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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-05-12
A Queer QUAKER TraYele,

A curious looking, white haired old
man, arrayed in a peculiar garb, with e
black choker aud broad brinme1 hat, is
ut the Occidental Hotel. The old gen.
tleman is Isaac Sharp of Warwickshire,
England, Quaker aud religious en-
thusiast. He is now eighty-four years
old aud for fifty years he has been travel
Ing in various parts of the world, and
this in the interest of the Quakers.
He has just now returned from 1900
miles up the great Yang ug-tse-kiaug River
in the interior of China. Hitherto he
has beon in Iceland, Greenland, Labra.
doc, Norway, and in various other places
in Europe, Asia ,,9ad Africa. In the
Dark Continent be visited the Congo
Free State, the Orange Free State, Basu-
toland aud Madagascar.
81 spent year and a half in Africa"
said he, ga year of which was in MAZDA.
gascar; two years in Australia and New
Zealand, and the remainder of six and a
quarter years In Canada, tho United
States and Mexico. That was the extent
of my last trip before this. This time l
have been out a long time also, my great
object being to visit the interior of China
aud do what could there.
''It's only very little that could do,
there are so many millions of people
there, but have tried at least, aud that
is something. The people are very poor
up the Yany-tse kiaug River. That
stream, which is much larger than the
Mississippi, is mile and a half wide
1000 miles up. It is rough from there
on, and 1 think in the additional 500
miles l saw the wrecks Of 500 Chinese
junks.
"The Quakers hav0 one mission in
China, one in Japan, four in India, one
in Syria and one in Madagascar. There
may be Is, 900 Quakers now in Great
Britain and Ireland, which is somew where
about one-fourth of what there are in the
United States and Canada. Elsewhere
we have few members who are doing
all they can for Christianity.
81 have been travelling and trying to
find out what was the best thing to do
and how to do it. l have seen many
curious things in my long years Of travel,
but the tNing which has impressed me
more tnan anything elso is this: That
the hearts Of the people arc everywhere
the same. 60 now to tho east, to the
strongholds OF the Quakers in Pennsyl-
vania, where will talk to the people of
what have sect aud confer with them
as to the best mS Saus of reaching the peo.
PIE in China .and elsewhere in the
Orieut. San francisco Examiner.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-05-12
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement auil
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bst.
ter than others and enjoy life moro, With
less expenditure, by moro promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs Of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in tho
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas.
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect Lax.
ative; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and 'fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid.
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak.
ening them and it is perfectly free fr0m
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale by all drug.
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it IL man.
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-05-12
WISE WCRGS.

The heart that has not suffered has not
loved.
Condemning other people will not
justify us.
Eternity will make tho good better
and the bad worse.
Mark this: You don't have to be dIsa.
greeable to be good.
If there is good in us it will be sure to
inspire good in others.
Fear to die till you have done some
good that will always live.
The man who worships golden calf
Ii burning incense to himself.
There is nothing easier to believe than
q pleasing lie about ourselves.
There is no bigger coward than the
man who is afraid to do right.
The strongest man in the world is the
one who can test control himself.
We sometime think we need more
grace, when al we need is more rest.
Whatever sm has caused in the hu.
man race, twill cause in you il not
given up.
The man who deprives his brother Of
q right is no better than the one who
obs bis house Rams Horn.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-05-12
Big Risk For Little Paw.

81 never 60 into cage of wild beasts
unless 1t is absolutely necessary" said A.
L. Holton, the veteran animal trainer in
charge Of the Robinson menagerie, to the
Cincinnati Times-Star. s'In the first
place 1t j. dangerous, aud then there Is
nothing to be gained by It. What is the
use Of risking ones life for nothingi I
used to do 1t when was younger, but I
don't want to do 1t any more. showmen
once thought Il was an attraction, but
the people don't appreciate the danger of
the performance, so that It is seldom
done any more. John Robinson will not
allow any one to go on parade in q cage
of beasts, and he is right. Do you know
that during the season I am continually
annoyed Ivy men who want to 20 into
the cages2 A good trainer will not risk
his life so foolishly, and it is only
novices who take the fearful risk.
Some people think there is a lot of
money in it, but I know that most of
the men now parading in cages arc
working for no more than $50 month.
Showmen offer NO indncement, but often
they will permit mau to 60 on parade
with den of lions il he insists on it aud
agrees before witnesses to take all the
risk upon his own shoulders. They do
it for glory, but don't see whcro tho
glory comes in. I used to have cage
of lcopards that raised from kittens.
went in with them for few years, bu.
when they got full grown quit it. A
fresh young man who was pining for
glory insisted upon taking the place I
refused to fill longer. He got the job
aud one day the leopards tore him to
pieces before large crowd to the music
of The csllicpe. They got him out just
in time TO let him die in the open air,
Yes, it is very thrilling and likewise
very glor ious. But don't haukcr for
uloryn
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n6Cr sIFrlNGs.


