi, In
1865 also the address of Jack Felg the leader of
the bapd.-Philip IL. Stever, Newark, ". Y
would like to communicate with any member of
Co. A. lllth n. Y. under Capt. Seeley who knew
anything about the death Of VIM. Fl Stcver-
VIM. G. Coates, Co b, lst battalion 18th u. s.. Hav-
ensville, Kaus., wishes the addresses of Sures
Hoover and Mitchell, who had charge of Gonzales
cent camp at Lebanon. KY, In March 1862; also
the addresses of comrades who were in the camp
and remember his father coming and taking him
home.--Biram s. Ayers. Walton Kan wants the
addresses OF Charles T. Walters and James S. Clark
Co ID. llth Iowa.-Chas. \. Stewart Washington
Iowa. wants the address of any Surgeon who was
detached duty as guard of Ambulance Corps of
Fourth Division, Fifteenth Corps, while at Savan-
nah, Ga. and quRrtered in the penileniiary build
ing or about December 1864. or january, 1865
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-01-31
SUNDAY MEDITATION.

Practical Duties Taught by a Study OF the Inter.
national SHnday-sch0Ol Lesson Appointed for
Feb. 10. st. Mark, 5:1-20.
Zone reading these notes should first carefully
study the paragraph from the Holy Scriptures az
indicated above.l
SUBJECT: DEMONS INTO SWINE, AND SWINE
INTO LAKE.
One studying this lesson should also read
the accounts of the miracle as given by St.
Matthew, (9: 1884, and st. Luke, Is: 26-40.l
We find st. Matthew mentions two demoniaes.
In explaining, remember rule of interpreta.
tion laid down by LIE Clerc: " He who speaIIs
of two, includes also the one; he who mentions
only one, does not deny the two" Then An
gustine, Chrysostom, Calvin and some Others
say, One OF the demoniacs is specially men
toned as the principal parsonage and the
greater sufferer"
This miracle is the 18th specific miracle per-
formed by our Savior. 1t is the second case
in which Christ expelled demons. The frst
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-01-31
CoNsuNrPrInN CURED

An old physician, retired from practice hav-
ing had placed in his hands by an East India
missionary the formula of simple vegetable
remedy for the speedy and permanent cure of
Consumption. Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma and
all Throat and Lung Affections; also, positive
and radical cure for Nervous Debility and all
Nervous Complaints, after having tested its
wonderful curative powers in thousands of
cases, has felt it his duty to make it known to
his suffering fellows. Actuated by this motive
and desire to relieve human suffering, will
send free of charge, to all who desire it, this
recipe, in German. French or English, with full
directions for preparing and using. Sent by
mail by addressing with stamp, naming this
paper, w. A. MOVES, 149 PoDey'S Block, Rochss-
ter, N. Y
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The approximation prizes are as follows:
leo prizes of $1,000 approximating to S60O,00O
prize, are SlO0,GVO-
100 prizes Of $500, approxmatng to 500 900 prize
are $4,000.
100 prizes of $780, approximating to sOO 600 prize
are $4,000.
THREE NUMBER TERMINALS
80 prizes of $500, decided by $4,000 prize, are
- prizes of 500, decided by 100000 prize, are
SIS, &C.,
TWO NUMBER TERMINALS.
500 prizes OF 500, decided by $4,000 prize, are
800 prizes of 500, decided by $4,000 prize, are
SlS0OO0
Aud these are explained as follows:
The 800 approximation prizes awarded to the
series of fifty numbers on each side Of the num-
bers drawing the three largest prizes For exam
pie: If ticket No 81 246 draws the s60O go prize
those tickets numbered from 81 1876 81 go inelus-
i've TOO in al Will be entitled to go II ticket 2Sl
draws the S2UO,OOO prlze, those tickets numbered
from 23l S3l inclusive Will be entitled 10 $500 and
so on according to the above scheme
Tickets drawing the capital prizes not entitled
to terminal prizes. a ticket drawing three num-
Der terminal prize, VIII not be entitled TO a two
number terminal prize
And herein is point that is overlooked by many
viz: That they fail to grasp the enormous Of
money that is distributed III these mammoth draw
iugs Ii viii be seen that 3 O0gOJ0 or, 70 be
explicit 8, lis 500 distributed to-day 10y The
Louisiana State Lottery Company, much larger
SUM than ever before. But this, be IL remembered,
was the first extraordinary drawing in which the
grand capital pflLS was 0ouo4eu, pisSihs II at
5000 GOO in place of formerly at SEQ 90 And per-
haps it may not be in the very lar future when this
great institution viii place the grand capital prize
81 coo COO Suffice it. at the semi-anuual drawings
during the coming year, II VIII remain as now
5000 O09. With such prospect in view, how futile
to talk 10 men and tell them, lottery Is delusion
and a Nineiy-uine out of possible hun
dred are ever found 10 hug such delusion when il
may possibly be embraced at SO insignificant a
price.
While waiting for the appointed hour to begin
the drawing General Early Tin presence of General
Beaureguard) explained 10 how the tickets
were counted by himself and his associate commits
sioner with the aid of only such assistance as
selected by themselves from 10 100 600, and placed
in the gutta percha tubes described the time con-
sumed In doing so being usually from five 10 six
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-01-31

