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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-08

Recent reports from Germany indicate
that Kaiser Wilhelm's military forces are
to be made the subject of another high.
ly diverting experiment. They are to
be taught to sing. 1t is not that this &C.
complishment is expected to be used in
actual conflict, though, facetiously OBJ.
serves the Chicago News Record, the
singing of some people ha, often been
known to inspire emotions OF profound
terror on the part of Il cir auditors. No
doubt II some OF the Kaiser's forces, were
to advance upon their foes Justify sing.
ing passages of modern music drama the
enemy would break aud flee. But the
object OF the lessons in sin ,ins is en-.
tirely different. 1t is to give the soldier
"wind," aud II reports are to bs believed
the beneficial results already obtained
will insure its adoption as part of the
military drill of Italy and Russia. The
theory Is that the exercise il ga hi~hiy
advantageous functional gymnastic" aud
greatly increases the strength aud endur-
snce of the lungs. The spectacle of au
awkward squad OF infantrynen beiny
put through the tiiatonic scale will not,
of course, be heroic. But neither Is any
military drill in the early stages. The
question arises, however, as to why this
valuable physical exercise is restricted to
the armies. II, as several eminent
savants testify, the simple habit of sing
ing few scales every morning is good
for the lungs and measure for the pro-
longation Of life, why not make its
adoption common among the peoplel
la particular, the ira litionally weak.
lunged American boys and girls mIsht
Hud benefit to the health were vocal
practice to become compulsory part Of
the public-sohool curriculum,
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-08

zenas Craue, OF Dalton, Mess, whe
makes the paper on which the Govern
ment prints its bank notes aud bonds,
says thas "there Is too much dirty aud
worn currency in circulation in tn,
United States. The Bank of England
never reissues note which is paid in BY
any Of its customers, aui the result i,
that English money is always crisp, clean
and fresh. The United States receive, /,
greenbacks aud National bank notes and
pays tdem out again, no matter how
filthy they may be, except, of course,
currency that Is too badly wora for re-.
issue. The damaged currency becomes
q loss to the people, ani the Govern.
ment makes large profit on it, which ]
hold to be wrong policy"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-08

- SSvses'hossss cuployed in the four
horse drays weigh nineteen hundredth
weight. The Great Western Railway
Company have 500 horses in one new
stable at Paddington, in which they have
four floors one above another, the top
floor being almost as high as the hotel,
with a lookout over the station roof. No
railway company buys horse after he is
seven years old. The Midland has 1850
horses, the Great Northern 1900, the
Great Western HOO, the Southwestern
$50, the Southeastern 275, and the
Brighton 225. The London aud North.
western has only $50 horses, but Pick
ford s. Co., who do most of the North.
western business, have 1000 horses. Car
ter Patterson's, delivery business, have
1900. The Railway News says the ma
jority of London railway horses work
seventy hours week. In Garter Pat
terson's, only one parcel in $1,000 it is
said, goes wrong. AS rule the London
railway horse is bought at $500 and sold
after five years. work at $50 or 500.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-08
A Judge Divides a Child.

AsHEvnLE, N. c. Judge Shuford
renders his opinion on the habeas corpus
case for the custody of child, on trial here
since Monday. The court DEGREES Mrs
Florence j. Harris, the mother shall have
charge of the child nine months in each
year, aud Charles j. Harris, the father,
have charge of it the remaining thr, Q
months. Mr.. and Mrs. Harris must give
bond in $1,000 each for the carrying out
of the decree. The parents shall always
be kept advised as to the health and
whereabouts of the child and have full
liberty to visit it al all times. Harris
counsel appealed.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-08
Experience Teaches.


AnAdl1fHltuus uur 3.stH8 rfcfJ4 . ft5
pay his expenses in college, consulted
the late Judge - as to what course he
would better adopt. The Judge had
once been in the same predicament, and
had undergone many hardships while
lifting himself for the eminent position
ne occupied, consequently he was speak.
ing from experience when replying TO
his young friends inquiries.
"Would you advise mo to 60 into debt
to get an education?" the voung ma.
asked.
"Well, that depends on the line of
conduct you are disposed To pursue.
Would you honestly pay back every cen.
OF money you borrowed to pay for your
sducation?'
Certainly! would do that even if
had to work as hod carrier to earn
the money"
"Iheu l would advise you to boz
row."
"What course would you recommend
me to take in coliege?"
"Oh, that is matter of indilfer,
.nce."
81 beg your pardon"
'lt really doesn't matter what course
you take in college. 1t you 90 into debt
;ognt an education you will get the chic:
part Of it while struggling to yet cut Of
iebt .gain. New York Herald.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-08
sTATIsTIosoF OUR poPuLAT
The Increase for Decade in the Car
linas, Georgia and Florida.

