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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-01-25
A Somewhat Ancient Toad.

Local antiquarians and biologists in
England are enchanted at present with a
I, live toad found in the course of railway
excavations at Greenock. The toad is
certainly from 10000 to 10000 years
old, as the stratum clay in which 1t was
found certainly dates from the glacial
period. Its mouth, is sealed up; it
breathes slightly through the nostrils,
and though the eyes are quite expressive
IL does not seem 10 see.-f ubiic Opinion.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-01-25
IN DARKNESS.
XVIII be stili.

sf,4 49, will DO still; ~ Sso1d
The terror druwing nigh ~ ~ -
Shau startlc from my lips no coward cry; ~,
Nay though the night my deadlIest dread ruinn,
: u ~ viii be still
~ * ss
~ - !, For OH know, srs ses
Though suffering hours delay. -. ~.
Yet 90 Eternity they pass away,
Carrying something onward as thsy dow,
outlasting woel assFpSf
s Yes, something wont - y
Tho harvest of our tears u 81 i
Something unfadnp. plucked from folding years;
Something to blossom on beyond the sun, ,nss
From Sorrow won.
le9sf gsl ,,,yx - - 49,. eoS ot
So hopeless now OF balm,
Shall sleep at last In light as pure ana calm =
AS that wherewth the stars look down on thee
St b !, i,.s tts. Gethscnaue. t ~ s fb scIc
Florence Earle Coates in Harper's Magazine !, .
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-01-25

I:Io detectives of Berlin are the
nearest approach in stoidity to those
of London. There is really very little
crime in the German empire, on ac-
count Of tho extraordinary sentences
that are imposed and the strict mill
tary discipline that prevails through
out the empire, and which has its
highest development in Berlin. On
this account the most experienced and
capable detectives are taken out of the
criminal service as rapidly as possible,
and promoted to the official depart
ment.
Their duties consist solely in watch
ing socialism and guarding eminent
Germans from bombs and dynamite.
Bismarck, for instance, never travels
without the protection Of at least two
Of the crack officers of tho detective
corps, and, when he takes ride in the
park, or even ventures on a. short
official visit to one Of the departments,
@ man precedes and follows him. The
vigilance is severe and thorough. The
emperor, l may remark in passing, is
never guarded by detectives, but his
personal staff hover about him in a
fashion that renders any interference
from Nihilists or Socialists veil nigh
impossible. AS to the skill of the Ger
man detectives, it cannot, / think, be
compared for o moment with that of
Ehe police of Paris or New York. New
York Cor. Globe Democrat.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-01-25
SHOCK pice for n coain.

A gambler, dying of consumption,
shuffied into an undertaker's estab.
iishment at Stockton, Cal, and pro
posed to the proprietor TO shake dice
for a coffin. The latter consented, the
money was put up against a suitable
coffin, and the gambler won, chuck
ling over his luck as he ambled away.
the passion for gambling is an inhe-
rent trait Of character, and the men
who have been humihated bysthe set
element Of idiotic bets will not be any
moro 10th to make the same bets on
the next cEcasio on. &C Chicaso HersId.
Citizen .s;raip,s Astonishipg Discovery.
One reason Why world il SO upside
down is from the astounding error in
Cosmos Chronology III. Jan. 4
Ammo Domini was Hrst day oil First
century, end Of twelfth month, Dec.
S1, at midnight, ended frst hundred
years. II correct, Jan. 1, 1900, was
first day of Eighteenth century, and
yet for eighty-eight years we have
been calling 1t Nineteenth century,
when that does NOT begin till Jan. /,
1900. George Francis Train in New
York World. ~ ~
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-01-25
Hoy Wood Is ..,1etnl,lzeh. >,

A method of giving brilliant me-
tallic surface TO wood has been brought
out in Germany. The wood is first
treated in o bath of caustic alkali, then
in bath of hyposulphite of calcium
to which sulphur has been added, and
finally in bath of acetate of lead In
each of these baths the wood remains
for several hours. 1t is then dried and
may be given a very high polish. -
Arkansaw Traveller.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-01-25
Prophecy Of tho monograph.

And now they say that Tom Hood first
planned the phonograph; as witness this,
from his "Comic Annual for 1889: sIn
this century Of inventions, when self
acting drawing paper has been discovered
for copying visible objects, who knows
but that o future Niepce, or Daguerre, or
Herschel, or Fox Talbot, may find out
some sort of Boswellish writing paper to
repeat whatever it hears2'-New York
Tribune. ~ -Ghfa
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-01-25
Too Many School Eool.s.

