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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-02-26
An English View of the American
Free Silver Agitation.

A London cablegram says: Tht Times
hss long article on the Bland silver
bill. The writer says: "Although cleo
ii ioneering tactics have helped it, that it
will become law is improbable. The
United States must eventually choose
between the gold and silver standards,
but the time is not favorable now. The
argument that the bill Will attract gold
and raise the price of cotton and grain
may suffice for the Southern and Western
farmers, but it is too flimsy to affect the
North "
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-02-26
Sanford Sanford.

SANFORD, FLA.-The Hon. john San.
ford, member of Congress from the Sara.
toga district, in New York, and Miss
Ethel Sanford. daughter of the late Gen.
II. $. Sanford, were married in the Epis.
copal church by the Right Rev. II. B
Whipple, Bishop of Minnesota.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-02-26
VOL. XXIII.---NEW SERIES

A writer u ? German newspapcr has
obtained (sti6ftcs which show that the
nuuber Y sloidcs throushoetths world
e 1so, 600 szeariy These figures, tsh,ss tshi,ss
wriref ohssryes. have been of steady
srowsh. ahe greatest number OF suicides
happen 10 June, the lowest in Septem-
her The irst tan dnys .f ths :,::...h.
gires the largest humber of suicides.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-02-26

i =
RALEIGH, N. C.9Fhe representatives
OF the county Alliances ia this congres.
| sional district who met here elected Eu-
gene c.. Beddingfield, of Wake, to repre-.
sent the district at the great convention
at st. Louis, in which the farmers and Ia.
o"rers' unions are TO participate.
****a+
WASHINGTON, ID. C.-The Department
OF Agriculture has now in press Farmers
Bulletin No. 8, which treats in brief aud
practical manner of smut, in oats and
wheat especially, and of the means which
should be adopted by farmers in prepar-
ing the seed so as to avoid injury to the
crop from this cause. In order to avail
themselves of the suggestions therein
contained, farmers will want to receive
this bulletin without any delay. and
special urgency will he used to get it out
promptly. In the meantime applicants
should send In their names and addresses
and tho bulletin will be mailed 70 ti,sm
immediately on its issue.
**Hs
WASHINGTON, ID. C.-Mr. Otis, of Kan.
sas, an Alliance member, has introduced
bill TO authorize the Secretary of the
Treasury to have two billions dollars of
paper money duly printed in denomina-
tions ranging from 81 to $500, each bill
being absolute money and not in the form
of promise, to be full legal tender for
both public and private debts and inter
changeable ut par with any other kiud of
lawful money of the United States. 1t
shall be known as the National Union
Loan Fund, and placed in the United
States Treasury, subject to the order Of
the Governors Of the different States n
the Union. Any State can draw on <hts
fund by paying per cent. intcreSs. per
year, aud the State can loan TO itcltizens
on security at a rate of.intereskhot 10 ex-
ceed per cent. per aapYp's W M arai.s
the Governor and Secretary of the State,
with the great seal Of the State attached,
and in conformity with the laws of tho
State and full statement of the account
of the State with the National Union
Loan Fund, verified by the Treasurer of
the State, shall be rendered semi annual
ly to the Secretary of the Treasury OF the
United States, and the interest due paid.
The Secretary of the Treasury shall honor
ali drafts made Upon the fund
to the extent of 80 per cent.
of the assessed value of the real es.
tate in the State, and it shall be the duty
of tho Secretary Of the Treasury
to render an annual report to
Congress of the condition of the fund and
the net revenue derived therefrom by the
United States.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-02-26
THE PEOPLES PARTY.
A Corvention Hold and a Ticket
Nominated in Louisiana

ALEXANDRIA, lathe State conveu-
ton OF the Peoples party of Louisiana
met with III delegates present. The
following State ticket was nominated
For governor, q. w. Bruce; Lieutenant
governor, j. j. Mills; secretary of State,
ID. M. McStrovick; treasurer, John Ma.
R82psGFGte auditor uddeAttuh,J. r. D. Patton
attorney general, Judge Wade Haugh.
A State executive committee was APP
pointed aud the convention adjourned.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-02-26

The landed surface Of the Northern
Hemisphere is about 44, 10000 square
miles, as against IL, 900, 900 square miles
embraced by the Southern Hemisphere,
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-02-26
$4,000 for Pensacola.

