The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-06-24
SELECT SIFTINGS.

Few criminals of any kind live to be
old men.
Plants grow faster between and 6
A. NJ. that at any other time during the
day.
The Ohio River, which is very nearly
1000 miles long, has a mean descent of
only ST inches to the mile.
Cawker City, Kan, has adopted an
ordinance requiring every owner Of
chickens to keep them on his premises.
Sau Francisco has an earthquake proof
hotel. Ii is constructed of iron, aud in
the form of two hollow squares, one
within the other, arranged so as to brace
each other.
The arrivals in this country from Swe-
den, Norway and Denmark are next in
importance to those of Great Britain and
Germany, and exceed by one fourth those
from Ireland.
In Burmah it is rather II suspicious
thing to give money for charitable OBJ
jcct. 1t is supposed to mean that tho
donor has been very wicked, and is de-
sirous to make amends.
The original manuscript of the "Boo!s
OF Mormon" is now in one Of the banks
at Richmond, Ray County, Mo-, in Gus.
tody of j. ID. Whituer, a straight and
n-polygamous Mormon.
A red bird dicd at the advanced ago
of twenty three years in Zinesville, Ohio,
the other day. 1t had become so feeble
that it could not mount its perch in its
cage, but it sang until II year ago.
A tree was cut IN the Puget Sound
(Washington) forest the other day fro
which seven cuts were taken without y
knot, their combined length being 179
feet. The tree scaled 4S, 900 feet.
Mrs. Sanders and five daughters, OF
Honderson County, Tennessee, have feet
which are marvels for size. Mrs. San lcrs
wears number fifteen shoes and the
youngest daughter number twelve. The
average sized t0ot Of this wonderful six
Is number fourteen.
Professor Lors, the Greek rifle shot, Is
attracting much attention by his feat Of
shooting glass ball fro II his own head.
The tricl is performed by shooting at
the trigger of rifle held in frame,
with the muzlle sighted at IL glass ball
dangling bya string directly over the
markman's head.
costly wardrobe is owned by one OF
the Chinese Ministers, whose ma suiticeut
aud varied toilettes have driven the So
ciety bellies wild with envy. The
celestial dignltary never appears at pubic
entertainments twice In the same costume,
and his silk and satin garments are
valued at $150,000.
Many readers will he much surprised
to learn that at the battle of Leipsic the
Russians brought into the field numbers
of Baskir Tartars who were armed only
with bows and arrows. So we read in
General MarbOt's memoirs, written by
himself and lately published. The Gem
eral was himself wounded by an arrow in
the battle.
A Maryland farmer adopts this method
OF Kidding his premises of English spar
rowss Whenever they get too plentiful
he equips each man on the farm with
fiat boarl, and they all proceed after
dark with lanterns to the bird roost.
The sparrows fly toward the light, and
as they COME within reach the M On with
the boards knock them down by the
score.
Charles G.. Leland traces the origin of
the saying in reference to small place,
'there is not room enough to swing
cat, " to superstition current in Tran
sylvanIa. In this country, it is said, il
cat runs away, when recovered she
must be swung three times around to at
tach her to the dwelling. The same is
done with stolen cat by a thief il he
would retain 1T.