Education has been carried to such
an extent in Germany that the gov
crnment has felt itself forced to step
in and compel tightening Of the
weight OF school books carried by the
children. German Children carry their
books in q linapsack The police are
now ordered TO stop children weighted
too heavily, get their address and bring
their fathers to court TO be fined for
overlooking New York Sun.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-01-25
Oldest Poplar in rraucs.

The citizens of Dijon boast that they
have tho oldest poplar in France. but
just how old it is no one knows, 1t is
122 feet high, forty-five feet in circum
ference at tho base, and twenty-three
feet in circumference fifteen feet from
the base. Foreign Letter.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-01-25
A big DAYS Work.

AtCcntral City, Colo, the other day,
O retort containing $40, 900 in gold was
placed in bank for safe keeping. The
gold was all produced in single day
by ono mine. The amount lis the
greatest ever taken from any mine in
the same length of time. - Chicago
Herald
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-01-25
plpLoMArlo TOMMY.


He fndncsd MA sisfcr - Attena the Foot
81. BAN Game.
ssyo To,,or,,Sssn y .o;d h;s s;s.ar .sru
{ not give 'vou "A ce,,ts to nav To 500 tbe
Sfootba;i n,nfch. Won bave seem q nun
bsr of lnsek ail oa,nes dnr;no The s,,in.
mer. and i think fhat is enoneh y
TomrDx ~ 80 ~; ;ected s for wb;le md
ke,,t 90 ,us y IA Any e;at,,. ..tlu
,beran t6 ~ -, - l,arscjs I hat | sha
had s;ience3 b;.,, m, . t;n,a - iaast S
ras,d She youls' not be bothered hv his
! }eas;nu gud,janlv TonnSs fans
brighfened and he t,,rned to,yord h;s
sister but She was bnsv viii Some
needleworjx and was ali rncnnsc;o,,s ]
fof the thoughts that were running
went over and stood beside % her and nd
watched her n nceyS as tbey Ia : xtaro,'siH
knitted the bright colored yarn into
for 4 church fair To 6e held in q short
time ~ - "
There was. silence for n wb;lo o,ly
broken bv the far away notes of y
harsh hand ORGAN ms Il gronnd ont in
snasmodic tine the "Ro,,Ion,a.
March, in the next block At iast
TOMMY broke the silence ard said
softiv:, ado Won remember Mr. Mica.
feilow Who ,,sed s ie W. 4asL ~ m ,,o,, m''1 20
fn,,ch Mt the hotd1 IN saratooa2 2S
1Yes Tom,mv Wbvan
"I oI,ess von havenY sean hin, No
centlv. have vo,,9S, : : : i - W
,T7ssNo' To,nmvs Vben9 wa =, c,v5ed 10
last sprina & ava beyyaa in E,,rone'
and / didsIoy know his address 20 d;3
not send him q card. What makes
You aslx fhe question ~ = :.
"Oh. nothin' much !: only tho last
time / went to fhe Polo pro,Ynds IN see
the New Yorls heat the Chicagos he
was thcre in the grand stand. and
talked to me. He said he attended,
nearly every game He had n ladv
with him. oe
"a lady, Tommya"
!, aOhi (rel;eyed. You saw he talked
to olyou, TommyG'
TYes. he said he tbouobt T had
grown q great deal since he saw me in
Saratoga' md wanted to know how
that good looking sister of mine was. !"
SEQ on, Tommy"
"And then he said: Let me see.
your sister is about 10 now, isn't she9'
And said I guessed that was about
your aQe.
ssWell" (softlv. ''l
"Then he turned to the lady who
was with him and asked her II she
didn't remember the lady who locked
SO pretty that NIGHT at the hon: the
one. he said. who had brown hair and
wore a lovely pale blue silk dress that
became her so well. and made the
Rogers girls so jealous-I guess he
said the Misses Rogers. And she said
she rememIered Rer o,,;ta 1yoII. o,d
then she turr ed to me and said: Are
you the youn., !, lady's brotherT An I
said was, anc she said: you ought
to be proud Of having such a nice Sis
ter, am I said y was an it made me
feel. good when Isee how ali the vonn~
ladies in, the block were Jealous Of
her. ~ u g SisSl CtF75A'
'tTommyl" lseyerely).
'Well, i couldn't help it, cause /
know it's SOL ~
.Tommy's (mildly) Az
can then Mr.. Nicefellow told the
waiter to bring me a glass of soda
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-01-25