WAsHINeToN, ID. C.--The Senate
p used bill appropriating 100000 foT
the improvement of the road to the ma
tional cemetery near Pensacola, Fla.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-02-26
SOUTH CAROLINA.

Judge Kcrshaw has granted a manda.
mus in favor of the phosphate compa-
nics Of South Carolina, ordering the au-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-03
SCROFULOUS HUMOR
Boy Almost Lost Use of HIS Limbs.
Two Years Intense Itching.
Several Doctors Fall.
Instant Relief, Sweet Sleep, Speedy, Re-
markable, and Permanent Cure
by Cutieura Remedies.

When about seven years old my son was afflicted
with skin disease which was very distressing. The
first appearance of little pimples accompanied
BY intense itching soon spreading Into sores Gov
cred with scabs except when scratched OIL. The en-
tire body except head, was covered bic almost lost
the use Of his limbs, and was so light could carry
him ABOUT like an Infant Used all remedies could
fnd recommended in medical works for itching
without benefit. Applied to different physicians,
receiving temporary relief but the disease was sure
TO return. sent for your pamphlet, read IL, pur-
chased set Of CUTIcURA REMEDIES. anotnted
him with the CUT1CURA, bathing with the CuTt-
CURA SOAP, and gave small doses OF CUTICURA
REsoLvENT. oh, the soothing effect Of that CUTI-
cuRAl After two years search for something to
sleep sweetly without any inclination to scratch,
Less than two boxes of CJTIcURA. one cake CuTI-
CURA soar. and one bottle of the CUTICURA REsOL-
VENT performed cure, with 10 returns. Is now q
strong. healthy boy of thirteen. We consider 1t
remarkable cure, as he had inherited scrofulous
Mrs. II. z. BOWEN, East otto. N. Y.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-03
j,juU lhUlE1 Vtnl flHE
FUR-TR|MMED
REFERS,

Made Of extra quality Beavers,
Cheviots and Diagonals, and taste
fully trimmed with Astrakhan, Seal,
Black Marten or Opossum Furs,
having just been closed out for
slightly more than half the regular
price, will De offered for a quick
turn at the uniformly low price
of So.45.
Ladies, if you have any idea at
all of getting a Fur Trimmed
Jacket, don't miss this unequaled
chance. Its like will never occur
again. Come to-day and get the
full assortment to choose from.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-03
Cuticura ResoIvent

The new Blood and Skin Purifier, internally Ito
cleanse the blood of all impurities and poisonous
elements), and CUTICURA, the great Skin Cure, and
ternay Ito clear the skin and scalp and restore the
hair), Instantly relieve and speedily cure every
species ofiching burning, scaly, crusted, pimply,
scrotulous and hereditary diseases and huinors OF
the skim scalp and blood, with loss of hair, from
infancy TO age, from pimples to scrofuia,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-03

Sold everywhere. Price, CUTIcURA, SOC; SoAr,
sc; REsoLvENT, q. Prepared by the. POTTER
RS-''How to Cure Skin Diseases - "a pages, SC
illustrations. 100 testimonials, mailed free.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-03

NIPPLES, blackheads, red. rough, chapped, and
Tim oily skin cured by CUTICURA SOAP.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-03

MENTAL exhaustion or brain fatigue
Promptly cured by Bromo-Seltzer-10c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-16
SWIMMING IN FULL UNIFORM
An Interesting Part of German Soldiers
Training.

