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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-01
PLANS OF vIRaINIA's CREDITORS.
A Surrender Of Dsfaaltod Bonds
Proposed in Place ofa
Cash Deposit.

New yonx c,rx rsn.c,., J., r,sdo,,o
Oicott William l.. Bull, Henry Bulge,
Shst.es u, DioSey, jF. yHSgh II. Garden,
ana john 0ili, the committees OF Virginia
ochenoidcrs met here saturday. An
aaVisory hosrd, composed OF Grover
Uieveisno, EDWARD j. Phelps, Thomas
r. beyard, George 8. Coc. aud George
-. Williams, 70 associated with the bond
holders committee In tho effort to bring
soout . settlements OF the Virginia debt
ON terms e9uitaoic alike to the Old Do
min,on and to Its creditors. Cables wero
received yesterday from the English
Sreo'tors announcing their concurrence
Ia tue negotiations conducted bsthe two
committecs with Gov. Mckinney and his
sssocie9ss on thelY YirRiniA Commission
; - ElS 4 A. I, !. n,
s1sscen ..s,.,. Sascn,ss 20
no up ,wonty.e'gnt mhilons OF indept.
eoncss, thc new Donds 70 pay two per
cent Ior ten years ana three per cent.
.oI .ne rems,ning ninety years. In ap'
proving ~ the ADVISORY Board says:
we snoulo CONSIDER II unfortunate Tor
'hs crcuitors ana al concerned, II the
SUBJECT OF TINS Indebtedness and ITS set.
uement shou'o pe ahowco 10 ogMn iai'
ln.o 'he vortex oi popular Po"oeei ais
Susslon S ana aispe'e. y
we are uccioed IN our Judgement thot,
u 'ne terns o, seuioment now proposed
are reJecteo, tho piospect OF an advant'
ageous agreement IN the future Is lar
IRON enSougsg,ng."
GOV. Mehinney has reminded the OF
Gott ana cleveland committees that un-
DER the resolution OF the Virginia icgis'
lature by which he and his Commission
were appointed it is provided that "no
proposition shall be entertained by the
Commission which Is not supported by a
deposit in cash OF not less than one mil
lion dollars, TO insure the faithful per
formsnce OF the proposals, II accepted
and ratified" Gov. Mckinney adds, in
letter to the committees: "You make
no mention Of this fact, which the law
makes a condition precedent tothe con
sideration of your importanE PROPOSE
ton"
Mr.. Olcott, replying, says that his
committees represent IS per cent. of the
creditors, and arc prepared to make de
livery to the proper officers of Virginia
Of the defaulted bonds to that amount.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-01

Ff16s ~ hoes.
lage school, and at s. Y - yit.
began the study Of law, Sll a oetrteen
eighteen lie represented tho Nepu6 6fpltS
in the Congressional convention of MD,
district. He begun the practice Al, ,asw
in his twenty-irst year, aud mafried
Miss Hannah Hoes in his twenty-tklf1.
Two years after he had his drst part :rss-
ward from the Republicans, ani wac
made Surrogate of Columbil County 10;
1903. In 1915 he was Attorney Gem
eral of the State. He took up his resi-.
dence i'll Albany, and went into partner.
ship with his pupil, Benjamin +. Butler.
In theISreat question of the time. the
admission Of Wisconsin into the Union,
Mr.. Van Buren, was one Of the promi
neut men who insisted most warmly or
the prohibition of slavery In 1921 M
was elected to the United States Senatl
aud re elected in 1927. The following
year he was made Governor Of Ne q
York, and tho very next year he was
called by Andre v Jackson to be Score.
tary of State. When Jackson retired,
Van Rnr"a snccec l2i !!..:;aa. ;u :;;,o ftc,i.
dental chair. This Presidency began
March 1, 1887. In the elections of 1910
and 1874 he was defeated as the cand.
date for his party. In 1S4S he appeared
again as the candidate of the Free Soil
party, but did not receive the electoral
vote Of a single State. After this his
life was spent in travel and retirement
He died on the 24th of July, 1862. His
character was remarkable for its serenity.
The masses accepted him as a leader, but
never worshped him as hero; nor did
he ever inspire the enthusiasm than An
drew Jackson did. As you saw him
once he was always seen-polite, self
possessed, dressing well, living well, and
having fondness for the society of lit
erary men. .--Detroit Free Press,
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-01

