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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-02-27
A Memory Test.

In a Western court, . witness had
been detailing, with great minuteness,
certain conversations which had occurred
several yearl before. Again and again
the witnessk testified to names and dates,
and precise words, and II became neces.
..sssy for hid sress;s szc@,ass e break hiu
device. }sd lhils the witness was glibly
rattling his testimony, the cross
examine landed him q law-book and
said: "Redd aloud paragraph from
that book" "What fort" inquired the
witness. "I will tell you after you have
reod it," said the lawyer, and the wit
ness accordingly read aloud paragraph
of most qninteresting material abou,
lands. .appdrtenances, and hereditaments
Then the lawyer went up and asked hin
a few more questions about his memory
and the witness was positive that his
memory was very good. Suddenly the
lawyer said: "By the way, will yor
please repeat that paragraph you JUS
read about lands, appurtenances ant
hereditm@1t1" "Why, of course
could not that," replied the witness
."You mast have queer memory" re-
torted the 4hwyer, "since you can repea
things eiA4 you say occurred years ago
-.as srou can not -eneat what ynu-rsad 4
plused. 4-dr0ondut
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-02-27
THE SPIDER wER.T
Through the long night /.

Through the long night,
The builder builded and tho structure grews
With skillful art from spray ito spray he
AshS drew
His slender thread, while hidden from the
asr' sight
And on an ancient pattern buildsd there
His castle I'm the air. -
And still he thought
Or The new home and what should bet there
I'm. '--''f
OF tho dear friends that he wouldshortly win
TO dwell there, and of all that tshould be
brought
0f beauty, to mako delicate and fair
His castle in the air.
When the morn rose
His work was done; woven from stem to-
stem,
Lighted by chandelier of,pearl and gem,
And shimmering with a thousand rainbow
glows;
And then he mounted by silver stair
His castle III the air;
When spring breeze
Passed by and brushed him rudely to tho
ground,
just as his foot had reached the topmost
round
Snatched off his web from the syringa trees,
And left the builder seeking everywhere
His castle in the air.
Ellen v. Talbot.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-02-27
Chance Location OF a CITY.

according to a Seattle Washington
nan ,Nis was a case of necessity when the
sy OF Tacoma was located ON Puget
sound. "The Northern Pacific" he
'ays, "was obliged to reach tide water
with Its western line by certain date.
Inc financial furry came on. and IL was
uifhcult to raise funds necessary for the
completion of the road. Yet large land
grants and heavy subsidies were. depend-
sht upon reaching or salt water by a
certain date-s It was the intention to
place the western terminus OF the North
ern Pacific far to the north and west of
the present location, but in spite of the
untiring efforts of financiers in the East
and engineers in the West it was seen
That the point selected could never be
reached in time to save the lands and
funds dependent upon reaching salt
water. The management of the road
ordered the engineers to press toward the
nearest point on the sound without re-
gard to the terminus. "-Boston Tran
script.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-02-27
"Well, mail it and hurry back"

| "Well, mail 1T and hurry back"
walked straight to the hotel, and there
sat the man had spoken to on the street
three minutes before! He was still writ
ing. asked friend WHO sat reading
If Goldwaith had been out, and he re.
piled in the negative. I felt my hair
standing on end as sat down, and dur.
ing all that long night I did not get a
wink of sleep. Ny partner, the ticket
agent, and myself had all seen what we
had not seen. Was he of flesh and blood,
or was he wrath who could appear in
two places at once2
1t was on Friday evening I thought
/ met our upstairs man on the street.
Saturday morning took stepladder
and closely examined the top of the
vault, and also sent man up stairs to
look at the floor Of the back room and
J see if 1t was intact. Everything was re-
ported all right, and Saturday evening
our man said to me-:
81 haven't slept well lately, and I be.
heve 1 will try change of beds. Twill
turn into the room next to you for a
couple Of nights, and see if the change
won't bring sleep"
rejoiced at this, as need not fear
that he was at work on the vault. I
satisfied myself that he was in bed before
turned in, and that night slept bettef
than for months before. He occupied
the same room on Saturday night, and on
sunday forenoon he surprised me by
saying he would accompany me to
church. He appeared to listen very
closely ito the sermon, and on the way
home pointed out its strong and weak
points. 7
twas my custom to enter the bank AZ
noon to see if all was well, but on this
day, after we had finished dinner and T
was about to start, "a friend came in and Ii
was detained about half an hour. Every.
thing seemed to be all right in the bank. :
but, from force of habit, r opened
the vault, and one look showed me-
that the climax had come. There was
a hole through the roof of the yault.
our safe was open, and lying on
the litter of paper was man. did
not know whether he was dead or alive
when summoned help, but we
soon found that he was dead and lvmo
In his own blood. The safe had been
opened with wedges, and the $4,000 it
contained had been taken. 1t was half
an hour before ! thought of Goldwaithe,
and then he could not be found. We
burst into his rooms, and about the first
thing we found was satchel. containing
our money.
The machine which took to be drill
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-02-27

