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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-09-30
Tho Emperor Of ChIna at Home.

A little on the north, actually within
the "Prohibited City," are nine huge
palaces, separated by courts, one sue
ceedipg the other, and each as spacious
as that of the Louvre. Thie is the most
private portion Of the palace, che Ta-nei,
or "great inclosure," which is grand and
imposing, but at the same time simple,
and with nothing theatrical about it.
Here is lived out the mysterious exist
ence, the strange destiny, imposed BY
tradition for some thirty centuries on
sovereigns of china. As the Son of the
Earth and of Heaven, the Emperor owe,
his supreme authority to his divine
origin. His titles, which remind US Of
those IN use at the Byzantine court, are
"The Infinite in Virtue and in Science =
the "Eternal and Solitary One," the
"Unique," the "Sublime," and so on.
None dare utter or write his name dur.
ing his lifetime, and it is reserved ia
posterity to sing his praises. Accus,
toned from babyhood to being adored
and to the prostration of every ono in
his presence, he is initiated at Ave years
old in the kno wledge of the canouical
books, the celebration of religious
rites, and the history of his ancestors.
On the approach of his seventeenth year
a bride is chosen for him from amongst
the most noble and beautiful young girls
Of Mantchu origin, as we'll as two
secondary princess wives. Interminable
are the marriage ceremonies, in which
take part six thousand persons of differ.
ent rank, and in which everytbing-in.
sigma and costumes, gestures and atti.
tudes, speech and silence, professions
most important aud the most trivial de.
tails-is regulated with hieratic pre-.
cision. And the whole life of the man,
who is absolute master of $50, 900, 900
OF people, is but one long ceremony, di.
vided into some hundreda of different
acts, now religious, now political, bat
always grand and solemn. Even death
does not free him from his sacred pc.
sition, aud in the majestic metropolis Of
Tsun-houa his soul is supposed t. be still
performing, amongst funereal rites, tho
same superhuman duties as in his life on
earth. .-Harper's Weekly.
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collar and loker sleeve are of tie ecrn e,n,
oroidered. Ibe puffed sleeves are of the
Dlue. The bPuse buttons on the left side,
us ioids beinl held in place by the belt.
Inc evening gown shown In this picture
sa pretty en} OF the season creation. II is q
ioulard OF SOY ivory over which are scatter
ed howerets { blue as corn flowers. The
lace yoke Is IT around with deep lace
hounce. and Ae belt is fashioned from a
bias OF ambf colorSd velvet. The sleeves
have bracketspf tbe velvet and lace cuffs.
The bottom OF tJskirt Is garnitured with
three narrowHeaaines Of the material laid
on as indicafd. Fan aud shoes match.
The illust,tion depicts lovely gown for
early fall osilver gray bengaline with en-
broidered nlslin plastron, firm d with an
edg.ng Of to hide The line Of union with
the bengalfe. The sleeves are finished
with ribboiet the elbow, AMI the lower
sleeves are ! the muslin. Ribbon bs.t and
skirt are y fhed with narrow rune of
the materil
Visiiors the snno,sav rs.ovt. ,h;. .,..o,
must havsfsen st,,,.L sr;tl 49, $500. -
the COSTUME worn Nv n,ajda =" = 10 s"I ia
Inc hius'Ton depicts such a cl,i d's drcss
u is CONF 4d of dark blue nnd scru linen.
h'tne poeh Of che skirt there Is deep
0aho OF oe material. The yoke, belt
ID
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-09-30
THE DAYS WORK.