For the eight.ineh rifles the tanks
used, of course, arc not SO large, aud the
weight OF the proiectilc Is $50 pAuuds.
Only small quantity OF thts>ess NV.
been prepared at the f9Ssr 9S,str!laope, shs chies
go, Atlanta aud Boston; In all only
twelve guns.
Most Of the work is for the six.iuch !
rides, with which every cruiser Of our
new navy is armed. Each ship has from
one to twelve Of these, and the quantity
of ammunition expended in target prac.
tice and that needed by new ships going
into commission keeps the men at the
magazine busy the year round loading
she'll ana wvf1! vuv uvPv'-s..,-------
For this Galibro the powder charges
arc OF two kinds, the full weight being
forty. six pounds, and what is called the
reduced charge for use at target practice
being thirty.threo pounds. This powder
is nut into sacks ready for Mse and !;:-
closed in copper cylinders, which are
then sealed to make them water tight.
These cylinders arc worry easily slowed in
n ships magazines and being fitted with
rings at the ends, can readily bu hoisted
TO the gundccks when needed. The
proicctilo made for the six-incb guns
weigh 107 pounds, and is Of two kinds.
The armor- piercing shell is longer aud
sharper pointc than the common OF iron
kind, and the point is Of heavy forged
stee,. The bursting charge, which Is
pla3od inside, weighs several pounds,
aud is ignitcl by timed fuse. F.!
Fixed ammunition for the rapid firing
guns is also loaded here ,o;I'io ,.!ty. !
this kind the projectile aud powder
charge are fixed together in the form Of
a cartridge to expedite the loldiny and
firing of the guns. Tho projectile weighs
one, three or six pounds. The most OF
the ammunition for the Hotchkiss guns
in general use in the navy is furnished
now by the Hotchkiss Company itself,
and is made IN Connecticut. The car
tridges are packed in specially designed
boxes. Loading blank saluting charges
for the guns of the secondary batteries
of the ships keeps the men busy part Of
the time, but this work can be done on
shipboard. Then the old style smooth
bore guns, such as are in use on the Ian
caster. Pensacola, Kearsarge aud few
other OF the remaining relics OF our
"wooden walls" make demand for an.
other form Of projcctile aud size Of pow
der charge.
The gunner aud his assistants at Fort
Wadsworth do not manufacture any OF
the powders, forge any OF the SHELLS Or
make any OF the powder tanks aud fuses,
but the work of putting them together
keeps them busily employed. Handling
powder may be dangerous occupatio n,
but great care is exercised there and II
is not often that an accident of any kind,
is reported. .--Nep York Recorder.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-01
Rails Spread and II Persons Were
Injured.

ATLANTA, Ga, Especial. l-Vestibulc
rain No. # on East Tennessee railroad
going South ian off the track in a cut
ncur Williams station, seventeen persons
were injured, but none badly.
The accident was caused by the rails
spreading. Four c aches were derailed.
Fifty feet beyond the cut was trestle.
The train was almost on tine brink of it
when il ian off
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-01

wasting your life on cranky old bachclo,
brother. It's a slsamc-a downrigh.
shame! But theret"-he kissed her.
al couldn't get along without you;s no.
could not, possibly. Ihave not though,
OF such thing as a wife, Mary, 10
twenty i've years. / don't want a wife.
wouldn't have one around. Now, lett
stop our nonsense about getting married,
and talk of something that is among tn,
possibilities. And here Is one theme
your unreasoning prejudice against the
country. I'm going to remove that or
else I'm going to give up to it. 1 have
scheme which will result in one of
those two things. Want to hear i.l'
Miss Wilkenning bowed her head.
"Wel', I'm going up to Ryefelds,
Massachusetts,, among the iarmers--thost
ploddipg farmers who never leave thca
homes for three days at time; and Tn
gong to hunt up the brightest, most
progressive one of them all; aud In
going to psk him to como here and sta,
two weeks tio you follow rue.--to sfay
two weeks as our guest. s1f he tufni
out to be a wide-awake, agreeable, we'll.
bred man, one whose intellectual attain
ments are up TO your standard, theI
you've got to acknowledge that that tinS
of people can grow in the country, aui
that might live in the country withou
getting rusty. If 1 can't find such
man, then We'll stay in New York.
SLOWS thatl
eff I've taken your breath away, I'll
wait Until you get it lack. Take your
time
Mr.. Wilkenning sat down and pre-.
tended to read the paper. When he
sought his sisters face again, she was
gazing at him with an amused smile.
"Wcll2" said he.
cru accept that tcst," she said; ''but
wonder if you have any particular per-
son in mind. Do you think of any one
Of your country acqpaintances who would
be likely to convert mea"
GIVE thought of several young fellows
whom knew years ago, Mary. There's
that third or fourth cousin of ours, Tom
Beverly, fer one. He's a bright sort of
fellow, eh7"
'He was--fiftcen years ago."
81 wonder how he'd do for test
casc2"
"You can call ON him aud sen."
"He's living there with his sister,
Grace, isn't he2"
eyes; wonder why neither of them
married2'
'tpad too much sense. Well, they
OF 81 to be a typical country pair By
this time; but I'll wager that Tom
Beverly is as bright as a new dollar. I'll
take those two for my subjects. I'll ask
'em both to come down and see us.
That's exactly what Ill do; aud I'll 60
up there t., morrow morning"
You're not wasting any time, Alfred;
How long shall yous stay tsSs = I. - : i
ssis ss ss's zee 8, R'sa as!sz ;sis people s''
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-01