was ezili piece of tho fioor had
beer y oul 10 drill had then done E 4.
yofl the ION plates, and later on 4
ohio Aad - used TO pick out the ca
meo(sondl apthe bricks. The ,oS-
berS<1ld >gun work ct 5 O'CLOCK
on ng, and h6 probahJv
9 ps could have sworn
It una ut Il wasn't. i had iss.
him n lRa hotel, aud he haS
- q 6sn Sac M s.s a3Ys sVsn.-
brother, awe afterwards Sscsrtained to
certainty How did he meet his death9
He had gotinto the vault and the safe
and secured the money. He passed up
and down by means of q rope. In going
back the second time for further plunder
he had encountered piece of glass in
the cement, ana It had severed an artery
in his leg.
Goldwaithe knew that 1 mistrusted
him. He had, therefore, worked to
throw me of my guard, and when the
plan was ripe for execution he lay Sleep
ing within ten feet OF me, while iis own
brother was doing the work. We caught
MIN three months later in New Orleans.
ana while we could not satisfy the jury
that he was one of the robbers, he was
taken to- Cincinnati on another charge
and got sentence Of twelve wears.
Nese sYu6 Sun.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-02-27
Nstory OF a whales Pluck

We hass f5ceived the following letter
from Add 4aide from DR.. Warrington
Caffyn: send you an instance oi
pluck on Y part of whale. As far a.
i can learnit is the rarest thing for g
whale not to fear steamer. Captain
Hepworth, British Naval Reserve, of the
steamship Fort Adelaide, was taking his
sights one morning when he noticed q
large sperm whale alongside, SO close
that his spouting wetted the deck. The
creature had evidently lost his school
and mistaken us for one Of his own
species. He remained with us for four
days and nights and travelled 800 nauti.
cal or 1925 statute miles without a rest,
and, as far as one could gather, without
food. He was never moro than seventy
yards away, and for the most part close
against tbs ship, under her quarter
where the draught made swimming
easier for him. The length of the ami
NAL was about forty seven feet. TIL,
first day he was very lively, diving fire.
quentlyy kSaeash tie ships bottom, OF
one occasion scratching himself severely
After that he kept close alongside like {
tired Newfoundland dog. When he die
come up th children amused themselvea
by throwin potatoes into his 'blov
holes,' which were ejected with grea
force. If this monstrous mammal ha.
ary capacity for sorrow it must have been
pathetic moment with him when at last
after his gallant struggle to stay with us
he had to throw up the sponge and re
~. IL r
ocean."-Pau Mall (EnolandI Gazette.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-02-27
A Leper Village In Colombia.

"a strange community is that of Aqua
di Dios, the leper villagein Colombia, as
described by our Consul at Bogota.
Situated at about fourteen hundred feet
above the sea level, with dry, sandy
soil, and temperature of cighty.two to
eighty-hve degrees Fahrenheit, this spot
mas been chosen for the lazzaretto by the
government on account of its ancient
reputation for the cure of leprosy. Some
nve hundred and twenty sufferers from
TINS terrible visitation dwell here, and
iorm about one-third of the population;
put the most remarkable fact regarding
the settlement is that lcpers and healthy
persons are described as living ON terms
OF perfect intimacy. there being no spe.
enc ieper auarters though every house in
the village stands apart in garden. Mr..
wheeler states that there is no case on
record of the disease having been con.
tracted here by contagion. Even where
iepers have married healthy Spersons, the
husband or wife has never been kaswn to
take 1t from the other ~On} me othst
assa' fha @aQEafRl xaGtia adbiAa that
eehlldiez born 81 such u6iOhs arc gen:
orally afflicted. .-Lond1n Neaos.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-02-27
Mail Divisions.

