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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-04-22
Easter Sunday.

Easter Sunday.
notwithstanding the uupromising wealth
er outlook last Sunl,y morning, large con-
and the services in each were appropriate
and commemorative Of that great day
when "Christ arose from the dead" and
became the precipitation for man atthe great
white throne"
The Church Of the Nativity was decorated
with more than usual taste by the Ladies of
the congregation the floral emblems OF
Joy, peace aud love on earth were in grea:
profusion and elegance, aud the sacred
house never looked more cheerful and beau
tiful.
The Rector, Rev. Ben Alston, preached an
impressive and appropriate sermon, the
/ services throughout were Of unusual solem-
nifty and interest.
A very simple description cf the deco's-
tions is al We can give. =.
The Reading Desk was most tistily dress
ed with red Geraniums intcfs spersed with
| evergreens.
The Lscturn was truly beautiful, with
pink flowers srtis'ically en,erwoven among
/ garlands Of evsrgreens.
The Altar raj ing was entwined and
dressed with llacs. tvergresns, aud Easter
Roses.
The Baptismal Font represented beautiful
mound of moss surmonnted by magnificent
Gala L lies.
Beautiful mounds of flowers, moss and
evergreens, placed OF different points of the
Chancel, gave that Fart Of the Church a
most striking and lovely appearance.
The nave of The Church was deliberately
and artistically festooned with evergreens
and flowers, white appropriate scripture
notices were hung amid the tastily arranged
floral decorations; the whole presenting a
beautiful aud srlistic thank offering Of
nature to the great "Ilead Of the Church. y
The Chancel, pulpit, altar railing aud walls
Of the Methodist Church were decorated with
exquisite taste, and the effect was beautiful
in its sweet simplicity and appropriateness.
highly creditable TO the hearts and hands Of
tho Ladies of that congregation. The music
both morning and night was admirable, both
in the selection and performance.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-04-22

La'lies call and see our Dress Goods. We
have beautiful selection and our prices
lower than the lowest.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-04-22
For the TIHRs.
A Villainqus Deed:


MR. EDITOR: On Saturday night, about
half past nine clock, soon after the lights
OH our streets were put out, and the stores
we're closed, some fend fred Eve shots from
80 calibre pistol in the front doors of Mr..
q. w. Whitmans store.
Mr.. Whitman, my family and myself were
in sitting room adjoining The store. Mr..
Whitman alone. was at the safe near the
front window Of the store, and three of tho
bills lodged in the wall only few feet
from her.
None but most consummate, oowardly
villain would take advantage Of the darkness
TO reek vengeance, even OF his worst enemy,
aud do hope our honorable town council
will make every efforI to find out and briog
TO punishment the perpetrstor Of so mean
an act. Such q crime Is no Recommendation
to our gensraly quiet aud orderly little viii
page, n, G, LirfLEyonx.
We have speedy aud positive curs for
catarrb, diphthcria, cauker mouth and
headsehe, 10 SHIL0H'S CATARRA RENE
DY. A nasal injector free with each bottle.
Use 1t If you desire health and sweet breath.
Price SOC. Sold by II. X. smith & Co.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-04-22

See our Ladies Bnttou Shoes at $95c.
Tney are hummers.
GRAMAM & SPARKS.
Crawford avalanche., 1892-09-22
Emlnentlx Proper.

The little girl sitting in the midst
OF pile OF baggage, near the end OF
the last bench but one, was irresisti.
bly, sweet. She was SO very small that
her head did not reach the top of the
seat, and her feet were long way
from reaching the floor. She had a
thoughtful look in her dark Thrown
eyes, and the portly Old gentleman
with glasses could not forbear to
pause and smile benignly upon her.
The child fixed her glance upon his
-ruddy countenance, but her sober ex-
preston did not soften in the least.
The old gentleman felt interested,
and smiled more pronouncedly. The
little girl never moved muscle.
"Bless me, 1 must speak to her,
thought the portly party.
He cleared his throat and peered
over his spectacles In the most friend
ly way imaginable.
"And whose little girl Is this?" he
cheerlly inquired opening his eyes
very wide.
The child met his advances with
the same steadfast gaze, but never a
word. The old gentleman removed
his spectacles and thrust his head
forward In the awkward manner which
is. popularity supposed to touch re-
sponsiye chord in the hearts of very
young folk.
"And where is mammal"
There was no reply whatever either
by syllable or gesture.
"H'm-and does our little girl like
to ride on the cars?"
Not the faintest suggestion either
Of approval or the contrary was to be
detected in the babys face, with its
dark eyes and frame of soft-brown
hair.
The old gentleman moved gradual
ly closer to her, smiling all the time
as only old gentlemen with ruddy
faces can smile.
"And how old is our little girl?"
The child stirred. One of the
chubby hands played nervously with
its glove. The fresh lips parted.
She was about to speak. The old
gentleman resumed an erect posture
and beamed with the utmost salts
faction, inclining his head mean
while, in exaggerated attentiyeness.
The child spoke at last with great
deliberation:
"Until / am assured, sir, that your
intentions are entirely proper l can
not in justice TO myself and my fami-
ly, which is, by the way, noted one,
permit myself TO be drawn into a
conversation which is likely to reveal
facts Of a private nature"
The old gentleman was not a little
puzzled until he saw specialized fe-
male gather together mass of
baggage, tuck the little girl under
her arm, and inquire about the next
train that went TO Boston.
Crawford avalanche., 1892-09-22