ostricl1 4 alpg thrives in California.
Rice vss sSsodooed from tho Ea''
Norway I'd es wooden church built in
the Eleventh Century.
An EmpoVk Fla (Kau.) elocutionist haI
memorized 200, 900 verses.
Chain N. cable suspension bridges
autedate & IChristiau Era.
A Frencsft man has written a volume Of
300 pages tQJshow that oysters rest tho
brain. N
Out OF &e6s sanding. timber in thu
State of Washington Al 800, 900 cottage,
could be erecl led.
In 1891 q factory was operated near
jamestown, Na., which made glas,
beads for the indians.
The bronzef cents OF the year 1877
have become SO scarce that coin dealers
pay premium on them.
Twin sisters Mrs. Ackerman and Mr'.
Christian, of len Ellyn, near Clicts',
recently celdbrated their nlnety-hrss
birthday.
Women in Finland compote with maa
as clerks, mauh ,ars Of limited CON .,au-
les, doctors, dentists, house builders
aud bauk cashiers, in which capacity
they are found }more honest than men.
The Golcon&a mines arc now ex.
hsusted. At ole time 50, 900 men were
employed IN them. Wnen the Shltal
Mahmoud, whk reigne1 117I-12)6,
ii H. lofk .A> A N
pounis weight j gems from aolcoada.
One day rocs} }Iety the wife of FLOYD
County (Gsorgj farmer prosontei him
with twin bafies. At the same time,
according to sua at-the story, tx.l.>
goats owned by the farmer gave birth t,
two kids each; aud SO v produced a lit.
ter of seven pigs.
The "Sforzs Missal," which Fra Lippo
Lippi, great Floreutine artist, prepared
for G. NJ. Storz,, Duke Of Milan, in the
Fifteenth Century, Is probably tho most
valuable manuscript in this country. It
is in the possession of ]. j. Astor, who
paid SIS, 500 for it.
Thomas Allen, who scrvei under
wellington in the war with Napoleoa,
dul uuucE 0cueIat OCOlI III Iue hcAtCaI
War, and who enlisted at the ays Of
seventy-two for service in the Civil War,
is still living at the age Of 1O3 years, in
Tyler County, West Virginia.
Various kinds of vegetables are Guilt
vated by the people of Madagascar au
with comparatively little labor. Rico
forms the staple article of consumption,
yhjle manioc TIA sweet notato vans
arum, beans and earth nuts arc among
tho articles cultivated to increase AMI
vary the food supply.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-05-12

The largest dining table in New York
is the one that fills the main private d,u.
ing room on the upper floor Of the Uuion
League Club. 1t is so large that thirty!
five men have been seated at it without
discom .ort, aud Thirty men find plenty
of elbow room around its edge. Tho
custom is to heap the middle of it with
flowers and then to trail sprigs OF snilaI
cut from the floral mound toward tn;
various seats. This enormous table has
top surface of about 23O square feet
and Is nearly twenty feet long by 153
feet broad. 1t is in reality too large.
No conversation can be carried on from
, one side to the other, and when sparty
is seated around it the men break up
into u number Of local groups and come
municato with distant friends by panto.
mimic signs aud approving mods when
they fail to hear .ylsat is shouted to
them.--New Y9fr". sbrld. Il
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Canc in Eleven Hundred riece,.