The railway mnif service of tho Who'll,
country is divided for convenience int,
eleven divisions. all under the CHARGE ot
General Superintendent at WASHINGTON
Each separate division has a Superinten
dent of his own. There were, for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1883, 5O94
. clerks in the service, and they handled
that year 1888, 772, ,080 pieces of ordin.
ary mail matter, besides registered pieces
The salaries Of the clerks range from
$500 to $500 according to the amount
ct work,or responsibility Nicholas.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-02-27
THE MAN UP STAIRS.

"The Citizens Bank of Venango "
was private bank in town in Missouri.
The "Venango" part of the title had
been inherited from another bank, which
bad gone into liquidation years before,
and referred to some land speculation in
connection with banking.
Our building was plain two. story
brick standing at corner, and the inter
tor was plainly furnished, as was the
rule in those days. To aid you to follow
my story here present diagram OF the
6rst floor:
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-02-27

1t was, as you see, simply long room
divided by a railing in the centre. Be-
bind the railing were our desks, and at
the rear end, as marked "V," was the
vault. The diagram of the second floor
is scarcely more intricate.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-02-27

OF South Cardinals phosphate proJ
duct, 875, 900 tons are mined on ~
.and near Charleston, and 225, 900 are
taken from the rivers within ten or
twelve miles Of Port Royal. All thist
cver phosphate goes to Europe through
the harbor of Port Royal, and Il usually
loaded at the works in tramp steamers or
schooners. atlantic 0onstitxtion.s
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-02-27

There's a good deal Of
guarantee business in the store
keeping of to-day. It's too
excessive: Or too reluctant.
H5R the time It means moth
ing. Words ds-oxLy wuras.
u This offer to refund the
money, or to pay a reward, is
made under the hope that you
won't want your money back,
and that you won't claim the
reward. Of course.
So, whoever is honest in
making it, and works-not on
his own reputation alone, but
through the local dealer whom
you know, must have some
thing he has faith in back of
the guarantee. The business
wouldn't stand a year with
out it.
What is lacking is conf.
.dsnces sBael xsss-tKat, what is.
lacking 1is that clear honesty
which akt4e the saIerage
DR.. R medicines are
.g@aranta y accomplish what
l. Z" ~
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-02-27

MALARIA cured and eradicated from tho
system by Browns Iron Bitters, which en-
riches the blood tones the nerves, aids dlgco-
ton. Acts like q charm on persons In general
i'll health, giving new energy and strength.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-02-27

Live leisurely unless you are anxious 20
die In hurry.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-02-27

Bride the appetite with reason and savo
ba ctonorh
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-02-27

FITS stopped free by DIR. KLINE's GnBAr'
NERvH REsToRER. No Fits after fret days
use. Marvellous cures. Treatise and - trial
bottle free. DIR. Kline. 93l Arch St. Ph0A. Pa;
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-02-27

Browns Iron Bitters cures DyspepsiA, Ma,
larla, Biliousness and General Debility. Gives,
Strength, aides Digestion, tones the nerves,
creates appetite. The best tonic for NurstnI
Mothers. weak women and children.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-02-27

To change the name and not the letter II
change for worse and not for better.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-02-27

Sunday IS the favorite weddi ,g day in
old England.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-02-27

Any person sending us their name and al.
dress will receive information that Will Ica1'
to q fortune. Benz. Lewis d Co, Security
Building. Kansas C1ty, Mo.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-02-27

less in effect quick aud positive In ectiohl
Sent prepaid on. receipt Of .N per bcttJe.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-02-27