A COLUMN OF PARTICULAR I'M
TEREsT TO THEM.
what Children Have Done. what They
Are Doing, and what They should DO
10 Pass Their chiidhood Days
Moe story of a kind Lltsls Girl.


The family OF a petty official at
Berlin was recently treated TO an
agreeable surprise owing to the chari-
table disposition OF the smallest MEM
ber OF their little household 3-year-
old girl. During the month OF May
she met, sitting on a bench in the
public square near her home, an old,
poorly but neatly clad man, who at
tracted her attention by his sad looks
and lonesome air. Thinking he must
be hungry she stepped up to him, and,
with the question, want piece OF
pie?" she resolutely handed him half
of her simple lunch. The man APP
peared somewhat perplexed, but smil-
ingly received the piece with thanks
and ate it. From that day both might
frequently be seen together engaged
In lively conversation, the little girl
never forgetting TO offer her old
friend part of her lunch, which she
was in the habit OF eating In the open
air after playing about on the lawn,
nor ever admitting of any refusal on
his part to take at least q little bite.
At the beginning OF this month Her
mine returned home one morning
with the distressing news that the
"poor man" had not appeared. Nei-
thcr had he been seen for several days
after, when Hermine's father received
an unexpected summons to appear at
court. Here he was told that the
"poor old man." who really was a
wealthy citizen OF Berlin, had left his
whole fortune to little Hermine. His
will contained the following para
graph: ~
Il had despaired Of the whole world,
for those who were nearest and dear
est to me had deceived me. Thus l
renounced all, for what / desired l
was unable to obtain. l became a
miser, because my liberality was only
rewarded with ingratitude. Nearing
the end Of my course, l was nightly
touched by child's heart, which rec
oncilcd me with humanity. 1t was
only for short time, but IL had
millions TO bestow those few moments
would not be paid for too dearly. May
my wealth serve my little friend for
better ends than it did me, who never
knew how to appreciate or to expend
it. baltimore Sun.
Crawford avalanche., 1892-09-22
Invention OF the Postonlce.

The invention OF the postoffice is
ascrlbed to Cyrus, King OF Persia,
who lived about 600 b. @.
Cyrus required all OF his governors
of provinces and chief commanders of
troops to write to him exact accounts
of everything that occurred in their
several districts and armies.
The Persian empire was OF vast
extent, and some means had to be
provided to render that correspond
cnce sure and expeditions. Cyrus
therefore caused postoffices to be
built and messengers appointed in
every province. He found how far q
good horse, with an experienced
rider, could travel in a day without
being hurt, and then had stables
built in proportion at equal distances
from each other. At each of these
places he.also appointed postmasters,
whose duty 1t was to receive the let
ters from the couriers as they ar
rived and give them to others, and to
give fresh horses in exchange for
those that had performed their part
of the journey. Thus the post went
continually night and day, rain or
snow, heat or cold, and Cyrusreceived
speedy news of all occurrences, and
sent back whatever orders he consid-
cred necessary. I"
Darius. the last king Of the an
cient Persians, was superintendent OF
them before he came to the throne.
Crawford avalanche., 1892-09-22

