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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-01
WAYS OF THE MUSKRAT.
THE LITTLE ANIMAL THAT Is
FOUND EVERYWHERE.
Winter Home of the NIuskrat-Its
Food-Trapping the NIuskrat for
Its Eur-The Best Trap

Food-Trapping the Muskr9t for
Its Fur-The Best Trap.
OF all our wild fur-bearing animals,
the muskrat seems to hold its ground
best against advancing civilization. 1t is
to be found everywhere in North
America, from the Atlantic to the Pacific,
and from the Rio Grande to the Barren
Grounds, swelling the animal kingdom
by many millions. But its presence in
many places Is unsupported by the major
ity of persons, and few are really con-
versant with its habits.
In size and appearance the muskrat re-
sembles an understood beaver. It is
about two feet in length, including the
tail, which, like the beavers, is fattened
but vertically, not horizontally. In color
it is dark brown, occasionally almost
black above and lighter beneath.
The breeding season is in March aud
April, and the young appear in June and
July. 1t has been stated that the female
raises moro than one litter in Il season.
On the 29th of June last pushed skill
up shallow tidal creek in the District
of Columbia, and discovered breeding
nest of the muskrat. Built on the bank
just above high tide, it was composed of
drift rubbish, mixed with freshly cut
grass and sticks and Jumps of mud. The
parent rats had found q cotton tobacco
sack, and built this in with the other
debris.
Carefully removing the material over
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-01

Two hundred Journals are published
In Africa, which Shove that portion of
the continent does not deserve to be called
dark.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-01

"Times have changed" So have
methods. The modern improve
ments in pills are DR.. Pierce's Pleas
ant Pellets. They help Nature, in-
stead of fighting with her. Sick
and nervous headache, biliousncss,
costiveness, and all dctapgementa
of the liver, stomach and bowels
are prevented, relieved, and cured.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-01

MALARIA cured and eradicated from the
system by Browns Iron Riters, which en-
ton. Acts like charm on persons In general
Ill health, giving now energy and strength.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-01

The product OF tobacco IN Europe Is
nearly equal in quantity to the average
pr5duction Of the United States.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-01

A NEW excitement for Oklahoma 10 cup
piled by the discovery of gold-bearing quarts
At Chandler
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-01
New Uses for the Scrub Palm.

Everybody who has been in Florida,
and especially on the fiat lands along the
st. Johns river, has learned that the
scrub palmetto, a stunted palm growth,
has been poor, despised thing ever SINCE,
white men trod Florida soil 65s been S
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-01
J LONGER IN DARKNESS
fHE REMARKABLE CASE OF A
LITTLE GIRL

fShc Had Been Deaf Dumb and Blind
Now the Child Can Talk and
Rcad-A Pathetic Sight.
A lthsItGs GIRL six years aud five months
DID, dthc es,umb and blind, was adj
mitted on December 20, 1890, To the
kindergarten school at Jamaica Plsins,
near Boston. This school is branch OF
the famous Perkins Institute for the
SSnas located ut South Boston, and is
the only kindergarten Of the kind in the :
world. The child was named Willie
Elizabeth Robin. Her father, SSede,
has small sheep ranch in Texas, situated
about twenty miles distant from any
railroad. Her mother was native of
the mountainous region of Tennessee.
The child was born with all the senses
perfect, and without any physical de-
formity whatever, and this continued
until she was sixteen months old, when
she was attacked with spinal meningitis.
She survived, but when she had fully
recovered, her sight and hearing and
power ofspeech were gone. The medical
opinion is advanced that the atlliction is
the direct result, not of the disease itself,
but of an indiscriminate use OF quiuinc,
producing paralysis of the auditory and
optic nerves. There were other two
children born Of the same parents, and
these are healthy and vigorous.
The child lived on in good health and
excellent spirit, but there was developei
III her an uncomfortable temper. Though
an object of sympathetic Sarc aud of
affeGsian III Yanpa to the !netha< WI -esper times
- ,,'.le'svh, ., !' =" , ss,r7 SOC ofbild could
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-01
500 Reward, 500,

The readers Of this paper will lie pleased to
earn that there Is at least one dreaded disease
! that science has been able TO cure In all its
| stages, and that is catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure Is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being con-
stitutional disease, requires n constitutional
| treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
mucous surfaces of the system, thereby de-
stroying the foundation of the disease, and
giving the patient strength by building up the
constitution and insisting nature in doing its
4 Work. YhP proprietors have SO much faith In
dfed Qoilsis for any case that 81 fails to cure.
aIlt q testlmonials. Addgses 8. q
Z TINS YEARS. On % OF cereals e estimatsd Al
r ak hs, I,als .-'
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-01
SCIENTIFIC ASH 6usrR1AI.