Timber. Mineral. Farm Lands and RanoheS'
In Missouri, Kansas, Texas and Arkansas.
bought and sold. Tyler & Co.. Kansas City Mo.
o,l.Aa.Aa nuido Rooir n nd Man "a. nj any yxhArA
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-02-27

II afFiicted with sore ewes use DR.. Thorn
sons Eye water. Druggist sell at 25c per bottle
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-02-27
- 8. ~. " !. - J. 4

Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally and
faces Of the system. send for testimontals,
F.J. CHENEY d Co.. Toledo. o.
" Sold by Druggists, TIC. S.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-03-19
An Honsst Differences,

The Bangor whig thinks that tn,
JOURNAL is guilty of a "gratuitous in
suit" TO opponents of the Australian
ballot system by admitting to It's col
tunes the comment Of the New Yorl
Press-one of the leading Republican
papers in the country-upon the vote OF
the Maine House OF Representatives
on the Australian ballot question
Having thus expressed itself our es
teemed contemporary proceeds to perpe.
trate the same "gratuitous insult
by copying that identical clipping
into It's own columns, 1t evi
dently makes q good deal of differences
with the Wing, in determining insults, ;
in what particular place ii discovers
them. We are at loss to know, how
ever, how 1t Is that 8 clipping from s
New York exchange which is ssgratu
ttous insult when reproduced in the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-03-19

columns Of the J0rgxAL, ceases to be an
insult when is finds irseif on the edi-
torial page of the Wing wehave believed
and we still believe, that ii Is due TO our
readers that they should know what the
leading Republican, papers are saying in
regard TO this matter. It 10 evident that
the Wing believes In the same newspa
per policy, since it has permitted very
, ..stie Ia that line to escape It.
We have endeavorsd 10 deal with this
question In spirit Of esndor. We have
never impeAehed the sincerity Of
any man OF Newspaper that enter,
tanned different views from our own
upon It. We ask our contemporary
TO quote Doe line from our columns
tina. "a open TO such construction On
March :, referring 10 the secret ballot
we said: Leading men from almost
every section Of Maine have appeared
hefore the Judiciary committee 70 plead
It's cause. 1t has encountered a strong
and determined opposition from various
gentlemen, many Of whom are promi-
nent In political life. The Judiciary
committee has listened patiently TO the
arguments adduced pro and con, and
has reported seven 10 three In favor Of
the system. The members who signed
the minority report are all able
and conscientious gentlemen and are no
doubt hoassttg Sincere ia their
determined opposition to the system"
Here we distinctly affirmed our faith In
the honest sincerity OF the opponents Of
this bill upon the floor Of the House.
This opinion We still entertain. Will
the Wing be broad enough 10 eoncede
AZ much for the supporters Of the mea-
sures
Furthermore, we have never under
taken TO asperse the sincerity Of our
Bangor contemporary. We have stated
that We differed fron our contemporary
Oh this question widely and honestly"
We can conceive Of such thing In this
world as different views upon great
public question honestty entertained. 1t
has not been, nor shall it be, any part
Of our advocacy Of the Australian ballot
system, 10 impugn the honesty or sin
certify Of auy one Of our opponents.
SO far from endorsing the strong Ian
g,tage Gsed by the New York Press, and
other leading Republican papers outside
Of the state, the JouENAL has taken
exceptions to it in the following
words
Some Of these criticisms have been
exceedingly caustic. Our contempor-
aries appear unable to appreciate the fact
that prominent Maine Republicans can
be strongly and consistently opposed to
a measure which has been followed by
such splendid results IN their own
states. Bm IL il tr,te aeeeriheiess. There
eftsts in thus State IN honest Inference #
op,HtoH upoe his atatter among pron.iR-
M Republicaa, anil icuiing cit{=eRs."
In view Of the facts above presented
we trust that our Bangor contemporary
will revise its hasty opinion of yesterday
and decide that clipping from an out
side exchange Is not whit more
'.insulting' in our columns than in its
own.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-03-19