far in excess of this number, and gave
employment ID more than one hun
dred thousand men. The cash CAPT.
tai, as represented by the American
whaling industries in those days, was
away up iu the millions, and the in
yestment paid a good interest. The
carcass of whale would yield from
seven to eight hundred dellars, and,
as the average take Of the vessels
engaged in the trade was from eigh-
teen to twenty whales, the returns
were very satisfactory.
The industry declined, however, as
the whales became less and less nu-
merous, and finally famous old ships
like the Polly Rocket, the Gibson,
the Ice King and the Progress were
put in the coastiug trade or leased to
Nova Scotian mackerel fishers, and
the glory of Old Nantucket and New
Bedford faded beyond repair.
Vessels of the Progress build are
no longer used by whalers, for they
could hardly compete with the steam
whalers, OF which the Thetis, Bear,
and Alert are the most approved
types. Whaling to-day, however,
what there is OF it, is combined with
sealing and other fisheries, and the
capture of one Of these monsters OF
the deep is the exception rather than
the rule.
On the Pacific coast there are sew
eral points where shore whaling sta
tions are maintained and where, as
the whales go up and down the coast
to and from the Arctic seas, the
catches are sometimes considerable.
The industry can hardly be called a
distinctive one, however, any more
than can that Of the men who follow
the coordination fisheries"
No whales are found in the Arctic
in the winter, because they cannot
find breathing space, so closely are
the waters frozen over. 1t is said
that many wholoe aro saoriaOod ovory
year by being caught in the ice and
being unable when they come up to
breathe TO break il.
The whale is found all along the
California coast during some OF the
winter months, but their breeding
grounds are in the lower ATTITUDES, as
at Magdalena Bay, and in the shall
low bays of the Lower Mexican coast.
The right whale hunts his summer
feeding grounds in high ATTITUDES and
seeks out breeding grounds in low
ATTITUDES.
The American whaling industry,
however, always depended upon the
success of the vessels, like the Prog
ress, therein engaged, and had no
subsidies or bounties from royal treas
uries to encourage it, so as the NAM
moth declined, the industry declined
with it, and to-day there is but little,
If any, use for steam whalers, let
alone such old-time rovers as the
Progress.
Crawford avalanche., 1892-09-22
A small Piece of Justice.

In a small town not many miles
from Erie, Pa, there was case be-
fore the Justice of the Peace that was
settled very summarily.
1t appears that Mr.. Jones had
beaten Mr.. Browns dog with club
for chasing his chickens. They met
at the office OF the Justice, each ac-
companied by lawyer, and bound to
see the thing through, no matter
what it cost. AS Jones and Brown
were prominent citizens OF the town,
large crowd assembled at the trial,
expecting to hear some great oratory
from the lawyers.
The Justice was very pompous
and ignorant old fellow, who was
great on big words, no matter wheth-
er appropriate or not. The case was
called, the witnesses who had seen
the clubbing gave their testimony,
and Jones' lawyer arose TO open To-
his client, when the Justice said:
~Hold on, Mr.. Lawyer, there is nc
use argifying or condisputing about
the matter, as there is no case OF as
scssity for IL. Mr.. Jones was highly
unwrong In beating Mr.. Browns dog
50 / fine him sl0 for cruelty to duml
animals, and that is all there Il
| about it-"-Free Press
Crawford avalanche., 1892-09-22

THE Prison Commissioners OF all
the States will send to Chicago
measurements and descriptions of
professional criminals who have been
discharged from their various peni-
tentiaries since 1890. The object of
the law is to assist in protecting Wis.,
itors from the horde OF thieves that
<yill naturally grayitate toward Chi
cago during the Columbian Exposi-
tion, and to promote the work of
Identification when any rogue is ar
rested. One OF the features of the
criminal side of the Exposition will
be national bureau of Identification.
Rogues are not going to have plane
sailing during the Exposition by long
odds.
Crawford avalanche., 1892-09-22

CONSIDERING the wide advertise
ment which the transportation OF
twenty million dollars IN gold coin
from San Francisco to Washington
City has received, the train bearing
the immensely precious burden may
be said to have proceeded very fortu-
nately, even taking into account its
strong guard of armed men. 1t might
not have been very difficult work
by large and well-organized band to
wreck and rob the train. 1t would
seem that conveyance Of the treasure
could have been conducted with
greater secrecy, but successful accom-
plishment will prevent criticism.
Crawford avalanche., 1892-09-22
Too Big for a Little BOY.

We had been invited to join COM
pany who were TO make the trial trip
on small steam yacht built for the
use of one OF our Government In
spectors. We were we'll under way
when the young man who was engi-
neer determined to play joke on the
small boy who was with us.
Just as the little fellow was about
to take a drink of water from the
large tin dipper, which had been pro-
vided for use rather than ornament
on the boat, the man at the throttle
pulled rope which blew the whistle.
The boy dropped the dipper and
ran crying TO his mother.
"Why, Howard" she said, "you are
surely not afraid Of "a WHISTLE"
"No," he yelled, "but that is too
big whistle for such a little boy"
Crawford avalanche., 1892-09-22
Cremation In America.