Sseo HsG oy an cuts, and dated, 1893.
a.SsUs:.ssSess st st. Jerbme in
p,txx 1ctfer, dated 1918. VIM Martin
tsuther's autoeraisi on the fly 'tsff. The
title page of little volume in tho hand
writing of David Garrick has this in
scriptioni "a Dialogue Between an Actor
and y Critic, by way Of Prologue to the
English Opera Called Tempest" An odd
shaped book is tho ''Indian Primet, or
the First Book by which Children may
Know Truly TO Read the Indian Ian
guagc, and Milk for Babes" One B.
Green, Of Boston, printed this in 1920.
Here is also tho first ballot cast in South
Carolina by colorcd man. 1t originally
belonged TO William Lloyd Garrison.
Likewise on exhibition is the smallest
complete book ever printed. 1t is copy
of Dantes "Divina Commedia," struck
OF from the smallest type ever cast.
Two sheets of paper, cut into sixteen
parts, Were enough to contain the whole
1928 verses. The leaves measure two
inches in length by one and half in
width. The type was cast in 1850, but
the competitors and proofreaders en-
ploycd on the work repeatedly abandoned
1T, on account of the eye strain, and it
was not completed until 1876. The type
Nso ttp SAllNl4A W anu 30,
after using, it was melted and cast over
again. Another interesting volume is
'The Indian Bible, Translated by the
Apostle John Eliot" 1t was printed in
1868 at Cambridge, in Matick dialect,
portion of the type being set by .'praying
Indians" a book dated 1878, by Latin
John, tho famous negro scholar and poet,
Is so rare that the British museum has
10 COPY of it. Juan Latino-as his
name properly was--is celebrated as one
Of the most learned men of the Sixteenth
century. lie was professor of Greek and
Latin il the cathedral school of Grenada,
an accomplished swordsman, n beau, q
wit end mUsician-in short, sort of
Admiral CTichton in burnt cork, as it
were. ,c iyll in love with ono of the
beauties Of Grenada, and they were mar
licd by tAn bishop of the cathedral, Don
John of Austria acting rs best mau.-
Rene ENchc il New Orleans Picayune.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-01-25

The Act rel
the State star showcases or the bos-
ments made fry--subposed to be the
General Asss sollection of books in this
,Sposed to view many lit
of most interesting
AN ACT IN r instanceS there is q copy
n nn1asn. . Tg Chroaicle. published
IrSvea S S tho inveption of print
Sooo ~ " cuts. and dated 1893.
aooo: of st. Jer6me i'm
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-07-05
A Co-operatiyo Maid.

There was a movement made by a
a New York woman short time ago
to hire what she called cooperative
maitland good idea it is, too, Some
young woman, clever with her needle,
might easily take it up and earn her
living, without the opprobrious title
of servant. There are many hard
working women in this town who are
journalists and teachers of the arts,
living in boarding houses and flats,
who can never find time amid their
duties to attend to the details of the
wardrobe, and must, for lack of an
opportunity, allow clothes to go un-
mended, gloves and shoes without but
tons, while unchristian disorder reigns
in closets and bureau drawers.
Now the proposition is to find some
women who will be given number
of patronesses, each paying modest
sum for the privilege of having some
one set them in order each week and
relieve their minds of the annoying
thought of personal carelessness. This
should be want easily satisfied, and,
myself, / know of a number Of women
who would willingly contribute for a
share in such an honest luxury os a
weekly maid.-New York Star.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-07-05
a Peculiar Epitaph.

An observing lawyer said the other
day: II have often heard of peculiar
inscriptions on tombstones; but one
came under my observation few days
ago that think deserves q notice. 1t
was something decidedly out of the
common, and, while the sentiment
was praiseworthy and 'consumma-
ton devoutly to be wished, had a
strong element of the ludicrous in it.
I was passing along Main street, in
Germantown, and l stopped at the
corner of Queen street for moment
to look at the old fashioned stucco and
stone church there. Its old steeple
and clock are lands marks. 1t is the
old Trinity church, and it stands in
the center of a grassy plot about half
an acre in extent. Part of it is used
as a burying ground. There are three
graves close together, but only one of
them is marked with tombstone. On
this are the name and date of death OF
the deceased occupier, and beneath il
is the rather remarkable inscription:
"when shall we three meet again.
THE designer evidently thought it
biblical and not Shakespearean, and
he had probably never read the pre-
ceeding line, In thunder, lightning OF
in rainT "-Philadelphia Inquirer.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-07-05