William E. Yale, wealthy Brooklyn
IN. w. bScaelor, is q remarkable trav.
eler, aud his delight is historical study.
He has q cane that he carries with him,
which is undoubtedly the most costly
and unique of anything of the kind in
tue World.
fie stick contains about HOO pieces
81 wood. Each piece is cut in curious
/aud artistic shape, so that the cane with
the various colo-ed and shaped woods
has strange appearance.
Mr.. Yale planned and made tho cane,
aud work upon it consumed weeks Of
labor at different times in the curse Of
several years.
Sixty of the 100 pieces OF wood are
of great valuo to relic hunters. The
head OF the cane is made from post in
the house OF Shakespeare's birthplace at
Stratford, England. Set in the head is
{, small lock of white hair from Martha
Washington's head, tho lock having
been given Mr.. Yale thirty years ago by
Robert +. Lee, o descendant of Mrs.
Washington.
There is piece Of wood from the
birthplace Of Napoleon, on the Island Of
NOiSlSfN auNi ouC iioLi &NaPOiS'as
ing desk at st. Helena.
Other pieces of the cauo cnme from
the Charter Oak, from the home of John
Adsms, from n chair Of Oliver Cromwell,
from tho home OF Julia Hancock, from
tho Mayhower, Roger Williams's pew,
from desk of Abraham Lincoln, from a
'penholder of Gladstone, from rule that
Garfield used at school, from penholder
OF Long(ellow, from q trunk tlat Lsfay.
ette used during the Revolutionary War,
from the bed upon which john Wesley
died and from the guillotinc upon which
-It,suis XVI. and Marie Antoinette were
beheaded. Mr.. Yale spent years and
much care in collecting the relics.
He has been offered S2)JJ for the
cane, which is truly wonder. He will
leave it to the historical dept-t neut Of
Cornell University when he d'e'.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-05-12
A Beispread f)r tn, Worlds Fair.

The famous cotton spinners Of Man
chester, England, Mcssrs. Barlow &
Jones, have prepared teautifu exhibit
Of towels, spreads aud other products of
the loom for showing at Chicago. In-
cluded is a spread, or quilt as it is called
over there, which is the Columbian Gel.
ebration quilt. Iu the centro are the
stripes and the thirteeu stars, represent
ing the several States Of America, inter-
mixed with palm leaves. In the border
arc the eagle, tho arms of Isabella and
Ferdinand, and in one corner those ol
the State of Illinois, the cotton plant
dguying conspicuously in the design,
which is Of fawn tint on white.
The "Windsor Castle aud the "Em.
pirc' quilts also figure in the exhibition.
New York Times.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-05-12

Marines. She was wounded twelve
times in various actions, and was finally
discharged houorably, her sex being uu-
discovered. Marines are q very ancient
institution. Such sea soldiers were
regularly employed on war ships by the
Greeks and Pnsc nicians five centuries be-
fore Christ. They did the fighting
while tho sailors managed the vessels. -
New York Advertiser.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-05-12
August
Flower

"What is August Flower for :"
AS easily answered as asked. 1t is
for Dyspepsia. 1t is special rem
edy for the Stomach and Liver
Nothing more than this. We believe
August Flower cures Dyspepsia.
We know it will. We have reasons
for knowing it. To. day it has an
honored place in every town and
country store, possesses one of the
largest manufacturing plants in the
country, and sells everywhere. The
reason is simple. 1t does one thing,
and does it right. Itcures dyspepsia0
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OUR TIMBER RESOURCES.
fIow Long Will the Supply Meet tho
Demand of this Country?

Statistics gathered from trustworthy
sources by the Puget Sound Lumbcrman
tell us that the United States has about
200, 900, 600, 900 feet, boar1 measure, of
standing lumber, with Il present annual
consumption Of about 10,000,09O feet
board measurement. This means, says
the Engineering News, an apparent sup.
ply for 120 years; but the rapidly in
crcasing demand for timber may easily
reduce this period to century, and pos
sibly exhaust it in scvcnty-iivc years. 1t
is true that Alaska is credited, on very
little information, with $4,000, 900, 600
feet, board measurement, Of standing
lumber, and British Columbia with
1000, 600, 100000 feet more; but these
arc certainly not to b. assumed rs home
supplies. The Lumbcrman gives tho
following figures for the aggregate of
standing timber in the United States:
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+. j. Cheney Il CO., Toledo, o., Props Of
Halls Catarrh Cure, offer 500 reward for any
case Of Catarrh that cannot he cured by taking
Halls tatarrh Cure. Send for testimonials,
free. Sold py Druggists, ,5c.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-05-12

1t is said that the largest piece OF
mica in the wPrld was recently taken out
of . North CAROLINA quarry. 1t measures
nine aud a half by sixteen inches,
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-05-12

Bc,cham's Pills correct lad effects of over.
eating. Bccchams-nn Others. % cents . box
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Wonders of the nes,rt.