An Interesting Part of German Soldiers
Training.
From tho Berlin Iiiustrirte Zetung.
Whi!o the swimming service is obligatory on
the pioneers and lately on the cavalry it is
optional with the members of the other depart
ments Of the army. and the fact that the an
nual subscription list is always more than full
is pleasant indication Of the love OF sports
among our blue boys. Many an enthusiastic
admirer Of Neptune must, to his great sorrow,
be turned away on account OF the great number
OF applicants.
The instruction is given under the direction
Of ieutenants by under officers. 1t begins with
the regular practice of the swimming strokes,
the pupil being supported meanwhile by the
so-caIIed fishing rod. When he has learned the
movements well enough to be able to support
himself above the water he begins to swim on
a loose line. At this stage it is often found that
those for whom the highest hopes have been
entertained lack one quality that is indispensa-
bic Tor good swimmer: we mean that Olympic
calm, without which the most carefully nc
quired knowledge Of the strokes is useless
When the pupil is able to keep himself on the
surface safely and quietly he must 90 into the
water without the helping line but rod is
placed "a certain distance above his head for use
IN case OF need. After this he must submit to
the test of swimming alone Tor fifteen minutes.
then for half an hour. accompanied by boat
and then comes the todtenfahrt death trip,
which lasts an hour.
The swimming exhibitions held at the end OF
the summer before the commanders of the bat
talions or regiments are pleasant festivals. and
those held in Berlin or Potsdam are often at
tended by any princes of the reigniug house
who happen to be in the neighborhooI. Glasses
of men clad only In their swimming tights ex-
hiblt their proficiency i'll swimming, jumping
in
larry formed lines. squads and sections, is q
pleasant sight. Lastly comes the most import
ant feature Of the program the exhibition OF
the finest swimmers in full marching uniform
aud with bay0Eetcd guns in their hands. They
jump from a high tower into the cool water
on the surface OF which these fully armc,i sons
Of Mars amusc themselves until the command
OF the officer in charge calls thea from the
damp element.
The swimming service of the German army
is an excellent institution, for, besides giving
the men healthy exercise. it tests the courage
and self-control of the men in time OF peace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-16
TYPICAL SCENERY.

il is to note how rapidly they will collect from
all quarters. perhaps a hundred or more boat
loads Of them in q few minutes time all ready
for robbery or murder, whenever q strange
vessel comes along. particularly il it be a small
one or in any way disabled How the rendezvous
became known 70 30 many Indians at once. when
not a wretched canoe was in sight, is a mystery.
but many shipwrecked mariners have reported
the same thing-.hat signal fires suddenly
blaZed up all along the coasts for miles and from
behind every sheitering rock and out of every
tiny creek canoes came shooting swiftly toward
the rallying point Though the Fuegoan is essen
TALLY q waterman. his canoe is about the rudest
affair that can be made to float Instead o;
being followed out i'll a good shape from the
trunk of tree or made of bark like those Of
the Canadians. these are rough planks, obtained
heaven knows how, tied together with fiber
and thongs, without the slightest regard for
form. q long end sticking up in front like an
exaggerated PROV. In their motion there is
none OF the graceful gliding of the North
American or New Zealand canoes, for instead of
being propelled by paddles these miserable
crafts are rowed with oars made by tying a
piece of board or thick bark to the end of a
pole. On the bottom of each boat. near the
center, some earth is piled, and on il small
fire of sticks is kept burning for the partial
comfort of the naked occupants. On each side
OF this fire they huddIe. six. eight or more in
one boat. always giggling, chatiering and APP
rarenuy In the best Of spirits in spite of the
anu tile COUslhtlt HtCessiLN Vi tahIuS
turns in bailing out the water that hows in be-
tween the imperfectly joined planks.
UGLIER-LooEISG MoRrALs
never breathed. They are n rusty iron color
with fiat noses, high cheek bones, enormous
chins and jaws. crocodile mouths filled with
long yellow teeth. no forehead extremely wide
Fat faces, over which coarse hair falls IN matted
humps, IN figure squatty and round shout
desei, having the peculiarly bloated, pot
bellied appearance OF charity orphans who
have been raised on cabbage SOUP
Though big headed and round bodied
their legs are abnormally short, slender and
crOoked-a physical deformity probably due to
spending most of their lives squatting in
Canoes. The women are more repulsiSe, If
possible, than the men, and seem to care even
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-16

A Hungry Stranger Enjoyed . Square Mea
at the Expense Of . Detective.