Tho h.,v;.,. soa lss for the nav,
are itS t~eive,iaeh, dvei se-ton Drsoeh-
leaders.
For such small 9 se'glam mas
made great progre7 tne aaoption
of electric lights. S.
Illuminated walkif ckslare among
the latest application 3 & eleftricy. A
small allincandescent @ y eonceaied IN
the head. 49,
5 RiEss.the, magpi cen, STIR of tho first
has recently % Sas ss a's,sao.
IN the celestial vault.
A new invention is an elastic rubber
cushion for the soles of the Shoes.
the special object being to give
relief to those who are compelled to
stand all day on wooden or marble floors.
The new Italian rifle is repeater and
will penetrate planks five inches thick
at a distance of 1000 feet. A smokeless
powder is used with it, thus allowing
the soldier to carry greater weight of
cartridges.
Miss Annie 1. Oppenheim has been
awarded the diploma of the British
chronological Association. honoris causa,
in recognition of her studies of the auat-
omy of the brain aud her interest. ib
phrenology.
A Russian electrician has invented
process of etching on metal by means
of electricity, thereby dispensing with
use of acids for this pugpose. The image
is first trausferel to thAplate by photo.
graphic methods.
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German
Syrup /.

"Ihave beea great
Asthma. sufferer from Asth-
ma and severe Colds
every Winter, and last Fall my
friends as we'll as myself thought
because of my feeble condition, and
great distress from constant cough
ing, and inability to raise any of the
accumulated matter from my lungs,
that my time was close at hand.
When nearly worn out for want of
sleep and rest, friend recommend
ed lie to try thy valuable medicine,
Boschee's German
Gentle, Syrup. I am con-
Refraeb;,o fident it saved my
life. Almost the first
Sleep. dose gave me great
relief fanda gentle re-
treshing sleep, such as L had not had
for weeks. My cough began immedi-
ately to loosen and pass away, and
! found myself rapidly gaining in
health and weight / am pleased
to inform thee-unsolicited-that I
am in excellent health and do GER
tainly attribute it to thy Boschee's
German Syrup. G. b. STIcKNRy,
Picton. Ontario" q
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-01

FITS stopped FREQ by DR KLINE's GREAT
NERVE RKsToRKR. No fits after 6rst days
uso. Marvellous cures. Treatise and "a trial
bottle FREQ DR.. Kline, eSl ArchSt Phila. Pa
II afflicted with sore eyes usc DR.. Isaac Thomp-
sons Eye-water. Druggists sell ut 25c per bottle
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-01

WHO sUTFERs with his liver, constipation,
Beecham's Pills. OF druggists. 2j cents.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-01
"Ho,o do T look fn
sS,Hissrt0i

t'Ho,o do I look 2 y
That depends, madam, upon how
you feel. If you're suffering from
functional disturbances, irregulari-
ties or weaknesses, you're sure to
"look it." And DR.. Picrce's Fa-
vorite Prescription is the remedy.
It builds up and invigorates the
system, regulates and promotes the
proper functions, and restores health
and strength. It's legitimate
medicine, not beverage purelH
vegetable, perfectly harmless
made especially for woman,sSG
In the cure of all Ass needs.
plaints," it's .guasss1efhale conn
isfact;on on. SAFteed to give sat-
No otbs6e money is refunded.
sal,-IS medicine for women is
q SO. Think of that, when the
aler says something else which
L. \ Y e.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-01

THERE are over niue hundred grain ole
vators in North Dakota
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-01
'nly bc sublucd by the whip. IT,