Emperor Wilhelms latest project Is
.or grand cathedral in Berlin to cost
50, 5000 It's to he for the State
religion. He is also bent on establish.
ing an 'imperial cooking school,"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-01
Houlton, the shire town of Aroostook

= Houlton, the shire town Of Aroostook
County, Me-, is, declares the New York
San, one of the most remarkable of bor-
der settlements, and strangers are sur
prisei to find a>rlace of such wealth aud
importance hidden aSay in the forests Of
1.-The wild Northeast. rh;sewn was named
after Joseph Houlton, one u lie pion.e,
- Nsl a. Eea} nook fsou
1i its eSMy dsys~ 'ffodtton was military
poet, andN&L was the base of operations
on the American side during the So
called Aroostook war Of 1889. The
''war" didn't amount to much so far as
fighting was concerned, but it was
grand thing for Houlton, as it served to
bring the place into prominence, and
prosperity has q! ted there ever since.
Tc day the Aroostook metropolis has the
air of a very old aud substantial town,
such as one would expect to iind in tho
thickly settled parts of the Middle States.
The streets are wide aud we'll kept, the
business structures are we'll built, aud the
houses are handsome. The far-reachinr
timber forests, broad pastures, and the
deep, rich soil are unfailiug sources of
wealth, and Houlton, with its thrifty
people, thrives accordingly. 1t is true
saying that man who can't get along
we'll i'll Aroostook County ought to be
buried.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-01

Washington was 1t colonel in the army
at twenty-five, mnander OF the forces
at forty two President at nifty
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-01

An infant at birth usually weighs one.
twentietlI Iof the maximum weight it
ou.h, to attain in middle lfs.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-01
FARMERS ALLIANCE.
Something Interesting About the
Cooperative Stores.
How the Plan 10 Successfully Carried
Out in England, and Its Adapt
ability to This Country.

Senator Stanford, Of California, intro
duced bill in the Senate last Tuesday to
provide for more money in circulation. :.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-01
EXPLOSIVES FOR THRNAVYs
Loading shc "raUks'' for she Bte Teps
Inch Guns and Tho Eight-Inoh
Riiics--Powder I'm Sacks.
'NuMRER L.