Hungry Stranger Enjoyed . Square Meal
at tho Expense Of Detective
From the Nov York Sun.
shabbily dressed man, with q lank and un-
happy face, stepped deferentially into the cigar
store ct 9th avenue and 27th street at an early
hour one night last week, when Detective Brett
Of Capt. Reilly's squad happened to be there,
with Detectives Kemp and Murphy.
I'm hungry" the stranger whispered,
gloomily. "Give me o dime to get something
| to cat"
II won't give you any money" said De-
tective Brett II disapprove Of the practice,
but I'll get you something to eat" Turning
to Detective Murphy be said: Take
this poor fellow to the eating house next
door and tell the proprietor I'll settle for what
he eats"
Then Brcts wheeled about and continued his
chat with the cigar dealer. The stranger with
the face was led into the eating house. where
Murphy delivered Brotts message.
Three-quarters of an hour later Brett
saun torcd into the eating house with a smile on
his face. He felt that no had done generous
act.
"well, did you give that poor man meai?'
he asked, cheerily.
II did, and he seemed to enjoy it hugely"
replied the proprietor. HE was hungry. l
can tell you."s
80 he said. What's the check"
"Eighty-fye cents"
"Eighty-ive cents!'' Brett gasped. GLOW
does it come to that much?''
"Why, he had regular swell meal" tho pro-
prietor responded. He began on a dozen
raw oysters; then he had bone sirloin, with
potatoes and coffee. and wound up with a
20-cent cigar. Detective Murphy said to let
him have anything he wanted"
Detective Brett whIstled. put dollar note
on tho counter, dropped the Il cents change in
his pocket and looked thoughtful.
Detectives Kemp and Murphy laughed softly
and fred this bit Of philosophy at their assO-
ciate: Say, pard, guess it would have been q
heap cleverer to have given the fellow the dime
he asked for and let him buy his own moaL"
A day later the postman delivered to Detec-
tive Brett postal card. In one corner was a
clever pencil drawing of the shabby stranger
lank and unhappy face. In the other corner
was sketch of the same face fattened by good
oysters and juicy steak. cigar protruded
from q corner of the mouth OF the fat face
The drawings bore the inscriptions Before
and After" Between the sketches WAS this
message:
Detective Brett:
"Bless your kind heart for that dinner
"a HUNGRY MAN"
The detective has not been able to discover
who the hungry stranger is. He told Capt.
Reilly that hereafter he was going to do his
own ordering for hungry men who excited his
sympathy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-16

Prom the Dallas Morning News
One Of the most fascinating conversationaliets
in Texas is DIR. s. II. Stout OF Cisco. The doc
tor is a Tennesseean from Nashville. ''the cen
ter of southern history" and is himself brim
full Of historical "reminiscences. DIR. Stout was
born at Nashville in 1s22, and In his boyhood
knew Gen. jackson. Davy Crockett. Sam Bous-
ton and other prominent characters Of that
day. In an interview the doctor said: "Dsvy
Crockett was a giant. intellectually and NOR
nlly. and had he survived the Inflated Alamo
he would have made q far greater record
for craftsmanship than Sam Houston ever
made. No man has ever been more grossly
caricatured than Davy Crockett. never
saw him dressed in the outre costume
of buckskin shirt and coonskin cap he IL gem
erally represented in tn our histories He
dressed in a neat, genteel manner. in con-
forrlity with the style OF his time. He was Of
Scotch-Irish descent and consistent member
of the Presbyterian church. He was Q great
hunter and q fine shot and probably drawer
or nobler man never lived"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-16
From the Nineteenth Century.

from sEe >lne.eentA century.
Man is, when standing erect. the only anima-
that has the thigh in limo with the axis of the
vertebral column and among his nearest con-
gcncrs in the animal world the fexed state of
the femoral articulation is natural and con
slant. AS we so down TIE scale the angie be.
tween the thighs and trunk diminishes, until il
reaches the right anglo characteristic of most
luadrupeds. l speak here .s the attitude
adopted when the animal IL at rest upon lis
legs. Tor during sleep there is in many cases a
curious reversion TO the position occupied in
embryonic life. Thus we zee that bird roost.
ing with its head "under its wing" and the
legs drawn up close to tho body offers decided
resemblance 10 the chick in the egg
/ hayo noticed that young children. when
old enough to shift their hmbs, ve~y seldom
sleep in any but the curied up position, and
that as often as not. when unhampered by
clothing or other artificial restraints, they
sloep in the same attitude as do many quad
rupeds. VIZ, with the abdomen downward and
the limbs fiexed beneath them. am told that
negro mothers and nuraes in the West Indies
invariably lay their charges down to sleep on
their stomachs. and that this custom is also
common in various parts of the world. ADMIT
man is, believe, the only animal who ever
elects to sleep upon his back. Some OF the
lower savaSes seem to sleep comfortably on
occasion in a crouching position. with the head
bent down upon the knees. Just as all the
common trtpes OF monkeys do. Among the
quodrumana it is not until wo come to the
platform building anthropoid types that we
End redundant position habitualiy taken
during sleep. The young orangs and chimpan-
zees that they have had at the geological gar
dens SLEPT with the body seini-prone and with
the limbs, or all except one arm, which was
used as a pillow. curled under them. This is
exactly the position voluntarily adopted by so
per cent Of children between ten and twenty
months old which have had opportunities o!
watching. was told by the attendants at the
geological gardens that no ape will sleep llat on
his back, as adult man often does.
1t would be very interesting to got exact OBJ
servations as to the habits Of oil the lower
tribes Of men with regard to sleeping, for it
is point upon which good deal would seem
to depend. II, as Tylor and most Of our an
thropologists believe. mans first ideas of a
spirit world arose from dreams. We know that
most OF our domestic animals dream, rs ia
proved by their movements while asleep, and
the same thing has also been observed in mon
keys. The effect Of the position of the body
during sleep upon the character Of our dreams
is too we'll known to require comment. for
probably every one Of my readers has expert.
enced the very disagreeable results Of sleepins
on the back.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-16