Last year the wife Of a neissiooring
ranchman read in periodical the won
derful results Of the attempted education
at the Perkins Institute kindergarten Of
Helen Keller, of Tuscumba, Ala. Taking
the paper with her, she drove ten miles
TO the Robin ranch. Correspondence WAS
opened a once with Superintendent An.
aCuos, instructor Of the blind At the Per-
lIns Institute. Though the school is
wholly Il state institution, Mr.. Annsuos
was touched 10y the appeal of the parents,
and resolved, on his own resp,u sibiity,
to assume the care au instruction of the
child. The father was willing, rs far us
he was nj lc, to contribute to the support
of the little one, aud Mr.. Anaghos be-
'i"""1 H. kind hearts would be found
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-01
SIR JOHN MAoDoNAL.D's estate Il valued

BROWNS Iron Bitters cures Dyspepsia, ,Mala-
ria. Biliousness and General Debility. Gives
Strength, aids Digestion, tones the nerves.
creates appetite. The best tonic for Nursing
Mothers weak women and children.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-01

THERE is an epidemic OF forgery and coin
ing in Germany
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-01

DIR. SWANS PAsTILEs Cure female tpedlsnesses:
Piles free. DIR. Swan, Beaver DAM, Wis.
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hands -.t.- .cher breast when she wante 4
water aud to pat her fingers in her mouth
when she waited food.
Miss Thayer became interested in her
charge. She exercised patience, bat
was firm in her methods. She would
somctimc, spend hours in compelling
the refractory child TO oo@y single
command. Once omprehendiny that
yielding her will was always rewarded
by kiudncss, thS,child became tractable
ard manifested ap interest in AMI fond
.,,i,, = =, -''----~ciieesrv7f ths-work o
1 Tss,sss -" began. ';y adopting deaf aud
!, SSsttst,,ts7,5 ,5hS to q Iafs1uaua tlJat couLI =
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-01

BraaiIis country alasry fer
tility,
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whether the rS ""' '','"S '''h oS
string or by hand;tpn, ~, the string
wear and fray the edges .s--s49lo - e :
into the letter itsclf.-St. Lous Cub
Democrat.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-01
Tho Oaiy Ono Ever Printed.

CAN You FIND THE woRI2
These Is a inch display advert isement in
this paper. this week, which has no two words
alik except one word. The same is true OF
each new one appearing each week, from Tho
Dr. Harter Medicine Co. This house places q
Crescent" on everything they make and pub
lish. Look for II. send them the name OF the
word and thoy will return you BOOK, BEAUTI-
rUL LTHoGRAPHS or SAMPLES FREE.
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AMERIcAN.MADx shotguns arc greatly In
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-01

;no % ceh're . o. .ne ne depth of six
Thou r%oueS, ,.ana sae ; yonus tfcre to be seen.
i,a;o Hy VIZ tVu. Der, blind, nearly
n,a na'f'esS; Eh anu eviaSonly few days
i o,u; n which they lay was
..tS.SIsSufY grass. n foot in diameter.
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ia5sd SO. Think of that, when tho
dealer says something else (which
pays him better) is "just rs good. /"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-01
The Coming Royal Wedding.

Star-Sdyinys
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$4,000 IN COLD

VIII be paid for one million cancelled pcztoPe stamps.
An essy way TO raise money for charity work. Send
Pcnght q ". MEKsEsrs 1909 Ioqust St., ST. Louis,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-26
REYNOLDS.

RkYNoLDs, Feb. Pan. N. Miller
and family returned from Pennsylvanis
today.
F. r. Clark. of Harlan, Iowa, is home
for few days. visit with his parents
Owing to bad roads and weather the
dance on last Friday evening was not a
success.
The Jingler Concert company gave an
entertainment at the opera hall on Mon
Day evening which was well attended and
appreciated by all.
The stockholders of the REYNOLDS
creamery company met at McAdams' hall
on Saturday for the purpose of securing
site for the plant and electing directors.
Our village still continues to boom,
Property is changing hands at high fig
ures and the spring season is eagerly
waited for by several parties who are TO
erect new buildings
Numerous sites were offered. but the
one offered by j. McAdams, located back
OF his marble works. was finally selected
Although not agreeable TO all, the location
will be convenient and handy to all. A
building committee consists of Messrs
wheaton. Montgomery, Schoenmaker,
Crandelle and McAdams. A board of oil
rectors was then elected consisting of:
Montgomery. Schoonmsker, Slater, Nc
Adams and McIntire. Work has alre adv
begun on an ice house and the main
building will soon be commenced.
On Tuesday evening at s o'clock oc.
Cured the marriage of Miss Cora Lewis to
Will j. Casey, of Helena, Mont, Rev. U
q. Robinson, officiating. A sumptuous
supper was served by Caterers Krel &
Math, of Rock Island. to about 80 guests,
only intimate relatives and most intimate
friends being present. Numerous beau
tiful and costly presents were received
among the most substantial of which was
check for 500 to the bride from her
father. Miss Lewis was one of the most
popular and estimable Young ladies in
town, and her society will be missed by
her many friends. Mr. Casey is book
keeper for Clark, Conrad s. Curtin, of
Helena. Mont. at which place he has a
beautiful home in readiness for his bride
The couple will leave on Thursday for
st. Louis. the former home of Mr.. Casey.
From there tnev will visit Denver. Col. -,
Salt Lake and Ogden, Utah, and other
places for couple of weeks, after which
they will locate permanently at Helena
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-26
Il Should bs In Every House