WAsurSeroN, D The census office
has issued bulletin giving the com ,lete
statistics OF population Of North Caro-
linnn, South Carolina, Georgia and Flor
ida by color aud general nativity in 1890.
The combined population of the State
mentionei is given as 1897 81, of which
2,493. 359 are males and 2, 504 5l3 fe-
males.
OF 'he total population A, 952 $50 are
native and Is, ,o4l foreign born. The ag-
gregatc white population of thes States
is given rs 2, 720, ,696, of which 2,927, 45S
are of nat We parents and 53, 3G3 Of foreign
parents. The total cel>rci population is
placed at 2.227, 175.
North Carolina's population Of l,G1T,-
947 is composed Of 100, 149 males, SlS,-
79S female the aggregate white being
1,055, 3S2 and the total colorcd 562. 565.
South Carolina's population of I, ,l51,-
140 is emp osed of 572, 1887 males and
57S,Sl2 females; the aggregate white he.
ing 462 00s, and the totol colorcd 6S9,
14l.
Georgia has q population of 1887, 353,
of which 9l9. 925 are males and 81. .428
fem lies. The white population is 91S,y
357 and the colored S,S 996.
The total population of Fiorida is
39l ,422, of which col ,947 are males and
lS9,475 females; the white being 22S, e49
and colered 166.413. ~
The population of t C States Of North
Carolina, South Carolina. Georgia and
Florida in 1880 WAS 4, 4,20i 600; in 1880
the total population for these States was
SS91,S ,S1l, an increase o: 100 .s1l or IL. Sc
- It. For these states, considered
~ a ''.1.SAlc. the number of males has in
creased dJ;;in9y J;iyin99 f H. past dSSfsesx-,slS das ~,
or 90 per cent.
The census returns show that III the
State of Virginia the surplus of women is
ONLY 30
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-08
Sheep-Shcarings I'm Early Tir,o7

About 1909, with &c advent OF & ,ou.
ish merinos, probably to sid IL tier in.
PRODUCTION aud as an advertisement,
sheep shearing festivals were IN much
favor with farmers. Prominent among
these shearing festivals, and continued
for Gozen years, was one at "Arling.
ton," opposite Washington, the estate
of George Washington Parke GUSTS.
The hospitalities of General GUSTS al
these annual gatherings was enjoyed by
large collections of prominent men
Georgetown papers Of those times gay,
programmes and premiums that indicate
the large enterprise felt in sheep. raising.
as part of American aeiaSzs ~ =
which General Gusts haG'1 " =,
pride. American Farmer
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-08
The Bride Was Bare 70 oted.

From the Memphis Appeal Avalanche.) J
CLARKsvILLE, Tenn. Ely Dobbs and
Susan Edwards came all the way from
Christian county, KY. The bride was
barefooted, with uncombed hair, and had
hardly sufficient clothing of tho COM
monest sort to hide her person, while the
groom looked like Mississippi River
deck hand just off from long trip. Yet,
after being made man and wife, this
couple walked out Of the principal streets
Of the town looking as happy and con-
tented as possible.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-08
Blaine,s Successor.

WASHINGTON, d. C.--The President
sent to the Senate the nomination John
w. Foster, Of Indiana, to be Secretary of
State. The nomination was Immediately
confirmed. Tho new Secretary of State
vas born in Indiana and is about 50 years
OF age. He is a lawyer by profession and
as diplomatic career probably un-
lualled In Americas history having
rved as minister to Mexico, Russia and
spain with great credit.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-08