that way in past years, because tho risk was not
30 great rs now. In those days the bonds were
seldom forfeited, while now a bond rs forfeited
now aud then. When the two notorious female
shopiifters we're under arrest here the bail
was liked at such amount that
they could not secure sureties and 1t Is said
that some of their crooked friends from New
York came here and offered to put up 3. 800
Tor bond for Annie Derrigan. who was better
known as Kate Friday" bat no property
Kept here, tried and sentenced to the peniten-
tiary, but she 10 now at large, having been re-
leased from the penitentiary on habeas corpus
proceedings, and, although she is much wanted
mere, the officers are unable to locate her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-16

But Beaconsfiefd's Wife Dfsapprovcs q
shocking Picture"

shocking Picture"
From the Boston Globe.
Queen Victoria is clearly not o disciple of Mr.
Hocsley. II. A. In his book of "reminiscences,
which has just been published, the late Mr.
Cope. r. A., mentions a fresco painted by Dyce
at Osborne.
Most graciously received and approved Of"
he reports. Prince thought it rather nude; the
queen. however, said not at ALL"
The British matron is represented, however
in the royal household, for of the same fresco
We read a few pages later:
1.-THE nursery maids and French governessas
have been sadly scandalized By the nudities. es-
pecially when bits only of figures were done ("
Some readers may remember a story to the
Same effect in o former volume of artistic
"reminiscences. To some exhibition or other
which the queen was to visit. Mulready had
lent several of his studies from the undrapcd
model. Before her majesty's visit, one of the
ministers went round the rooms to have the
best works pointed out to him so that he might
show them TO the queen.
The great man was very much shocked by
the Mulreadys and left particular orders that
the queen was not to be taken into the room
where they hung.
However, the queen did go, was delighted
with the drawings aud commissioned Eastlake
TO find out If Auready would sell one.
("Richard Redgrave, 4. A.; memoir"
page 81
An amusing parallel or contrast to the story
about the queen and Prince Albert and the
nude fresco Is Afforded by the delightful Incl
dent of Lord and Lady Beaconsaeld and an
other nude picture which readers will remem-
Der to have been recoun.ed in the Fraser rem
iniscences.
1t was at a country house presided over by
chataline of artistic taste and culture that Lady
Beaconsficld startled her hostess at h-ea kfast
by remarking what shocking picture that was
which hung In their bed room--she had ..kept
awake half the night to prevent Disraeh from
looking OF it,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-16
Senator GordoD's Wound in Battl..

From the Pitts6urs Dispatch.
In speaking about wound received in the
cheek at the battle Of sharpsburg. Senator
Gordon not long ago told q curious story. which
illustrates a feature of his character which will
come into play during bis senatorial career. 1t
is the fact that Gordon never loses his head.
and that he can think under any circumstances.
Said Gen. Gordon:
while lay there wounded on the field nv
mind went through a curious process OF reason
ing. thought had been struck by a cannon
bail. and said 20 myself L have been struck
in the head with six-pound solid shot. Ithas
carried away my head. 1 can feel that there Is
little piece Of the skull left on the left side
But my brains must be gone entirely. There
fore am dead. And yet am thinking. Ana
how can man think with his head shot off5
And, if am thinking. cannot be dead. And
yet no man can live after his head is shot of.
Still. may have Consciousness after I am
dead. but my body cannot have action. Now,
II can lift my leg, then it must be that / am
alive. will try that Can II Yes. I can. I
zee it is rising. 1 am not dead, after all and
with that woke up and found that NV head
was still on. but I reasoned as philosopbicallv
over the matter 81 though was in my Office