. z .i = !. -
Lostains sho "raNks' for enc Bts Tess
lnch Guns and thc Eight-Inoh
Riiics--Powder I'm Sacks.
Inside the damp and gloomy cassmAtss
OF the old water battery at Fort wads.
worth force OF experienoed men has
been kept hard at work thc past few
weeks preparing tho ammunition tor tho
war ships lifting out At tho various navy
yards. These mon are skilled IN the
handling of explosives, and the ofl}cer IN,
charge, Gunner John A. McDouaid, kss
had long experiences h ~ tind or work
during tho thirty yeap~s-.eiss been in
the naval seryice,
Whom q ReesrfSy reporter called upon
,NeE1 1{pD D0nsld g Ne 1eyt TIA p(loer had
N.esse i! sl(R.| IA
the magazine down to The powder tight
or a. tho wharf. = - = =. :, ~
At the magazine the powder tanks or.
cases aud the boxes Of she'll were loaded
on to truck by working party OF the
blue jackets from tho ship. Arriving at
the wharf ths truck was unloaded and
the contents passed by part Of the blue
jackets 10 others on the lighter, where II
was carefully slowed below. A navy
yard tug was lying at the wharf ready "a
tow the lighter aud It's dangerous cargo
up the bay to where the Newark was
anchored
On entering the fort one ascends sew.
cral flights Of winding stouo steps be-
tween walls Of gray stone and under
stone ceiling. One could almost Imagine
himself in some historic fortress or prison
built during the medieval ages. The
very air smells OF dampness. The fort
is shaped like tho letter o and the in-
sido is open aud exposed to the elements 2
On the outside thrce rows Of frowning
gunports face The Narrows, while the
waters Of tho bay beat against the base
of tho massive walls. The place has
long been abandoned by the soldiers. i
who are now quarterei inside %igi
Notifications on the hill above-SI6sgs~
On what corresponds to the third
floor, one encounters long piles Of
wooden boxes. These are all empty,t
but when received here from Whining,
ton, Del, they contained brown pris.;
matte powder. Hundreds Of IONS have
been used in tho past four rionths. The,
powder is manufactured according to-
contract with the Navy Department byl
the Du Pont Mills on tho Delaware.
Tho powder tanks fos~~the .ten:iuosi
guns of the new monitor MiautnCaOmoh;
are cylindrical in,shape,s tfio lbf
!; 81 s. d
pouads. s5Qd tIWl1ths gdNS*
fired fs~ptojsctti6S rsed from yst
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-01

A large Citizens Alliance club has
been organized at Indianapolis. Ind,
and Peoples Congress was also formed
to discuss the economic questions of the
day.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-01

= TAssA Altieaee- saiil -han&a.ont I. a.littls
white longer down IN 1cxas before hand.
Ing IN its checks. Between November
lst and 10Th there were fifty-two Sub-Al.
iiances organized in that State.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-01

= Spain IS one step in, advance Of Ameri.
ca in the the use of electricity for agri.
.ealtaral work. In some parts ofrthat
country the farmer plows his fields With
electricity as a motive power.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-01
Martin Van Barren.

Martin Van Baten. out eighth Presi.
! = =; !; :; : :
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-01

The conversation ceased, aud Mr..
Wilkenning began once more to pace the
floor. His face was radiant, aud his
tread was quick and elastic. The con-
temptation Of v:sit to Rjcfields filled
him with joy.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-11
A Real Suicide Club.

Robert Louis Stevenson's weird story,
Modern Arabian Nights, has been dis
counted by recent developments Mt the
military school in Krajova, Ronmania.
Nineteen cadets, seions Of the proudest
Rnumanian families, entered into com
pact requiring any one whose name might
be drawn To commit suicide It was in
tended as a joke by the young man who
suggested IL, but when at the first drawing
the unfortunate youth whose name came
out drew pistol instantly, and, placing it
against his temple, blew his brains out, 1t
became a most serious matter. The others
then felt bound by the letter of the COM
pact, and five Of them had perished hy their
own hands when the similarity Of tho
deaths caused the authorities To !nVesti-
gate, with the result that the fourteen
surviving members have been locked up
charged with having aided and ahetted
'.unjustifiable suicide,
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-11
Mrs. Charles u. spurgeon.

Mr.. Spurgeon was but twenty-five
when he made choice of wife in SUI
sanna, the daughter of Mr.. Robert
Thompson, merchant of Falcon square,
in the city Of London. But if young in
years, the preacher was Of course even
then old in wisdom, and the excellence
Of his Judgment fully atoned for the ear
illness of his marriage. MIR. Spurgeon
was then pastor of small chapel in
South London, and resided in the pow
erty stricken neighborhood of the bor-
ough. During the first fortnight Of the
year lS56-the marriage took place on
Jan. s-the young man was preaching
in several of the provincial cities.
Not long after marriage Mrs. Spur
geon fell victim to disease from the
effects of which she has never wholly
been free. In 1858, in accordance with
the wishes Of the most eminent sur
geons, she consented to painful opera
ton. 1t was performed by Sir James
Simpson, of Edinburgh. and eventually
had the happy result Of greatly mitigat-
ing, though not entirely removing. her
sufferings. Until that time illness had
prevented her giving very much active
help to her husbands work; probably
she had been most helpful to him in the
loving sympathy she gave while her hus-
band was the target for so many at
tacks, from the churchmen on the one
hand from the Frecthinkers ON the
other, attacks which had become more
frequent with his appointment to the
position of pastor of the Metropolitan
Tabernacle. London Letter.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-11
oprra lsax Women.

