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

The greter portion OF the ocean bed
is pitch dSk.
Names hay crop Of the past season
was estinsted at I 800, 900 tons.
An English matrimonial agent claims
to have iegosated 40,0 marriages.
An oc.ogeparian who lives six miles
west of Nobe3y, No., was baptized the
other day by bs grandson.
In some foCisn cities there arc men
hired to attsAp a -erowd to their em-
ployers' windfs by staring and gazing
into them.
An Englisjman wsgcred that he and
another woulI consume a bushel OF po-
tatoes in halfln hour. He won the bet.
The "other"Has pig.
It has beei determined that as far as
tho danger TO ships compasses from
magnetic le3sage from the dynamo is
concerned, idis equally the samu whether
tho ship is d Suble or singled wired.
Blankets ito loaned to the poor, dur
ing tho winter months, FREQ of cost, by .
kind hearted citizen in Brunswick, Ger
many. They arc stamped, to prevent
thom from being sold or pawned, apd
they are returned at tho close of the cold
weather.
An Egyptian soythe, recently un-
earthed, is exhibited among tho antiqui.
es:,a Pc: in tn sai of rhs T''nss5s sSa,
6fSerAssrruhe Importing a
row Of flint saws, which arc securely
ccmented into it.
A monster egg is exhibited in the mu-
scum at Buds- Pcsth, Hungary. 1t is nn
egg of tho prehistoric bird apiornis, aud
but few museums possess such speci
men; 14S hens eggs would find room In
it and it would hold nearly nine quarts.
1t was found in 1850 in Madagascar.
Tho British Government is placing q
tablet in Westminster Hall, London, tc
mark the spot where King Charles
stood when he was on trial for his life
The more interesting controversy as to
whether the King lay down or knelt
down to DO beheaded remains to be set.
tied.
Tho word "guerilla" is Spanish, and
means, literally, a little war, or baby
war. Hence its application to partisan
or irregular warfare, which is necessarily
carried on id a weak and spasmodic man
last lnt6 Msfe robbery..''-1 1i,nafnas" tSs n
narily do not have the courtesies OF
amenities Of war extended to them.
When the young Siamese Prince, nov
in London4 England, passed one of hi
examinatiJas, some years ago, he tele
graphed thel lglad news to his father. Il
response tn, King of Siam telcgraphcd
at is weliS Two hundred have bee,
sacrificed" There has always been con
siderable doubt whether the "two hun
dred" represented wives, captives or fa
bullocks.
At Japanese marriage ceremon,
neither bride nor bridegroom wears any
clothing of purple color, lest theil
marriage tie he scor leased, 80 purple i:
the color most liable to fade. Anothe,
superstition of the Japs is that room
should never be swept out Immediately
after one of the inmates has set out upol
journey;if so hia '"-s- ~m he swep
out with him.
-rE, ~ & seess1!lsal 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 understoo,
why people speak of black, white, re,
or blue goldfish. The old fashioned
goldfish lives now in wild state in thi
country, and is, in fact, counted anon,
the native fishes Of North America.