Do thy days work, my dear,
Though fast and dark the clouds are drift
ing near.
Though time has little left for hope and very
much for fear. 49,
Do thy days work, though now
The hand must falter and the head must
bow,
And far above the falling foot shows the
bold mountain brow -
Yet there is left us =
Who on the valleys verge stand trem bling
thus,
A light that lies far in the west-soft, faint,
but luminous.
We can give kindly speech,
And ready, helping hands to all and each,
And patience, to the young around, by
smiling silence teach.
We can give gentle thought
And charity, by life's long lessons taught,
And wisdom, from old faults lived down, by
toll and failure wrought.
We can give love unmarried
BY selfish snatch Of happiness. unjarred
by the keen arms of power or joy that make
you cold and hard.
Andif gay hearts reject
The gifts we hold-would fain fare on un-
checked
On tn, bright roads that scarcsly yield all
that young eyes expect
Why, do thy days work still,
The calm. deep founts OF love arc slow to
chill;
And heaven may yet the harvest yield, the
work-worn hands to fill.
Chicago Herald.
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supplemental season with nothing original
or fantastic about them. In addition to
these cloth felts, we shall have the late
summer hat in black and pearl gray straw,
trimmed with velvet bands or loops, and sci
of with ostrich tips.
The picture shows pretty fall costume.
The overskirt is of embroidered ecru batistc,
and the under of mauve silk. The formei
has two insertions and border Of Irish
guipure. At the waist thee Is a ribbon
betting in the over dress. The corsage al
the top has crossed fchu Of plain batiste
The epaulets are of embroidered batiste, the
bell sleeves plain, and the ciffs in guipure
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-09-30
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

Lettuce is an excellent nerve tonic.
A storm travels at che average rate Of
ifty miles an hour.
A typewritng machine which will
print on the leaves of a blank book of
my thickness is the latest invention.
A French artist has succeeded in
shotographing flying insect. The
time Of exposure was but 1-250th Of a
second.
African travellers tell US that the
white rhinoceros frequently dies from
eating poisonous plants which have no
effect on the black one, probably because
the fine scent Of the latter tells him it is
dangerous.
Aluminium is found combined with
1875 other minerals, and therefore con-
stitutes large part OF the crust Of the
earth, but until recently has been very
expensive because of the difficulty in
separating it.
A company In Louisville is mauufac-
turing watering carts driven by electric.
tty. A long pipe pierced with small
holes diffuses the water, and In case of
meeting other vehicles the pipe can be
swung alongside of the cart.
Observations at thirty eight stations
in the Adriatic, Mediterranean, Atlantic,
North Sea and Baltic, have shown, ac-
cording to DR.. A. Supan, that all the
seas of Europe, contrary to an oh
hypothesis, have practically the same
level.
In order to prevent persons under
, standing telegraphy from reading the
messages in Offices and hotels, as they
are received by the sounder, q secret
telegraph receiver has been devised,
fitted with a resonator of aluminium OF
extreme sonorousness.
A Tennessee inventor has patented q
gauge for determining the age Of horses.
The device consists of a steel plate, hav-
ing tapered body portion, one of its
longitudinal edges being marked by
lines and figures. BY applying tho scale
to the teeth of horse, its approximate
age is said to be determined.
DR.. Dareste has demonstrated that
monsters and monstrocities during ami
NAL development are not the results Of
pathological changes in the embryo, as
hitherto supposed, but notifications of
the processes Of organic evolution, such
as bring about the difference between
individuals and races in mankind.
A new fly trap is run by an electric
motor, and consists of a belt of sweet
ened paper, about fourteen inches long,
passing over two pulleys, one of which
is covered by cone containing brush.
The paper moves slowly, and as 1t passes
under the brush the flies are swept into
the cone, from which they can find no
exit.
Currents of water serve to a vast ex-
tent the purpose of distributing seeds.
found close to streams, where they drop
their nuts into the passing food, to be
carried far away and start other groves
perhaps hundreds of miles distant. Tree
seeds of many sorts are carried by
oceanic currents.
Among marine architects it is be.
ginning to be serious question II iron
is not better than steel for shipbuilding
| purposes; and the cases of the old Sarah
Sands, Great Britain and Great Eastern
are quoted as proving that iron-plated
ships, with their increased thickness and
better riveting are much stronger and
more lasting than any steel-constructed
vessel yet put to a breaking up test.
I
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Love never goes back because it hears
lion roar.
1t is when the grass is green that the
scythe is sharpened.
Truth never touches G man and leaves
him as it found him.
The man who is true to himself is .
friend to everybody.
Butterflies make a great show, but
they don't make any honey.
No man can injure himself mortally
without hurting other people.
If nobody ever got mad there would
never be an intentional murder.
The way to do great deal of work 10
to be continually doing little.
Putting mittens on tiger will lever
make him lose his taste for blood.
When evil is overcome with good, the
Tho reason somc mou ToTnufn houosv N
because they are watched too close.
No man can build house without
telling others a good deal ap-..; him
self.
Know the laws that have to be passed
to restrain a man, and you know the
man.
II we had no suffering in this life
nobody could understand what love
means.
The big head is one Of the hardest
things in this world to cure men Of COM
pletely.
The man who lives to help other peo-
pie will soon have other people living to
help bim.
The woman who marries man to re.
form him undertakes a job that will ruin
her complexion.
There are so many folks who are al
ways wanting to pick out crosses for
othor people to carry. =.
When ever you cannot see anything
good in other people, you can make Up
your mind you need revival in your
own heart.
Nobody knows for himself how many
pennies there are in dollar, except the
man who has counted them one at u
time from the savings OF necessary
frugality.-Indianapolis Qud.) Rams
Horn.
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German
Syrup"