The advocates of cremation have
in their favor some strong arguments.
They say the mandate that ~dust
shall return to dust" is irrevocable,
and its fulfllment is inevitable; that
we can in no way prevent 1t; we may
obstruct or we may assist, and reason
dictates the latter course. Since the
longer the process is delayed the
greater is the danger to the health of
the living, cremation is benefcent
institution. Its growth in Europe
has been surprising, and In Italy
there are large numbers OF crema-
dice against the movement is de-
creasing. 1t is only eleven years
since the formation OF the New York
Cremation Society, the first institu-
tion of the kind in the United States,
and not until the year 1885 was the
first operative crematOry inaugu-
rated, yet there are now in various
parts of the States nearly score OF
these incineratOrs in more or less
continuous service. The number of
cremations which have been con-
Quoted each year in one of these
temples in Buffalo gives a fair idea OF
the progress which the sentiment in
favor OF this metnou is making.
During 1886 eight bodies were incin-
Grated, and In each successive year to
the end of 1891 the numbers were re-
spectively, II, 16, %, 80 and 81. In
this temple everything possible has
been done to mitigate the sadness CT
the last ritual. The temple is built
of dark-brown sandstone, and its
square tower and deep slanting root
are covered with ivy and surrounded
by sloping lawns. The chancel and
nave are artistically carved and dec
Grated and the windows are Of rich
stained glass. The incineration takes
place privately after the funeral SER
vice, and the ashes are delivered to
the undertaken to be disposed of as
the family may direct, or they may
be left at the crematory. A society
formed after the organization Of the
pioneer society has reduced to ashes
since the year 1885 upward of $50
bodies. The process as carried out at
one of their principal temples Is as
follows: The furnace is of fire brick
throughout and separated into two
distinct but similar Compartments.
The body is placed in chamber di-
rectly above that in which the fuel
is consumed. The bottoms Of the
retorts are solid, but the sides and
ends are pierced with holes, through
which the heated air OF the furnace
has direct access to the body, while
the flames are not permitted to APP
proach it. The heat of the retort
soon liberates everything volatile in
the body and these emanations are
conducted through another highly
heated chamber, and thus rendered
odorless and absolutely innocuous be-
fore they pass through the chimney
which forms their means OF egress
to the air The time taken up in re-
ducing a body to ashes depends some
what upon the size and condition of
the person when alive. In this fur
mace it is about two hours; in many
Others it is little over an hour.
The fuel used is coal, and in five or
six hours from the starting of the
fires a temperature Of from 1000 de-
grees to $500 degrees Fahrenheit can
be obtained.
Crawford avalanche., 1892-09-22

IT will be a pity If the mare Nancy
Hanks, that has trotted mile in
2:05t, Is to be used solely on the race
track, where men will admire her
only for the money that can be made
by betting on her performances. She
is only six years old, and, with good
care, may last long time. Every
admirer of fine horse flesh will be
proud OF the results attained by sci
entitlc breeding and careful training
Good blood will always make its mark
in lower animals as we'll as in the
higher. A horse Of such wonderful
parts as Nancy has is worth more to
the country than to trot around 9
track in front of ten thousand people
whose chief interest is in betting on
her. She ought to be used for breed
ing purposes. In that way her quail.
ties and those Of animals of her stock
can be transmitted through long
line, and not in great while the ef
fects of what good breeding will de
can be spread far and wide. A good
horse has far higher value
than that which mere sport
ing mon put upon him. NJ
animal responds more easily t
kind treatment than he. He is OTTER
more of a companion than servant
1t is as proper for a road horse to bt
valued chiefly for his speed as for q
draught animal to be estimated fol
his strength. But if his owner i:
ready to sacrifice him as soon as he IL
a second or two below another AMI
NAL, such an owner should not possess
such a horse. Rare animals, in man,
respects, are like rare men. 1t take
peculiar combination OF things t
produce them, but the pity of it to-
often is that the commercial pric'
here and now is the chief cstimit'
the world puts upon them.
Crawford avalanche., 1892-09-22