A new publication entitled "Ths Oaes
Time Tables Of the Maine Central -
road" is shortly I, appear. This y ,.
issued from the passenger dspss'ssss :
the Maine Central and viii css,ais w.
The schedules Of time Of the Maize c.
those Of all the other reads 10 Haiss, q
will include the Boston 4 Maine. Ar
amount Of valuabls infosmatioa vii =
be published, containing schedule Of
sge rates, suggestions to tfavellsss' -
Tor excess baggage, ps,lor ssd 49,
car rates. stage connections 70 ell pafs .
Maine. 1aps, etc the whole 70 y
lsntly print. d aid arranged In sys
manner. Ths nrss edition will pses
sppeas in April and b. printed svsu =
thereafter.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-03-19

The readers Of the kennebec JOURNAL
have enjoyed exceptional advantages for
getting the arguments on both sides o!
the Australian ballot question. The
hearings before the judiciary committee
were reported at length and with abso
lutely impartiality. The speeches in the
House both pro and con were printed al
length, tilling many columns of solid
type. We have endeavored to give "the
whole story fully and fairly. Our read
crs have had an opportunity to look al
the matter from every point of view
We have given them the testimony from
all quarters. and are convinced that the
opinion prevails very generally among
them that 1t would be an exceedingly
unwise thing for the present Legisla
ture to adjourn without passing 8 secret
ballot law.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-03-19

The Western Settlers Chosen Specific
With every advance Of emigration into the faI
West, a new demand is created for Hostetter'.
st mach sitters. Newly TeopIed regions are i,e
quenty less salubrous than older lied l,cali.ies
on account of the miasma which rises from re-
Gently cleared land, particularly along the banks
Of rivers thst are subject to freshets. The agri.
cultural or mining emlgrant soon learns. when he
doe, not art ady know, that the Bit.ers afford the
only sure protection against malaria. and those
disorders OF the stomach, liver and bowels, to
which climatic charges, exposure, and unaccus
toned or unhealthy water or diet subj .ct him. Con
sequently, he places an estimate upon this gre It
household specific and preventive CONNIE nsurate
with Its fntrins, merits. and l. careful TO Keep on
hand a restorative and promoter OF health 60 i'm
plicity to be relied upon in time Of need.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-03-19

A woman by the name Of Mafeaisl
Wildss entered Hotel North Monday, hua-
cry and In destitute circumstances. SAs
had no money and seemed to be partially
insane. A dinner vas provided her md
the overseers Of the poor notified and shs
was taken to the slmshouse.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-03-19

Look me in the face. My name il
Might-hsve-been
an also called .No-more,' .Too-lxte,
Fares ell ="
The poet who wrote tue above must have
been in the last stsses Of consumption
Perhaps he had only framed, for the Hrst
time, that II he had taken Dr.. Pierce.
Golden Medical Discovery in his earlier
iliaesr, he would never hsve reached hi.
present hopeless condition. What can be
more cad than keen realization Of VIA,
might have been?"
Physicians now admit that consumption
is simply scrofula ia the blood stacking
the lung tissues. 1t IL never safe to allow
the blood to remain impure, aud 1t 10 espec-
tally reckless, when such . pleasant, harm
less remedy ~ Dr. Pie,ce's Golden Medical
Discovery will drive every faint Of scrofuls
or impurlty from the syst~m, causisg .
current of healthy, rejuyenatinR blood to
leap through the veins. mRr1e 3&wfoirm
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-03-19

The supper and entertainment to be givea
tomorrow night by the gentlemen Of ~
Congregational church and parish promises
to be great success, from the number q
those who are wondering how much ssnsls-
men know about sup pers other than eating
them.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-03-19
The Athletic Exhibition .ud ball

The Athletic Exhibition aud ball 70
DO given by students Of Bowdoin
College at Brunswick, promises to
bs the best ever given by the col
lfge. The athletes are hard at work. and
several new features have been introduced.
Many Augusta people ought to take savsa-
tage Of the half rates on the Maine Central
to attend the exhibition.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-03-19
Quite . number Of Ausu.ts lodge o,

Quite . number Of Augusta lodge Of Ms-
sons went by special train last evening q.
7.l5 to Gasdiner and paid Lebanon lodge
of that city . visit. A good time va had
and the excursionlsts returned at . late
hour thoroughly pleased, with their good
time.