William McKeekan, Druggist at
BioomIngdale, Mich. "Ihavc had
the Asthma badly ever since I came
out OF the army and though have
been in the drug business for fifteen
years, and have tried nearly every.
thing ON the market, nothing has
given me the slightest relief until a
few mouths ago, when I used Bo,
schee's German Syrup. am now
glad to acknowledge the great good
It has done me. lam greatly reliey,
en- during the day and at nightgo 10
sleep without the least trouble. - sCO
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NIT OF no delay. don't know how II
came about, but his visits kept getting
longer as grew better, and after my
horrid burglar had drawn his finger so
meaningly across his throat, I came to
the conclusion it was not good for max
to live slone--nor woman either. You
can guess the rest, as you know my hus,
band Is O doctor.-Yankee Blade, xSs-~
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-09-30

German born residents furnished 8.S>
per cent. of the strength of the Unio
army during the Civil War. The En-.
lish were represented by the smallest per
centage, 2.26, as against 2.3S for othc
foreigners not classified, and 1888 of un
known nativity.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-09-30
THE STORY OF A SCAR,
BY A. BANKHEAD.

HE story of that
scar. I h 9 e b y
hangs a tale, an d
rather a long one.
1t was years ago,
when I was moi
twenty, that 1 go'
it, and not ev,1
yet can I think {
that night without
a shudder.
You know m,
parents died wher
/ was ouifa ro,n-
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-09-30

LADIES needing n tonic, or children who
want building up, should take Browns Iron
Biters. ii Is pleasant to take, cures Malaria,
Indigestion, Bilio isness anil Liver Com
plants, makes the Blood rich and pure.
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mr.R.J. Brnuaase. over for years. Ny food
Yeldom troubles mo now. Ny sister also took
Hoods Sarsaparilla with very pleasing results
don't wonder people speak we'll of Hoods
II" r. J. BRUNDAoE, Norwalk, Ct.
NB.-Be sure TO get Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-09-30

MANY persons are broken down from over
work or bous ehold cares. Browns Iron Bit
ters rebui ds the system aid. digestion, re-
moves excess Of bile. and cures malaria A
spendid tonic for women and children.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-09-30

When fly lights on a piece Of sticky
paper he realizes that he is better OF.
-Binghamton Leader.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-09-30

Every mans ideal woman u one vino
would believe he caught whales in the
river if he told her so.-Atchison Globe.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-09-30

notice that an amateur fisherman can
tell just as big lies as a professional.
Texas Siftinos.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-09-30

With the very first cool breath of autumn
air our thoughts will very naturally turn tc
the subject of headgear, for nothing goes so
quickly out of fashion as hat. Hence il
may be advisable, to have word to say
right here of the coming style in hats. Dur.
Ing October it is quite likely that the cloth
felts will be vefy modish, especially in soft
shades of lighubrown and tan. The shapes
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-09-30

Cure for Colds, Fevers and General Debility,
Small Bile Beans. 25c. per bottle.
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Irish ecru guiHhs forming a plastron on
in 'front.' The felt is composed oftwo broad
ribbons hook9 together. The lower sleeves
are also of the kuipure. The skirt is finished
with ruche a the bottom. In this partic-
ular material the changeable colors were
gray and salmSn, and the marbled mark
ings white.
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j; A. johnson. Medina, n; r, says; "Halra
76c.
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sample Package Mailed Free.
Address Smau Bile Beans, New York.
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feundstisn for a Factory CIV.