j. B. Wilson. 371 Clay street, Sharps-
burg, Pa, says he will not be without
DR.. Kings New Discovery for consump.
ton, coughs and colds. that it cured his
wife who was threatened with pneumonia
after an attack OF "la grippe" when va
rious other remedies and several physi-
clans had done her no good. Robert
Barber. of Cooksport. Pa. claims DR..
Kings New Discovery has done him more
good than anything he ever used for
lung trouble. Nothing like it. Try it.
Free trial bottles at Hartz & Bahnsen's
drug store. Large bottles, SOC and 81.
ELECTRIC BITTERs.
This remedy is becoming so well known
and SO popular as to need no special men,
ton. All who have used Electric Bitters
sing the same song of praise. A purer
menicine does not exist and it is guarant.
eed to do all that is claimed. Electric
Bltters will cure all diseases of the liver
and kidneys will remove pimples, boils,
salt rheum and other affections caused by
impure blood. Will drive malaria from
the system and prevent as well as cure all
malarial fevers. For cure of headache,
constipation and indigestion try Electric
Bitters-Entire satisfaction guaranteed.
or money refunded-Price so cents and
$1.0O per bottle at Hartz g. Bahnsen's
drug store.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-26
COAL VALLEY.

Coal VALLEY. Feb "a = On the after.
noon of the 23d inst. at the residence OF
the brides parents in this place, occurred
the marriage of Robert 4 Hass to Miss
Lizzie Conner. Rev. w. B. Mckee, OF
Milan, officiating. The groom is well
known here having been raised in
this vicinity, and is steady,
industrious young man. while the
rride is one of our most charm
ing and highly respected young ladies
who has taught several terms in our pub
lie schools with marked success. Mr.
and Mrs Conner, the brides parents, en-
tertained large number of friends in
honor of the happy event, sumptuous
wedding supper being served. They re-
ceived a large number of handsome pres
ents from friends and have gone 70
housekeeping in a home elegantly fur
nished by the groom.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-26
The Lotus Eaters

According to Homer the lotus eaters
were people who lived on the northern
coast of Africa visited by Ulysses in his
wanderings, and who endeavored TO detain
his companions by giving them the lotus
to eat. Whoever ate of this fruit wished
never TO depart The Arabs call the fruit
of the lotus the fruit of destiny" which
they believe is to be eaten in paradise
The lotus is a shrub of two or three feet
high, and its fruit, which is produced in
great abundance, is a drupe of the size of a
wild plum, which has a pleasant sweet
taste. The name lotus has also been given
20 several beautiful species of water lily,
especially to the blue water lily and the
Egyptian water lily. In the mythology of
the Hindoos and the Chinese the lotus, as
a flower, plays Il distinguished part. The
Hindoo deities of the different sects are
often represented seated on a throne of its
shape, or on the expanded flower. The
color in southern India is white or red. the
last color tabled to be derived from the
blood of silva when kamadeva. or Cupid
wounded him with the love arrow 1t
symbolized the world, the meru. or resi-
dence of the gods, and female beauty
Among the Chinese the lotus had SINH
lar reputation and poetic meaning, being
especially connected with Buddha, and
symbolizing female beauty. the small feet
of their women being called kinleen, or
golden lilies"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-26
h,s MNEz@R&
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CANDlEMAS.
Folklore of One of the Ancient Feast
Days w lich Falls In February.