..n interesting discovery con;s to San
Diego, Cal. by the way Of the mining
town of Julian, up in the mountains. A
correspondent Of its paper, tho Weekly
Sentinel, tells of a journey over the
Colorado desert. He had can2ed nil.
way between the Seventeen Palm
Springs, which Is about twenty mile,
out, AMI the Fish Springs, s,ne $50
feet below the sea level. From therN he
could trace for miles on the mountain
side the line of former sea, the portion
that was below the water being Of dull
gray.
From Fish Springs he travelel three
miles to the base Of mountain, aud
found that instead Of corrodlng line,
the almost perpendicular rock was Of
solid coral formation, 200 feet high, fol.
loving ragged lines, tilliug creyices an |
lining 4 cave with spectacle of mag
niiceucc. The cave, fifty feet high by
ensy six leet wide, Of coral lining, is
hM touched by time. In little bay
upon u!p.,,n;zso Jagged points OF the rocks,
hnen abandon lines are still distinct
Old soldiers Srmation. Little coves
the dying asd rs as evidence, Of shell.
i,les. Men not Gle from them run In.
but lose all sacrG} rd.-Sau Francisco
Both Legisla,uret
l,,,h,po tnerefOre
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-05-12

The man who is always looking for
mud generally finds it.
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Convict labor will be inaugurated by
Idaho under recent law.
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It Is not what we do but what we love
that decides our fate.
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Bass Cheeks.

Bass checks is the very latest gas.
Economical novelty. They do not figure
on cafe menus yet and are found only al
the most gorgeous and extravagant pri-
vatc dinners. The dish comes very high
because it takes about ton of bass to
furnish small dish of cheeks. The
cheek of bass is tiny nugget of the
tendercst and most dclicately favored
meat, found in the lower part of the head
on either side. This is lifted out and the
remainder of the bass is tossed away.
One Philadelphia hotel man has achieved
q reputation in this city and New York
by his preparation of bass cheeks, and
cvcrytimc he receives big order he
creates n corner in the bass market. -
Philadelphia Record.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-05-12

Malaria cured and eradicated from the sys-
tenn by Browns Iron Bitters. which enrches
the blood, tones the nerves, aids dgesti on
Acts like charm on persons In general i'll
health. giving new energy and strength.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-05-12

The biggest dollars we see are those
Just out of our reach.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-05-12

Forty years ago borax was worth one
dollar a pound. The supply was in
,reased and the price diminished by the
discovery Of vast quantities of 1T in
"Death Valley" California. --..'''
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-05-12

One of the tests of fine nature is the
effect joys and sorrows have upon it.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-05-12

The New Anio aqueduct at Rome,
Italy. was sixty-three miles lonr.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-05-12

DNers cures Dyspepsia, Mala-
Yand General Debility. Gives
IDS Digestion, tones the nerves
DIppcttc. The best tonic for Nursing
hers, weak women and children.
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etiectuai rrneufs -,
suffered. ro1,for CT Amer cin Glass.
present systSt is finished at the Dia.
u1ln>a 6stv guilt an nrks. in Kobomo
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the gauntlet OF the
thout breakagc.-In.
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ever cast in the
6Ox2l6 inches, OF
: feet in length.
largest plate ever
in America.
5 this have been
The record-union., 1893-03-07
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