When Baby wes sick. we gave her CestorIs,
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss. she chung to castoria,
When sho had Children, she gave them castoria
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-01-31

Among farmers in New York State there
issaid to be at present great deal of complaint
about potatoes rotting, and prices are reported
as being low, because buyers fear that losses
will occur in their cellars
- If the fruit-trees are split by frost good
plan Is to heat grafting-wax. spread it over
piece of muslin, and place over the wound. ty-
ing in place with strips of the same material
wrapped around the trees. The strip covered
with the wax should be sufficiently large en-
tirely to cover the wound.
-Itis estimated, says the american Cultivator
that the area of unreclaimed swamp and marsh
land in the United States that can be drained
and brought under cultivation is equal to that
of all the cultivated lands, or nearly 300 600 600
acres. Much of this land could be reclaimed
without much difficulty or expense, and would
make farm land of great value.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-01-31
BRAIN-RACKERS.

ITO CONTRIBUTORS: In sending answers name
No. of The NATIONAL. TRIBUNE in which the puzzle
is found. Answers OF gIessers may be forwarded
within a week after receiving this TRIBUNE DO not
make numerical enigmas OF your own namesl
Answers must accompany all puzzles forwarded.
ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN TRIBUNE JAN. TO-
Conundrunl- Because he leaves in the Spring.
What am IA cloud.
Bible EuigmR-The Lord is my strength.
BUSINESS TAEGLE
Enter rea ltso 70 opIeep hwo kim eithr gerilino
twin subsiens nth roget OF srit Il pu civil Eht
sibUesns viarainlyb relies OF net opt sa uersit
Mrs Mary Meserole Waterbury Conn
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~ AMERTCAN sTATEsMAN.


AN AMERICAN STATESMAN.
An English poet
A German statesman.
A successful Union General
One OF the Presidents Of the United States.
a celebrated novelist
An Ex-Governor OF Michigan.
The blind poet.
An American poet.
a celebrated orator
A battle fought Jan. g. 1915.
A Congressman from Louisiana.
character IN one OF Shakspere's plays.
A Confederate General.
A General and Emperor of France
The initials give an American statesman.
Lolita NJ Clarke.
C. C. PUZZLE.
Each member Of this JOYOUS band
Must now extend a loving hand
To others who in the ranks should stand
Instructing the unwise of our land
Now, good people, just obey the command
Keep on writing. for we'll expand;
Hoping that many will understand
And continue forever their writing grand
lily regards TO all of the grand old band
By taking four letters from each Of the aboy,
lines find four names OF members of the Q. @.
Photograph for first correct answer
e b. Salisbury, Gustav, o.
A TEMPERANCE ENIGMA.
First is in wine,
Second is in vine
Third Is in wire,
Fourth Is IN tire.
Fifth is In wall,
Sixth is In fall.
Seventh is in seed,
Eighth is in reed.
Ninth is in right,
Tenth is Ia night.
Eleventh is ia drink
Twelfth is in rink.
Thirteenth is ia mound
Fourteenth is in wound
Fifteenth is IN dine,
Sixteenth is in line
Seventeenth is in fine.
Mrs. Mayo
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-07-06
re AusT RiAN foRcgs.
FURNISHED with Improved Small Arms SAD
Drilled necessarily.