DIR. w. d. Crum (co.ored) has been
appointed postmaster at Charleston, s. G.
"A young negro who had outraged ne.
gro girl was lynched by negroes in Wynn,
Cass county, Ark, on Wednesday night.
A colored man in Wayne county, N.
G. was killed by lightning Sunday night
while asleep in bed.
Congressman Henry g. Turner, of the
eleventh Georgia district, was re.nomi-
mated Wednesday by acclamation.
A bill to establish a uniform system of
bankruptcy has been reported to the
rey bill.
A leather trust has been organized
whose headquarters will be New York,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Toledo, Cincin-
natl, st. Louis and Chicago.
A revival of the revolutionary feeling
has sprung up among the Mexican refu-
gees and the lower classes on the lower
Rio Graude border. Serious trouble is
feared.
An explosion took place at Herndon,
Pa, on Tuesday, while we'll was being
drilled, and a fragment of rock COM
pletely severed Charles Milliken's head
from his body.
Lord Salisbury has issued an address to
the British electors, in which he warns
them that the granting of home rule to
Ireland would involvea bitter, protract-
ed struggle probably eliminating in civil
war.
John Thornton was hanged in the Jail
yard at Fort Smith, Ark, on WEDGES.
day. The execution was repulsive in the
extreme. When the drop fell the rope
nearly severed Thornton's head from his
body.
The first State convention of the Peo-
Piles party in Tennessee met Tuesday 800
strong. They indorsed the sub Treasury
scheme, free silver and the st. Louis
demands. Forty eight delegates were Sc
lected to Omaha. They deferred the
nomination of Governor to August 1S to
see if the present Governor, Buchanan.
Democrat, will accept their nomina-
tiop.
Having won their suit against New York
parties who offered forty years old re
print of Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
as premium for subscribers to a paper,
G. d G. Merriam Co. are pushing other
suits of like nature-a Kansas concern
being one of the latest. They will pros
ecute in every case where misleading
announcements are made and claim they
are taking such ACTION in justice alike ta
-sS,v,rvxr~,4,wsS- a AZ > -
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-08
Two Girls Fight q Duel.

Special to the N. Y, World
CHARLESTON, w. VA. Miss Gertrude
Hagar and Lizzie Spears, two attractive
young women of this town. run rival
race for the young mems attentions The
rivalry is so bitter that duel was fought
between them last week, Miss Hagar
fred five shots at her adversary, but
couldn't hit her.
Miss Spears has applied for a warrant
to prevent further violence from her
enemy,
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-08
A Diary Covering Three Centuries

A diary begun more than three cen.
turiea ago by the Hozaka family of
Japan has been kept up continuously by
the various heads 10 whose charge it was
committed until the volumes now fill
eight large chests, IL was no New Year
experiment with either the original
Colonel Hozaka or his successors, New
York Press,
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-08
"Hfoonshine" That is Very Fatal.

KNOXVILLE, TENN. N.-The "moonshine'
business in East Tennessee is on the in
crease. Wednesday officers attacked a
party OF distillers at still in the Chill
howe mountains aud a big fight followed.
One Of the officers was fatally injured,
aud O number of mountaiheers are
thought to have been killed.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-08
A Lynching in Tennessee.

NASHVILLE, TENN. Late In the night
mob took Tom Liliard, negro roy 16
marc marched ed him T to tn the 's edge Of town and
river. The boy was charged with crini-
nal assault on Miss Mcknight, an inmate
Of the poor house aud not of very sound
mind, He confessed his guilt,
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-08
AiTfANSE READ4NG.
Our Weekly Budget Of NeFs For
the Order.
Some Great Truths Brought tp Light,
That "An Who Run Nay

Hon. Jerry Simpson, of Kansas, pre-
faced his remarks upon the postoffice ap,
preparation bill, with this succinct SEN
tence: "Mr. Chairman, my own opin-
ion is that if the railroads we're to carry
the mails of this country for nothing
for fifty years, they would not
then have paid back the value they have
received in grants of land. a"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-08

Fae london correspondent Of the
New York Sun is authority for the state.
meat that the capital invested in joint
stock cotton mills in Lancashire has de.
preciated thirty-ive per cent. during the
past fifteen years, aud that the average
net profits have dwindled to les, than
one per cent. per anuun.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-08

It has been estimated that $4,000
horses are employed in the carrying trade
Of London, that their value is sc, $50, 900,
and the cost is for food alone 81 ,00o, 900
q year. A rulo prevails of foraging the
hcraes on ssi - centse e: inch per week,
that i, . horse costs as many quarters Of
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-08
THE AGE OF LIGHT