49, eum"Stien Tor Factory City.
.u r2ur railroads, one a belt line, and two fus,-
ot " PPe.Hhe5 arI sure to make Dig city here -
saIo Jay a. Dwiggins Il Co of Chlcaao who.,,
tthey founded Grlfith. They were riSSt' TnSn Fa1r
.acsories located at once, new houses and stopes
are going NJ daily.--Chfcago News. ''''' %
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A shower Of flies fell at Mount Joy,
Penn, recently.
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The STOPPING bicycle rider may be sup
posed to be on pleasure bent. Boston
Transcript.
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For a full crop on the farm commend
us to the old hen. Lowell Courier.
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ANYONE would be justified in recommending
and other vital organs
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No chinsss has been naturalixed for
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The man who brags much on his good.
ness will bear good dea! of Watching.
Rams Horn.
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Our OLD Reliable EYkwArER cures weak or
Unnamed eyes, or granulatcd lids without palp.
y cents. JoEs r. picxEY Drug Co., BrIst I. Va.
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Statistics show that trade does moi
decline in Presidential years.
The Oaly Ons Bver Printed.
CAN YoU YTHp THE WORD1

These Is . 8 tnch display advertisement In
slik . except one word. The same Is true OF
each new one appearing each week. from The
DIR. Harter Medicine Co. This house places {
Crescent" on cvcrything they make and pub
tish. Look for II, send them the name Of the
word and they will return you BOOK, REAUrI-
TUL LlIHo0RAPHs or RANpLIa PRHB. ~.
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1t doesn't take bit OF meauness out
Of rascal to polish him.-Ram's Horl.
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WISE WORDS.

Don't look for flaws in people.
Little sins belong to big families.
A man with short head needs long
legs.
Everv man who will tell he WIN ffvs
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THE BEl1 OF FASHION
Long Waists dehs OUT The xmpirs
Gown te 4skhe FAshionable
Attxs e. sAptumn.

LENDER figures, long
waists and long arms,
|snpeybly set OF with
the enormous puffs
which have done duty
as Aeeves this season,
WIN, II rumor proves
true, disappear from
the domain Of Queen
Fashion ere many
moons. This rumor
il to the effect that
the short-waisted En-
pire gown will be the
only wear this fall
andnext winter.
In the initial illus
ration is pictured q
very pretty costume
for an afternoon or
reception, made up in
Ia marbled foulard,
richly Ssrnitured with
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-09-30

Hoods Pills act easily. yet promptly and
sdacisntly on the liver and bowels.
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Constipation cured by Small Bile Beans.
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rnelr shot -guns-always kept on hand
for game-they had called the dogs aud
gone after my two burglars. The moon.
light and the dogs had enabled them tc
keep close on their track, and had the
satisfaction of hearing next morning that
they had been caught, tied hand and
foot and guarded safe to the county Jail.
They had taken nothing from my
room, having been too uneasy about
their own safety to linger after they
found l had escaped. / had shot the
man had seen that day in the shoulder,
and he was some weeks in getting well.
The papers made great ado about my
"heroic conduct" as they we've pleased
to term it, and said good many nice
things about me. When my arm got
we'll had to be present at the trial of
the men to testify against them, and had
the satisfaction of hearing them sen.
fenced to ten years in the penltentiary.
The man / had seen at the station
the only one had seen at all in fact, for
the others had only been heard--looked
at me revengefully when he heard the
sentence, and drew one finger slowly
across his throat, as much as to say:
"Pll cut your throat yeti"
He had been the principal In the affair,
had inquired about me at the station on
seeing the money, and had made tha
house boy point out my room when he
got his dinner. ALI this came out a. tao
trial.
But perhaps what have yet to tell is
the most serious part Of the affair after
all.
When old DIR. Thomas was sent for tn
dress my wounded arm, he happened t.,
be away, and bis young assistant had tt
come in his stead, as the case would ad.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-01-08

