The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-08-08
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1t has been suggested tina, tn
head of Miss Susan Anthony ought
to be put on the silver dollar.
Miss Louise 1mogene Quincy,
the poetess, thinks nothing of walk
ing twenty miles on her poetic feet.
Mrs. Adare of Rathdore, Ire,
has refused an offer of t350,000 for
her cattle ranch somewhere III the
West. She holds it at 81 100000.
The fat and particularly venera-
bic Kalakaua, king of the Sandwiches,
will visit England in October. His
sister. Princess Lilino, is going with
him
Olive Logan, the pioneer ofnews-
paper women, has the honor of be-
ing elected member of the incor-
porated Society of Authors, of which
Lord Tennson is president and Wal
ter Besant the secretary.
The largest fruit farm i'll West
Virginia is the Becker farm, near Har-
per's ferry 1t containg 5000 apricot
trees. $4,000 peach trees, 5000 plum
trees. 5000 miscellaneous fruit trees,
and $4,000 grape vines.
Robert Melhcnny OF Plainvicw,
Adams county, Pa, is the posscssor
of II turkey hen that laid ten eggs
while she was hatchin: she hatchcd
out an even dozen OF young tur-
keys. and is still laying an egg every
day.
All through New Mexico. Arizo-
ia, some parts of Colorado and also
in old Mexico. 10 rain has fallen for
months, and thousands upon thou
sands of range cattle are lying dead
i'll the parchcd valleys and thousands
more are dying for want of grass and
water.
The most mCEOtonous city Ill its
buildings is palis, the houses there
being almost alike. An attempt is
now being made to vary this by build
ing houses OF the style of the Rcnais-
sancc and Louis NJ. and hope Is cX-
pressed that the example will b" fol-
lowed generally.
A wonderful wedding dress was
recently made up III Russia for the
daug liter of great Russian artist
1t is of regulation white satin, but on
the satin are innumerublc little pic
lures. chiefly allegorical, painted by
her fathers friend. What may belts
value III years to come!
A Montcfore. who has been
travelling in Florida and devoting care
ful study to the fruit growing dis
tricts of that vast State, calculates
h,t
the course of twcnty-fouT hours than
all the inhabitants of Great Britain,
France. Germany, Austria, Belgium
Holland and Switzerland put to-
gethcr.
An oculist in Brcslau has recently
treated 300 cases of defective eye
sight, for which the cause was not
apparent. 1t rose as suddenly rs an
epidemic, and was confined to men en-
tirely. At last he found the reason
for it in Il new fashion of very tight
shirt collars. He made the young men
,lnbutton thcir collars and their eyes
got well.
In Maine Il man has been found
who has sold liquor freely for the
past thirty years, and who has never
missed attending district. county and
State conventions and advocating and
voting for resolutions asserting ad-
hcsion to the principles ofprohibition
and demanding thorough and effective
enforcement of the law Well, he is II
curiosity.
There is an interesting scheme
for establishing IL floating hotel at
Hong Kong. The vessel is to have
three decks, the lower being arranged
for dining, billiards., smoking and card
rooms. The main deck will contain
a drawing room. twcnty-onc bed
rooms. each with full sized bath
and dressing room, while the upper,
or spar deck, has been arranged as u
promenade.
English ladies arc adopting the
fashion of putting their ladies who
wait at table i'll livery. The skirts
are plain of these livery gowns and
of the hcraldic color of the house.
All the plclts are thrown behind.
Then the waistcoat and Jacket arc
trimmed with livery bands, buttons
and crcsts on monoGrams i'll metal.
\ high stiff white collar. white cuffs
and tiny white cap like II tomIoi
fins Evprv