.r,Sn. /, s ro6oH,es, ~
gs@s s ,si'sSss IS ssss 3 s. & .sss ssss
SSss SSs bitter st ssS 8 81 g sssSs I; s,,
f$s. sss Nigh
pssts gsqs %ss
Smiles when the empty word reform il hears
And, And damns m the ga5ictt no ionser fears: u
az sSo te
4 s :sS,fs sSsm
they are f rev warneS % whs rsad the I signal light.
II disa Seseafity iss g iswiS birth, ~
il noble lives the sosss hods The sroand
In In restoration to the brave and free,
g sseisn sSss sss M nsy I'D
Prea%s Pre- IKE the hermit S ths end e night
While labor, bufiened yith excessive work,
supports in ease fhe milltsnaire and shirk,
Breeds vice and crime while fear cngenders greed.
S Small wonder. then, that drink psurps the place
BY law despoiled. with y srmth and false delight.
And turns the home to hell; thc day TO night
d dift labpa" implant Within each breast
TtsrrrySSssTssS,F 81 sohs ssssa q s5d. ljnY
Their g @ snd the n
Soon Vice and crime win fully disappear,
Before a race unused to want or fear; -
Those equal rights her human needs demand.
Then to our shores Wen welcome every face,
Without distinction to creed or race,
For none I'm whom humanity we find
Arc foreign to the free OF human kind
our broad domain, a haven and q right,
VIII freely stand before the age OF light.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-08
OUR KINGS.

1860 Cotton VAS King,
1870 Corn was King.
1907 Politicians were King
1890 Money is King.
190O-The millionaires will rule the
world.
1910 The Millionaire will be menace
to the millionaire, and the poor will be
as dumb, driven CATTLE
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-08

A Milwaukee (wis.J paper Is response.
We for the item that the broken ends of
be bone of Anton Gmeiner's left leo
ave been nailed together with ivory
aiis driven through holes drilled in the
ZONES. This peculiar surgical operation
sproving success, and the patient
Don expects to regain full use of his
limbs. His leg was fractured by his be-
og thrown from buggy about a year
lgo.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-08

The United States is fast crowdina
Switzerland out of the watch market,
and there is no part of the world, boast.
the San Francisco Bulletin, no matter
how remote, where the tick OF tho
American watch cannot be heard. To.
day American factories turn out 80, ,O0S
watches week. Almost the only time
pieces imported are repsaters. stop.
watches and those having special move-
ment. yhioh bring . high price.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-08
STATE ALLIANCE MEETINGS.
OPPOSED TO sTccK spEcuLATIoNs.

BERHE, SWITZERLAND The National
Council, by vote of to 5, has ordered
that the Swiss Government discover
some means to check the evils of Bourse
speculations. Some of the speakers in
behalf Of the measure urged that the sale
Of stocks or other articles not actually
possessed by the seller be declared illegal.
The action Of the American House of Rep
resentatives in passing bill to prevent
dealings in options was cited as justifi-
cation of such legislation.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-08


WAsHINsToN, D. C.-Mr. Otis of the
Farmers Alliance has introduced bill
to reduce the salary of every Government
official to $4,000 per year. He also hss
bill to abolish the office of Postmaster
General and create that of Secretary of
Transportation. The Senate Agricul-
tural Committee has recommended an
increase Of $37 800 in the. Agricultural
appropriation bill over the amount allow.
ed by the House.
*~ x*&
In Australia the government owns the
railroads, Here is how it works: A
elsand 49, tai et costs. 9. 40 40
CommutaSion fzSSl eaE be had cheaper.
For instance workman can 90 to and
from his work, at a distance of six miles,
for 9 cents; twelve miles for cents;
eighteen miles for 9 cents; twenty four
miles for s cents and thirty miles for
10 cents. Yet we are told that govern.
ment ownership of railroads means cen.
tralization. II cheap transportation is
Capitalization we think we can stand
little of it. At least we are patriotic
enough to try it.--New Forum.
**+ ~
The enormous pile of money comprised
in 81 900, 600, 900 is h,rdly realized by
most people. What figure billionairc
would be may perhaps be best understood
by saving that such Il man, if his wealth
were all concentrated in these parts,
would hold clear title to the whole
city of Boston proper meaning all its
lands and buildings as they stand.
1t is by no means certain that John
Swiuton's prophecy will not materialize
before the cenlA,S closes. The interest
on the Vandefbilt wealth at Ter cent
would make it at the end of Ave years
| $340, 900, 900; in ten years, S44S, 600, 900 !;
in twenty-five years, s641, 900, 900 iu
fifty years, 100000 900.
"Faithful unto death" should be the
epitaph of Representative Stackhouse,
| OF South Carolina. Let the Farmers
| Alliance, from Maine to California, honor
the memory of the grand old man who,
| over worn from fatigue and travel in the
service of departed friend, stood at his
post of duty in Congress, trying to hold
togather quorum for business, although
smitten early in the day by his last fatal
illness. God has heard our prayer; Ho
| has given US men.
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A MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY.
FRUITS AND FLOWERS AT THE
WORLDS FAIR.