The whole horseshoe of boxes-two
tiers high--was filed with the flower OF
New York swelldom. The young women
were one and all frail and fine, having
that delicate slenderness so far removed
from thinness that is an eastern Ameri-
can woman's greatest beanty. Blonds
were in the majority--graceful fragile,
exquisite creatures, cleaning with dia-
monds and ethereal as spirits of the
moonlight, in pale tinted, fleecy dresses
They were all decollete-thin or fat
but not one was scraggy. Almost all
wore their hair high and bound around
in the style Of the First Empire with q
band of ribbon or of gold, while on their
foreheads and sometimes over their ears
lay little ruffled, careless curls like q
baby's The men were not so good look
ing and were somewhat effaced by the
show Of feminine beauty. Almost all
the younger ones were smooth faced and
wore inordinately high collars. These
young fellows are very prominent in the
gay circles Of Gotham.
The showing of jewels--every one be-
ing bedizened for the ball-was wonder
full Mrs. Bradley Martin was covered
with diamonds She il not pretty or
young woman, in fact is fiorid and COM
mon in her style. and so did not set off her
gems to advantage. On her head she wore
diamond crown as big around rs tea
cup and made in design of small, fine
points. IL was set back on the crown OF
her head and inclosed her hair. Around
her neck were several chains of the
same stones, long and short. Another
line Of enormous diamonds followed the
edge Of her corsage from the shoulder
to the front, and from her other shoul-
der to the point of her bodice superb
REVERE of diamonds traced a blaze OF
light. Mrs Ogden Mills was also
crowned. her crown being small and
round and high, also inclosing her hair.
Her neck and bodice glittered with other
jewels. She is thin and somewhat pas.
see, but she has high. aristocratic fea-
lures and great deal of air and style
New York Cor. San Francisco Argonaut
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-11
M. FIrst visit, Don't yon Know,

\ Chicago lawyer. whom. entity returned
from voyage he Atlantic. tells
this
'One Of the yoyager> hack was young
man from one Of the universities OF Eng
land He WAS the most thoroughly book
posted young man ! ever saw And be
knew his own country as well. He was a
delightful companion long as he con.
fined himself 90 his books aud his country.
But about everything else he was so re-
markably yerdant that he was as interest
ing in his talk about things he didn't know
as he was in his conversations about those
which he did know.
As we neared New York harbor there
was the usual anxiety on the part of Amer
leans on board, and the usual curiosity on
the part of those who were coming over for
the first time. was walking on the deck
one morning waiting 20 get IA glimpse Of
my own country. The young Briton joined
me, and in the most serious manner said:
who is this man hear them talking
about So much for the last few hOurs-this
Sandy Hook, think they call himy He
must be great man in America, and yet
from his name | should say he was a
Scotchman. Chicago Tribune
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-11

pearls, June: rubies. July, moonstones,
August, snpphircs, September, opals, Oc-
tober. topazrs. November; tnrqaoises, De
cember These are the months in which
the stones are believed To bring luck 10 the
wearer.
A race course is usually full OF super
stitious persons of both sexes Few bet
ting people have the courage to wager
their money after having seen cross eyed
individual Personal contact with hnnch-
back brings good luck. Women have been
seen To leave the grand stand and rush
down for the purpose Of touching the
hump on "A dwarT's back. Even the late
Augustus Belmont is said TO have been so
superstitious that he employed clever
young hunchback toplaee his commissions
In the betting ring. The man who having
bet detects himself singing before a race
is doomed to lose His only safeguard is
hedging.
The appearance of white horse never
fails to cause anxious search for the red
haired girl. and the combination is regard
ed as invincible. Money carried for three
days in mans shoe or n woman's stock.
ing is invested with absolute confidence in
its winning powers. Some men never back
horse except at oids OF six TO five or nine
To five. They assert that they always win
at those prices and lose at others. Race
gocrs have also lucky days. Some win on
Tuesday, some ON Thursday, some on
Saturday The majority lose every day.
A notable result that has followed the
organization Of the Thirteen club has been
q change in several states OF the day OF ex-
ecution from Friday TO some other day OF
the week One judge has written that he
never aDain would sentence a man 10 be