WHAT a heartless and relentless
iconoclast is time. How ruthlessly he
destroys things, smashing them with
the vigor of an enraged and insatiate
fiend: And in nothing is his destruc-
tive work more apparent and effective
than in the realm OF our fanoies-our
illusions, especially those cherished in
youth; that credulous period OF life
when the seeming is the real, and it is
so easy and natural 10 believe what
we hear; the era when imagination
performs most of its daring and illus
trious feats, achieving what it never
dares attempt when the golden locks
have faded into the dull brown and
the grey.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-01-08

THERE are children whose on
iy idea OF pleasure. whom they are
put into a decent dwelling, seems to
be to see how much glass they can
break, how much paint they can mar
and how much wall paper they can
tear of, or what mischief they can DO
about their neighbors' houses and
grounds We do not expect perfect
steadiness or quietness from smart and
active children, but people have a
right to insist that they shall be re-
strained from malicious injuries to
persons and property, and whore they
are not it is the fault OF the parents,
and they have reason to complain II,
as consequence of their neglect to
guard against these faults they are
not considered to be desirable tenants
by the landlords or desirable neigh
bors by those who are so unfortunate
as TO live near them.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-01-08
His uean. OF support.

This makes the third time that
you have appeared before me charged
with begging on the streets OF At
lanta, 4" said the judge, land. although
you are a woman, l will have to send
you up for thirty days"
please don't do it judge" sebbod
the woman. Il have large family
TO support and what would my hus-
band and my children do IL you were
TO send me upP"
Your husbandp Have yeu, in
deed husbandg"
Yes your honor" said man step
ping forward from the crowd. II
am her husband. and l want to ask
you TO be lenient with her. She
makes out like she's too sick to work,
but IL you let her of this time I'll see
TO IL that she works in the future and
supports her family"
II don't think you will" said the
Judge I'm fact / am going TO let
the woman go and send you up for six
months as vagrant You have no.
visible means OF support"
And tho man muttered as he was
marched out: mo visible means OF
support Good Lordl Amt my wife
IN colrt9"-Atlanta Constitution.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-01-08

EVERY ocean traveller knows how
the lower part OF even ''gilded floating
palaces" are. So defective Is ventila-
ton OF all ocean carriers that even the
most expensive docks are vile in at
mosphere before n passage is half
over il stormy weather makes it ne
cessary to close port holes. Air that
is unfit to breathe on the saloon deck
Is necessarily disease breeding in the
Storage. All sanitary laws on the
great ships are neglected more or less;
but most of all In the caverns where
hundreds Of human beings are packed.
with neither water enough for clean-
illness nor seclusion for decency. II
filthy bodies were the only evil thus
engendered complaint might be mod
Grated. The fact is that moral vice
Is rendered inevitable in these heated
and indecent hulks and that evils are
thus caused which are not SO easily
repaired as bodily filth.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-01-08
Local Pride.

'Missourians have n local pride in
their metropolis not less than the Illi-
noisans have In theirs" said a drum
mer the other evening. Il was out
in that state not long ago and was
caught over night on the road. just
before dark pulled up at house on
the roadside and asked for shelter"
Who air youP inquired a tall
angular woman standing in the door
way with a rolling pin in her hand.
{" I'm travelling man.
Where air you fromp
/" St LOUIS
" Shorep
"'Of course l am; here's my card.
You don't think I'd lie TO youP'
Amt shore, she said civily; you
said you was travelling man, didn't
your
That's all right / said with q
grin. handing her the card.
She studied it for about half Q
minute. then turning to man inside
she called out:
Tie up the dog. Bill. He amt
iron. Chicago. detroit Free PScss