The horticultural Exhibit VIII sur
pass All Previous Ones, and viii
he Beautiful beyond Descripti ion
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and whose figure had a certain statuesaue
dignity commensurate with the occasion.
but not with the frequent chuck-hOles
which her chariot encountered. A Journal
reporter made an effort to secure the names
of the young ladies on this and the preced-
ing float, but native Hoosier shyness
would not allow them to reveal them.
TIE 'CYCLERs.
The Cumberland band followed immedi-
ately after, and after 1t the 'cyclers. First
was Tom Hay and Carl Fisher riding q
tandem. Long iron poles sprang up from
each handle bar, suspended from which vas
q full-rigged ship in miniature. 1t was ten
feet long. and the masts about six in
height, and with it's gay festooDings
and lanterns Was one of the prettlest dec
orations in the parade. Bert Willetts rode
next in buggy constructed from pneuInat-
lc-wheeled snlkies, and from which
he burned colored fires 1t was drawn
by riders. Close behind were p. O..
wheel, dragging a pneumatic tired sulky.
on which the latter rode, holding pair of
ribbons, ostensibly attached to Rudy's
mouth. Surrounding the whole was
a transparency, which read on one side:
Nancy Hanks isn't in il. Horse. 204: BIZ
cycle, 2:02 3d." and on the other: "Colum-
bus never discovered this" Among the In
dividuel riders who were bedecked and
bespangled were Otis Lowe, Arthur
Laird. Ellis Hunter and many others.
Frank DeVore was conspicuous, mounted
on a boys wheel and dressed as q clown.
Following the riders was juvenile drum
corps. and nondescript corps of small boys,
men, horsemen. and vehicles, the winding
mp the great parade.
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restrained from smashing MP the furniture.
and the leading pair had to be finally taken
out so fractions did they become. Every
thing on the float was white, from the tur.
ban of the yonng lady OF the highest seat.
down TO tho draDlngs on the spokes OF the
wheels. In front q silken banner with the
representation of a harp it's surface.
Idly Tapped In the breeze. In the center
on series of steps like terrace sat four
white. Ii was followed by O wagon of
fireworks. and then the Mayer x Deery
military band.
Then came another wagon of blazing
spinning wheels and shooting rockets.
winch shed a bright glare and an oc-
casOnal shower of sparks on the white
uniforms of the Sterling X. Holt drum
corps which followed IN its rear.
The next and last float. by the Marion
Club, contained for every State in this
glorious Union yonng lady decked in
colors bright and gay, and wearing on her
breast shield of red. white and blue, on
which the name OF the State she
represented was written. There were
three tiers of them extending clear around
the vehicle, and they were forty-four in
number. In the center. leaning on Q shield
of American blazonry and high above her
fellows. was Miss Columbia. She was
tall young lady who had lett her hair pins
at home. which allowed q mass of
black hair to fall over her shoulders.
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LIKE THE FOURTH OF JULY.
Brilliant Pyrotechnic Displays In variou
Pnrts of the City

Brilliant Pyrotechnic Displays In Various
Parts of the City,
There was one feature Of yesterdays
Columbian celebration that was akin to
the Fourth of July. 1t was the display OF
pyrotechnics. The display was a sort of q
spontaneo US affair, in which . great many
people took part. Aside from the fire.
works wagons in the parade, at many points
in the downtown district sky-rockets and
other forms of the genius sky-terrIer
were sent heayenward. The State. house
yard for major part of the evening was
the home of the bomb and cannon cracker,
and at the southwest corner of Tennessee
and Washington streets sky-rockets were
internationally sent up while the parade
was passing. Pyrotechnics, in varied and
bean tiful forms. were displayed In front
of the Park Theater anu Grand Opera
house. and the When store started" some
thing of the kind. Several ear-split' ers
were also touched off at the
base of the soldiers monument.
and all along the line of
march from the windows of business houses
the bright red light of bursting rockets
flashed. The effect of this display. taken
In conjunction with the parade. the decora-
tions and tine crowd. was beautiful to say
the least