One of the sufferers at Valley Forgc
in revolutionary days was soldier
that. enlisted in Capt. John Brackets
company of volunteers from Fal-
mouth, Nc. He wrote home to the
authorities of the town, stating the
condition of the army and requesting
them TO call upon the inhabitants to
contribute what they could in the way
OF blankets, clothing and shoes for
their relief. On receipt of the letter
they Immediately called town meet
ing; the letter was read, the meeting
resolved itself into a committee of the
whole and went to work The people
were poor, but gave freely Of their
substance, many depriving themselves
of things needed in their own fam
lilies. Mrs Wilson, the mother of a
large, respectable family (some of her
descendants are now living on the old
homestead of their ancestor), after col
Letting all that could be spared from
her family, took her only flannel
skirt and cut and made it into a pair
of drawers. She put it with her other
contributions and her bundle went to
the army; and an honest prayer from
her heart went up to heaven for di-
vine aid and protection for those suf-
fering soldiers and for the success of
the cause thcy were engaged III. Sus-
tanned by such spirit as this, the col
onists were invincible-as Pitt told
parliament.-Lew Journal.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-07-05

II met what 1 think is a new de-
parture in social shams," said a claim
agent who works large European
collection field, the other day. GA
woman came to my Office and wanted
to know how much / would charge
her to have her name and those of her
daughters written this summer on all
the fashionable hotel registers and
other books kept for that purpose in the
chief places of historical or scenic in
terest throughout Europe. was to be
careful not to get them registered in
two places at the same time, and was
to be sure that they were duly tele-
graphed to the American newspapers.
At first did not understand her mo-
tive, and said: But why don't you
do it yourself, madame We would
have to charge you great deal more
than it is really worth-it would be
little trouble for you to attend to such
little thing or one of your daugh-
ters.' why, man, don't you under
standY she replied, annoyed at my
dizziness in not taking in the situation !;
we are not going over at all. So ]
took the contract at good price, and
her name will be duly. cabled over as
among the latest arrivals in London,
Venice, etc., TO the envy of her
friends, while in reality she will be
hiding away in some country board
ing house. New York Tribune.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-07-05
METHODS OF SUICIDES.
T'he Cold Calculations of Some Persons
Who Have Killed Themselves.


The tools employed by those shut
fling off this mortal coil are as varied
as the self destructionists themselves.
Among women about 60 per cent.
in Denmark suicide by drowning;
about SO per cent. of the meu use the
rope. Poisoning and firearms have
fallen sadly into disuse in the land of
OF the Zuyder Zee, only about A to 8
per cent employing that means
In France, too, the rope predomi-
mates, about AZ per cent. of the whole
number employing the hempen agen-
cy. Drowning comes second as a
French mode of leaving the cares of
the wicked world, about go per cent.
taking the water route; death by fire.
arms, ID per cent. by asphyxia, s per
cent. by leaping from tall buildings, 3
per cent by poison, 2 per cent. by
knives and other edged instruments, 2
per cent. and all other causes, enough
to make up the total percentum.
The manner in which some have ac-
complished the act for which there is
no forgiveness is unparalleled in hor-
rid ingenuity. Some of them have
constructed guillotines after the most
approved French fashion. S. M. Pills
bury, of Chelsea Mass, constructed a
machine which was perfect model of
intricate workmanship. It was mod
eled after DR.. Guillotine's famous in
strument of death, with great slid
ing ak, supported by trigger held
in position by bucket of water at
tached to it by string. The bottom
of the bucket was provided with a
small hole though which it would take
one hour for the water to escape be-
fore the ak would overbalance the
emptied bucket. During that awful
hour the mad genius lay with his
head in the collar his neck across the
block coolly etherizing himself prepa-
ratory to the fatal fall. When discov-
cred his head was completely severed
from his body.
A Mr. j. A. Moore employed an al
most exact counterpart of Pillsbury's
in Kidding himself of his wife and
children at Lafayette, Ind, in 1876.
George @. Wheeler of Detroit made
wonderful machine ON the plan of a
power sausage mill, but which work
cd with spring instead of crank
The knives used were pieces of scythes
set in powerful arms, all the knives
working very close together. After
the machine was completed he wound
up the terrible spring and stepped into
the vat. The effect must have been
to his liking, as it hardly left piece
of George @. larger than porterhouse
steak.
Others have burned themselves by
crawling into furnaces or by jumping
into molten kettles of iron. Still
others have placed their gun barrels
in the fire with the muzzle against
their breasts or heads and silently
awaited the explosion. When the
idea once takes possession of the hui
man species that Marriage is a Fail
ure," that Life is an Empty Void
and hardly worth Living" he or she
is very apt to launch into the great
unknown, and is not at all particular
as to the means employed or the route
taken so that it accomplishes the end
in view.-John w. Wright in ST.
Louis Republic.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-07-05
Lady Duff Gordon's Pet.