Folklore of One of the Ancient Feast
Days which Falls In February.
If weather folklore is to be believed the
second day of February, otherwise Cam
dlemas, is a critical day, for there is ira
dition which obtains in most parts of
Europe, and which finds expression in this;
country in the following quatrain:
II Candlemas day be fair and bright,
Winter will lave another flight;
But If Candle mas day bring clouds and rain
Winter is gone. and will not come again.
Or, rs the Scotch put it:
If Candle mas day be fair and clear
There'll bo twa winters in the year
While yet another English couplet SAYS:
When the wind in the east on Candlemas day
There it will st OK to the second of Nav
With this dry all Christmas festivities
| should come 10 an end. Herrick's Hes
| perides," so often quoted, has several
| things to tell us as to ceremonies for Can
| dlemas-notably, that now are we to take
down all the holly and mistletoe, the rose
mary and bays, with which we decorated
our houses a. Christmas Another GER
emory to be observed is to "kindle the
Christmas brand, and then until sunset
let it burn" being careful, however. to
keep portion of it with which to ..teend"
ii. E., light the log next Yuletide. In con-
clusion, to remind US that the time of
Christmas feasting and good cheer is over.
he says:
End now tho white loaf and the pie,
And let all sports with Christmas die
Candlemas has been observed by the
Roman Catholics as the feast of the Puri-
hcation of the Virgin Mary; it is the day
on which all candles for use in the church
during the ensuing year are blessed (hence
its name). Candles so blessed were once
supposed to POSSESS II virtue sufficiently
powerful to frighten away devils and to be
charm against thunder and lightning.
This religious ceremony was prohibited in
England by an order of the council'' in
1913 In ancient days it was found conven-
lent to adapt ancient feast days and holi-
days to the use of the church, and Candle
mas seems To have been one of them taking
the place of the lupercalia of the Romans.
Venerable Bede says: 1T is happy for the
church to have changed the Illustrations of
the heathens, held in the month of Febru-
airy around the fields, for the professions
with hallowed candles in remembrance of
that divine light wherewith Christ illu-
minated the world, whence he was STYLED
by Simeon "a light to Tighten the Gentiles. :"
Although this day is generally .nown as
Candlemas day, it is also known in differ
ent places by several other names, as Holt
day of st. Simeon, Christ's Presentation.
and in the north of England it is called
Wives Feast Day.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-26
A Mute Receivers speech.

Alphonse Hemphling. of summit town
ship. Butler Co., Penn. made IN affidavit
that his 12,year,old son. who had
had St. Vitus dance for twelve years, lost
his speech. was completely cured after
using three bottles of DR.. Miles Restora-
tive NerVine. and and also recovered his
speech. Thousands testify to wonderful
cures from using it for nervous diseases,
dyspepsia, nervous debility. dullness, con
fusion of mind, headache, etc. Four
deses of this Nervine cured Mrs w E.
Burns, South Bend. Ind, who had been
suffering with constant headache for
three months. Trial bottle and elegant
book free at Hartz & Bahpsen's.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-26
That Common Word "Averare.,

After a fair translation of it's old French
body, aver" into English, only horse" is
found, and the word becomes "horsage 4"
The change tends to confusion, but none
the less, explains Golden Days, "horsage"
and average" are identical, since in the
old time French an aver" was horse 1t
was also IA horse in the Scotch dictionaries.
and in one of Burns poems, "A Dream" he
alludes to a horse as noble aiver."
In olden times in Europe tenant was
bound to do cert ain work for the lord of the
manor-largely n carting grain and turf
homework, and n the yearly settlement of
accounts the Just proportion of the large
and small work performed was estimated
according to the work done by "avers''
(horses); hence our common word aver
agen
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-26
Things Said About Women.

Following are what some French writers
have said about women:
Woman is a charming creature who
changes her heart Us easily as her gloves
Balzac.
A woman forlives everything but the
fact that you DO not covet her.-A. de
Musset.
o woman! 1t is thou that causes the
tempests that igitate mankind. j. j.
Rousseau.
Women are e2-tremists-they are either
better or worse than men.-La Bruyere
There is no torture that woman would
not suffer to enhance her beauty. Mon
taigne.
Women never weep more bitterly than
when they weep with spite.-A. Ricard.