The largest grain elevator in the
world was built at Minneapolis juno
tion in 1886. The main building is
336 feet long, 90 feet wide, and 175
feet high. Its storing capacity is
1000, 900 bushels of grain, says the
Philadelphia Press. During its con-
struction the carpenters and joiners
used IL, 500, 600 feet of lumber Of all
kinds, besides 80 carloads of nails.
These nails filed 10000 common nail
kegs, and best calculators say that
there we're but little short of 80, ,000,-
600 of them driven into the immense
etrucfHra
Crawford avalanche., 1892-09-22

- nWMMWWM4MWX ~ &HW NAMW1X
for the Little Ones
A chance reference ia reading the
other day has convinced me THAT
Plato did not reason well every time,
says Elizabeth Cavazza In the Pitts
burg Dispatch. What he did not
know about putting Fables to sleep,
for instance would fill a book. In
his work upon Laws" he lays down
the rule for the management OF in
fants that "they should be kept in
perpetual motion and live as IL they
were always tossing at sea-" And
why? Because Che opined) fear. ig
the emotion to be subdued-@a fear
caused by something that has gone
wrong Within" and the remedy for
an "internai agitation is TO counter
act it by an external one" Which
practically interpreted means: II poor
baby is afraid that he will not be al
lowed to look at the pretty candle
light, or is worried by a pain or pin
--trot him incessantly and vigorously
up and down, churning his little di-
gestive apparatus into disorder; rock
him until the head, bobbing helpless
ly, becomes dizzy and dazed in mild
form of congestion; and in sheer
despair, unable to express his feel
ings, the "agitated" baby takes refuge
in an unhealthy sleep. / do believe
that large proportion of the diseases
Of the brain in young children 10
caused by the nervous, foolish, cruel
practice OF keeping in perpetual mo-
tion the delicate and susceptible lit
tie bodies and heads. That / may
further support myself in the position
/ have taken against the great Plato,
/ will instance the case Of the woman
who had been brought into the state
of insomnia by means Of acontinual
spinal headache which confused her
mental powers. A new physician
having been called he observed her
during the first week Of his attend
ance. One day he said abruptly:
madam, you need no medicines.
Simply abandon your rocking chair!"
She had the habit common to Ameri-
can women-that of always sitting In
a rocking chair, rocking necessarily,
though, gently, whenever she sat
down. Banishing the rocking chair,
she recovered from both sleeplessness
and headache.
Crawford avalanche., 1892-09-22
Pleasure. of the Deem.

An enthusiastic boy, after finish
ing the last chapter OF book called
~The Pleasures of the Deep" pleaded
with his father to let him ship aboard
a small schooner.
The old man smiled a grim smile,
took the case under consideration,
and in few days the boy was on the
rolling deep, as grcenhorn on YES
sci in the coal trade.
The next week he appeared at
home, lame and stiff, his throat sore,
one eye nearly shut, and a feeli lg
of humbleness running all through
him.
What! back again?" cried the old
man, as the boy entered the house.
"Yes, father, l want to saw all the
wood for winter, bring in all the coal,
clean out the cellar and paint the
barn, and you needn't give me but two
meals a day"
Don't you like sailing?"
Father, you don't understand any
thing about it. The captain sailed
away on Sunday the same as any
other day, and l believe he swore
even harder He wouldn't give me
an umbrella when 1t rained, he made
me sit up most all night, and two or
three times called me up at midnight
and made me haul rope and drag old
sails about. There wasn't single
night when all OF us got off to bed at
o'clock, and there wasn't a single
day that he didn't bully us about and
stop us every time we got to reading
anything good. l like land, father,
and l wish l owned a fxrm. "-Phila-
delphia Times.
Crawford avalanche., 1892-09-22

MRS L. G. PAsCHAL, who is re-
porter on a Chicago paper, feigned in
sanity so admirably that judges and
doctors were deluded into sending
her to an asylum as a raving maniac.
This was just what she wanted, and
it enabled her tq,get into the mystic
ries of insane treatment, write 1t up
and exposeith nefarious doings Of
the officials. OF course, they will
now plead that she was mad as a
March hare and only imagined the
things she writes about.
Crawford avalanche., 1892-09-22
How ,be .zero., or,e,nated.

With the mercury close to the
nineties it is interesting to recall the
origin of the thermometric Zero" A
Prussian merchant named Fahrenheit
was what we would call weather
sharp; he watched the weather close
ly. One day by accidentally ming
ling snow and salt he perceived that
a degree OF cold equal to that OF the
coldest day In his experience had
been produced at once. He called
Mat degree ~zero"--nothing.