Eurpished with Improved small Arms h4o
Drilled Incessantly.
1t is characteristic of Austria that.
while every body is convinced that war
is coming. the Emperor is holding
daily councils with the chiefs OF the
army and navy and the delegations are
convened to pass war loans. Austria is
making herculean efforts to furnish her
troops with new repeating rifles. The
factory at Steyr, where the operatives
have been raised from 1000 to 1000, is
now employed twenty-four hours day
on the Manlicher rifle. Everywhere
extra drills are being imposed; troopa
are being moved to frontier stations;
the lines are crowded with munitions
of war. In Hungary grand popular en-
thusiasm prevails; the volunteers for
the landsturm are already TRIPPING the
number required by law and the women
are forming hospital societies. Austria
is reported to have summoned her land
wehr outside of the country to return
Immediately and join their colors. She
has made during the last few years
greater sacrifices than any other nation
in Europe. Her military educational es-
Establishments and systems of training,
both elementary and professional. for
officers and men are of a very high
order Austria, like Germany and RuS-
STA. talks peace but acts war. The
military council at Vienna has decided
in favor of spending 1900, 900 OF
forms on the defenses of Galicia
which is threatened by Russia, and
Germany approves the move. The
Austrian Cabinet expresses the belief
that good relations with Prussia will
be maintained, but all the same the
rival powers hold the dogs of war in
loose leash. Count kalnoky is peace
minister, but even he felt that a cate
gorical answer must be made to the de-
mand regarding Russian intentions on
the frontier of Galicia. With regard to
Russia Austria and Germany are act
ing as one nation. Austria will take no
steps without Germany's approval.
While not daring to lessen her military
preparation she will choose to face the
fortunes of war rather than face con-
tinuously Magyar discomfort and Mus
covite hatred.
Austria has been termed the ''com-
posite" empire. She hats had three dis
astrous campaigns. yet Francis Joseph
is as completely the sovereign as Will
lam ii. is in Prussia. No minister lives
for a day under his displeasure; every
order Of Importance is referred to his
will, and when he has decided discus
sion ends. The strength of the Haps-
burgs was laid centuries ago in a mill
tary autocracy. OF the five great
states of Europe. Austria is supposed
by some to be the one most loosely
knit, but Of the five it is the one which
it would be the hardest to sever. The
animal instinct of extreme danger
binds the units of Austria together, and
induce them, with political wisdom
for which they get insufficient credit,
to leave their executive, like their
army, one and undivided. The En-
peror is the pivot. Unqucstioning
obedience is paid to his orders. Chi
capo Times
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-07-06
Electric Mountain Railway.

One of the most interesting achieve
ment7 in modern engineering is the
electric mountain railway recently
opened to the public at the Burgen-
stock, near Lucerne. The rails de-
scribe one grand curve formed upon
an angie Of ll2 degrees, aud the sys-
TEN is such that the journey is made
as steadily and smoothly as upon any
of the straight funicLlar lines. The
BurgenetOck is almost perpendicular,
from the shore of Lake Lucerne TO the
BurgenstOck is $3.50 feet, and it Is
$50 feet above the level of the sea
The total length Of the line is 93s me-
ters. and it commences with gradient
Of 81 per cent, which is increased js
per cent after the first 400 meters,
this being maintained for the rest OF
the journey. A single pair OF rails l.
used throughout, and the motive pow
err, electricity, is generated by two
dynamos. each Of twenty-five horse
powe which are worked by water
wheel Of nominaily l2j horsepower
erected upon the river Aar ut It's
mouth at BuOchs, three miles away,
the electric current being conducted
by means of insulated copper wires.
The loss in transmission is estimated
at twenty-five per cent--N. I. Sun.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-07-06
DRAMATIC INSTINCT.
xsse Desire That influences Man tn Em'
bellixhing Ordinary stories.

xsss Desire That influences Man tn Em-
belliShinG Ordinary stories.
There are many people who ara
neither dramatists nor novelists by
profession, but who yet have such
keen eye for EFFECT" that they
may be said to be both. Like
farce-writers. such people are quick
to see situation" and, if neces-
sary, TO make one, in order to indulge
in little cheap theatrical display. 1t
would not be difficult to show that al
most every man OF genius or poetic
temperament has INDUCED more or
less in this propensity; in many cases,
doubtless, without intending any harm
by the stimulation or untruthfulness.
Some one ventured to remind Alexan-
DIRE Dumas that an anecdote he had
just related was not strictly in accord
ance with the truth No" he said
frankly, lit was not, know; but the
story was ever so much better as told
it" The same desire has Influenced.
and will influence, thousands OF per-
sons in embellishing a story. Being a
novelist. Dumas may perhaps be ex-
cused for giving play to his imagination
for the sake of frightening effect
and the same excuse could be urged in
favor OF those novelists who, in record
ing their personal experiences, i"
hardly ever allow one to LOSE sight OF
the fact that they are stOry-tellers by
profession. So much OF their time
is spent in contriving situations that
it is not at all surprising that they are
often tempted to stray from the paths OF
absolute truthfnlne@s. The general
public, however, has no such excuse.
Yet SO keen is the dramatic Instinct
with many people that they contriVs
situations with fertility OF re.
source that would make many novelists
wild with envy. But the dramatic
instinct is mostly displayed in the tell
ing of stories, in connection with which
truth is" no doubt, "a sad hamperer
of genius" because tits comparatively
rare in real life that experiences tit in
with preconceiVed notions. These
whether owing to innate ideas or from
a loving study of fiction is more than
need be determined are frequently ro-
mantle in the extr~me. titZ Doodle
confessed that in all the comedies and
rOmances he had read the hero had al
ways a go-between-a valet or humble
follower-who performed the intrigue
of the piece; and consequently he Sc
lecled some subordinate to carry mis-
letters to Minna Lowe, nOtwithstand-
ing that he might easily have given her
them himself. There may be good
deal underlying this little bit OF
satire. In private life the love of eff
feet is generally pernicious. Every
body remembers that Che immortal
Pecksnif y al ways contrived to inform his
! daughters OF the coming of any visitor
in order that they might be found suit
ably employed; and every body remem-
bers, moreover, that those charming
girls were greatly surprised and
blushed furiously when the visitors ar
rived. Chamber Journal.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-07-06
TIE GReeK ACTORS.
Sow They Dressed and How They Were
Paid In Old Athens.