She had tame snake and used to
carry her pet about with her wound
round her arm Inside the large baggy
sleeves that wers then the fashion,,
and it would put its slender head out
at the wristhole and lap milk out of
the palm of her hand with its little
forlzed tongue. 1t was as fond of gilt
tering things as Lucie herself, and
when she took her many rings off her
fingers and placed them on different
parts of the table, it would 60 about
collecting them, stringing them on its
little body and finally tying itself in q
tight knot, so that the rings could not
oe recovered till it chose to unite il.
self again.-The Spectator.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-07-05
Culture in the Far West.

A house in this city yesterday re-
ceived the following letter from q
young woman residing in a mountain
town up north: Have you got q song
with the words & Accomplishment called
chippy Get your Hair cut, johnny get
your gun.--I don't know the name of
the song, but I think that is part of
the first verse. Please let me know
right away if you have it q the price
of it 81 also have you the music of a
Song called of the day and price of it.
& have you got song called she is
my big Fat Consumpted liza jane &
price of il. "-Sacramento Record
Union. M
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-07-05
Lost Letters.


Many instances of letters oddly lost
and found might be cited. In 1888 a
letter which contained money was re-
ceived at the postoffice in New York,
addressed to Samuel G.. Starr, No. 205
Pearl street. It was given with others
to carrier, but Mr.. Starr reported
soon after that the letter had not been
delivered. An investigation was made,
but without any satisfactory result.
The next year, however, during the
season of house cleaning, the mystery
was solved. The oilcloth in the hall
way of No. POS Pearl street was taken
up, and on the floor, close to the front
door, was found the letter which had
been so long missing. The place had
been closed when visited by the car
rier, and thrusting the letter under the
door, he had pushed it beneath the
floor covering.
A package was recovered from the
dead letter Office some years ago which
had been the cause of considerable un-
easiness. This letter contained $40. 600
in drafts, and was mailed from New
Orleans to New York city. Thence it
was sent to England, but was re-
turned, and finally turned up in the
dead letter Office, where it was opened
and returned to the sender. Much in
quiry had been made for the missing
package, and suspicious strong enough
to make several postoffice officials anx-
ious were directed against them. 1t
was once limited to the sender that he
might have misdirected the envelope,
but he was positive of having been
accurate on this point. When it came
back from its long journey, however,
it was found to have been addressed
to "New York, England."-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-07-05

In remembrance of her good works
for Hindoo women, number of large
photographs of Lady Dutferin, on
porcelain and handsomely framed,
are distributed by subscription to most
of the hospitals in India, where they
will be hung up in the wards.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-07-05
LAKE SUPERIOR TRANSIT OF
The Great Duluth Route.

Intended sailings of steamers from Detroit To-
Sault Ste. Marie and other Lake Superior Ports
Mondays. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and
alternate Wednesdays 1880 p. m, central time:
For Cleveland, Erie and Buffalo: Sundays. Mon
days, at D. M, central time, making railroad con-
nections for points East and South. Rail connec-
lions at wsshburn aud Duluth for st. Paul. Min
neapolis. Pacific coast and points on Northern
Pacific X. r., Manitoba. NO.
Baggage checked to destination.
For tickets and other information apply to j. u
WHITING, Gen1 Agent Dock and ofhce, ~
West Atwster Street. between Griswold and Shell
by Streets, DETROIT, MICH.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-07-05
UNION INVESTMENT 90.
Capital Paid up 1000, 900.
Kansas, Me.
Incorporated

Offers per cent Debenture bonds secured
by first liens on Improved farm and city
property, represen ting value of ~ times
the amount of Deb entures and held i'm trust
by the American Loan and Trust Co., of
Boston, Mass. This Debentures are further
secured by the entire capital of the Co.,
payable semi-annually at any Nation
Bank, and at the Office of the American
Loan 81 Trust Co. in Boston. Also Bank
stocks netting Z and s per cent commercial
paper and general investment securities.
Send for pamphlet descriptive of the securi-
ties we offer.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-11-10

The silent stars shine nightly,
The summer sun glows Brightly,
The desert winds breathe lightly
Through arch and collonade.
The aspen whispers kindly.
The spider weaveth blindly,
Madonna looks benignly
From the rudely carved facade.