The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-03-13
ELECT SETTINGS.

Inc greteT portion OF the ocean bed
is pitch DIX,
Names hay crop Of the past season
was estintted at 1, 500, 900 tonu.
An English matrimonial agent claims
to have iegotated 80, 900 marriages.
An ocsogeparian who lives six miles
west of Mobefy, Mo-, was baptized the
other day by fs grandson.
hired ssps sS a*s sss g ,s'1 sss men s.
ployers' windFs by staring and gazing
into them. ~.
An Englisj jman wagered that he and
another woulI consume bushel Of po-
tatoes in half In hour. He won the bet.
The "other' was a pig.
It has beef determined that as far as
the danger TO ships compasses from
magnetic le3tage from the dynamo is
concerned, l4is equally the same whether
the ship is d |uble or singled wired.
Blankets ge loaned to the poor, dur.
ing the winter months, free of cost, hy q
kind hearted citizen in Brunswick, Ger
many. They are stamped, to prevent
thcm from being sold or pawned, and
they are returned at tho close of the cold
weather. - 49,
An Egyptian scythe, recently un-
earthed, is exhibited among tho antiqui.
ties in the ptsaaSt "a G,ss,,ss;,m = sS,m Of Flinders
dlss, sssss1o kb6a, lhparting a
row Of f1iptk Jaws, which are securely
cemented into it.
A monster egg is exhibited in the mu-
scum at Buda- Pesth, Hungary. 1t is an
egg of the prehistoric bird ppiornis, aud
but few museums possess such speci.
men; 14S hons eggs would find room In
it and it would hold nearly nine quarts.
1t was found in 1850 in Madagascar.
The British Government is placing q
tablet in Westmiustef iHall, London, to
mark the spot where King Charles I.
stood when ho was on trial fc- hi. life
The more Interesting controversy as to
whether the King lay down or knelt
downto bG bsheaded remains to be set
tied.
The word "guerilla'' Is Spanish, and
means, literally, little war, or baby
war. Hence its application 70 partisan
or irregular warfare, which is necessarily
carried ON il weak and spasmodic man
last int6%sFe robbery ,StnHfnas-tofIa a
narily do hot have the courtesies OF
amenities qf war extended to them.
When the young siamese Prince. nov
In LondonS England, passed one of hi.
ho kolo
graphed thelglad news to his father. II
response th, King Of Siam telegraphed
'It is weliW Two hundred have beer
sacrificed. There has always been con
siderable doubt whether the "two hun
dred" Represented wives, captives or fat
bullocks.
At Japanese marriage ceremon,
neither bride nor bridegroom wears any
clothing of purple color, lest theil
marriage tie be soon loosed, as purple il
the color most liable to fade. Anothe,
superstition Of the Japs Is that q room
should never be swept out immediately
after one of the inmates has set out upor
q journey !; II 30 -his- -lua,a .ssili -ha awep
out With him.
rs< dfss se.ausn brought to Europe
from where this country received it
earliest supplies, were of the poorest ant
commonest breed; they were of colder
color, hence the name for the entir
genus; and it will thus be understood
why people speak of black, white, ret
or blue goldfish. The old fashioned
goldfish lives now in wild state in thi
country, and is, in fact, counted among
the native fishes Of North America.