Paid Ia Oiu AtDSuN.
II was customary to increase the
tatnre of the actors by the use OF
,othurnus or buskin--a kind of high
,oot. orname ID ted in front. and having
layer of sole some three inches thick.
The cOthurnus was painted the same
nlor as the robe worn. In addition
o this. masks covering the whole head
md face were used. On the top, over
he forehead. was lofty frontlet Of
,onical form, which must have added
considerably to the stature and dignity
Df the actor; inside the mask there
teens to have been some contrlvance
I,r strengthening the power OF the
goice to enable it to fill the immense
space of the auditorium. Bell-shaped
vessels of bronze are said to have been
p aced in various parts OF the theatef
|, reflect the sound, and the actors
were subjected to severe course OF
training both as to power and modu-
Iation OF voice. Many of the actors
we're men Of position and in
ruence in Attic society, ana
no.e than one had been intrusted
with diplomatic and other missions
!, ,melimes the poet himself played III
is own compositions, rs Aeschy tns Is
raid 10 have done 1t may interest
t.lne of the craft Of the present day to
i.aru that a. uuch as talent (neariy
10 poundsl has been paid to an actor
if note for two performances. There
we G only three performers In speak
inc parts. the others were silent; IN
iced, they could not have spoken had
they tried. for their masks had the
rrifice of the mouth closed, while
nose worn by the principal actor ana
biz. two subOrdinatea were cohStfucteu
with the mouth open i'll the shape o.
an O. No women were allowed To ACT,
ine female parts being taken, as III
s;hakesnearean time. with us. by boys
., Young men. not only on the stage
itself, but in the chorus Sophocles'
when IA youth. was selected iof MS
grace and beauty to lead the choral
lascc at the festival given III honor OF
the victors at Salamis. The dresses
worn on the stage bore no reSem biance
TO the ordinary Athenian costume. but
were probably d modification OF the
lestal robes worn in the old Dionysiac
procession, and consisted of flowing
robes of purple and yellow and other
brilliant hueS. crowns or chaplet7, and
embroidered girdles. These robes We're
50 lengthy II, to cover the feet. and
were common to ali characters, male
a. well a. female. Chambers journal.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-07-06

Not only is Russia the greatest
military power in the world, but she
j. the European power with the
Target homogeneous population and
the greatest expansive force. Ter
ritorially she has the largest empire,
possessing vast snare Of the old
word, and hers is Il people full Of
patriotic and religious spirit and So
we'll disciplined that all except an in
iinite,imaI minority obey cheerfully
and without question under all circunl-
stances. whether good or evil, the will
Of sin@e man. Yet. although sub
iect to what with our parliamentary
ideas, we are disposed TO style despOt-
ism. the Russian people are full Of
spirit and of those qualities which We
con-i der specially AnglO-SaNon --
''pluck" and go Russia has abb
sorbed with rapiditg, but with com
Asia, has drawn steadily nearer and
nearer to our frontier and has MADE
herself extremely popular with the
peop,e she has conquered. Her policy
throughout the century has been APP
parenNy fixed in object, but pursued
W ith patience: and while there seems
to be no reason to suppose any prob
ability of Il speedy collision. which
England will do nothing to provoke.
it j. impossible for those who are
cha Eed with the defense of India 10
shut their eye, to the possibilities or
even the probabilities Of .he future
70 nightly Review.