w. w. Foote came up from Oakland
last night.
John Miller of Walnut Grove came up
to the city yesterday.
L. II. Wright, prominent San Diego
lawyer, is in the city.
Thomas r. Muir, prominent citizen
Of lone, is III the city.
Thomas II. Thompson of Tulare came
up to the city last evening.
A. L. Shinn of Susanville, Lassen
County, is visiting the city.
Frank J. Moflitt of the Oakland Times
is at the Golden Eagle Hotel.
State Mineralogist Crawford came up
from San Francisco yesterday.
Railroad Commissioner Beckman re-
turned from San Francisco last night.
J. r. Hebron of Salinas, member of
the State Board of Equalization, is here.
John S. Miller, the well-known reve-
nue. gauger, is down from Vina for few
weeks stay.
Hon. a. II. Rose of Colusa came down
to the city yesterday and is at the Golden
Eagle Hotel.
Major L. r. Merriman, Commandant
of the Veterans Home at Santa Monica,
| is in the city.
The Military Social Club will give its
fourth select party at Armory Hall on
Friday evening next, the 10th inst.
Mrs. c. H. Huber of Clarksburg left
yesterday for an extended visit to San
Francisco. She will also visit Santa
Cruz and other coast cities.
Arrivals at the Golden Eagle Hotel yes
terday: Q. i. Arlington, w. c. Kohl,
Boston; B. Hirchtield, Cincinnati; T. p
Screnson, New York; j. H. Payr, Jr..
st. Louis; II. X. Freeman. \. Bauer and
wife, Chicago; y. Ii. Rose, Colusa: J. w.
Ahern and wife, Bakersfield; e. S. Deni-
son. 5. I. Gage, w. b. English, J. G. Ed
wards, w. W. Foote, Oakland; ]. b.
O Brien, Santa Clara. Thomas Bodley,
San Jose; Thomas r. Muir, lone; A. c.
Swain, Merced; L. Phillips, stockton; II.
J. Maxwell and wife, san Rafael; j. r.
Hebron, Salinas; William Beckman,
city; DR.. McNutt, J. NJ. Pattee, Idaho:
William NJ. Lawlor, A. T. SPOTS, j. T..
Fassett, l. K. d. Grubb, Osgood Putnam,
II. ,Krusi, 2. Goldstone, NJ. B. Gardener,
A. Becker; W. b. Bancroft, E. a. Phil
lips, L. Jacobs, J. McDonough, San
Francisco; Thomas H. Thompson, Tu-
lare; +. j. Moflitt, Oakland
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MORE LAWS.
Further Acts That Have Been Char
tered and Registered.

Further Acts That Have Been Chap
tered and Registered.
In addition to the two lists of Acts of
the Legislature that have been chaptered
and registered as laws by the Secretary of
Stale, we present the following. The Act
takes effect on date of approval if not
otherwise specified below:
Chapter.
90. $4,000 for a sewer at the Agnew's In
sane Asylum. Approved March Sd.
So. 100000 Tor further buildings and sup
plies at the Mendocino State Asylum.
March Sd.
81. Regulating the practice of pharmacy
and sale OF poisons. Amends Act OF
March II, 1891. Approved March Sd.
III effect in thirty days.
58. SO, 80 for improvements at Southern
California State Asylum. March Sd.
90. Sll7, 800 for additional buildings, etc.,
at Southern California State Asylum.
March 3D..
90. Relative to education of practitioners
of dental surgery. Amends Act OF
March Y, 1885. Fixes penalty for vio-
lation of the Act at fine or imprison-
ment in jail. The fines to go half to the
intormer and half to the school fund.
March Sd.
81. Amends Section 1868, Code of Civil
distribution of estates of decedents.
Thirty days from March Sd.
62. Amends Section l64 OF the Civil Coue,
relative to community property, sepa-
rate property and actions relative to
conveyances of property by married
women. Thirty days. March Sd.
63. Amends Sections 1871 and 1913 of the
Code Of Civil Procedure, relative to
mortgages and leases for benefit oil
estates of decedents or incompetents.
March Sd.
GA. Changes title of Mendocino State
Asylum for Insane to read "Mendocino
Asylum" Thirty days. March Sd.
65. Providing for payment of interest on
State bonds held in trust for the Uni
| versity fund, and repeals Act OF March
| 4, 1881, concerning reimbursement o1
| the University for money by mistake
| misapprOpriated, etc. March Sd.
| &c. 81, 600 out of Stale school book funC
for deficiency for compilation of text
! books in the forty-lourth fiscal year
| March Sd.
| 81. SIS9, ,426 IS transferred from the State
school fund to the State school lane
fund to meet deficiency caused by pur.
chase OF bonds from 1883 to 1890, in.
elusive, under Section go of the Politi
cal Code, etc. March Sd.
6S. $4,000 TO Senate contingent fund
March 4th.
80. Amends Act of March IA, 1889
relative to selection OF Commissioners
for parks and reports of such board!
and duties of same. March 4th.
20. 81 $50 for deficiency in paw of officer!
and clerks of the Assembly for the
thrtieth session. March 4th.
H. $3.50 for deficiency in per diem anC
mileage appropriation for the Assem-
bly, at the thirtieth session. March 4th
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
Chapter.
y. Assembly Constitutional Amendmen
No. L. to amend Section IL, Article
relative to alien owners of real estat
and inhibiting alien ownership O
realty. Adopted March 18th.
RESOLUTIONS.
Chapter
H. Assem- bly, concurrent, relative to ae
ton pending in Supreme Court involv
ing taxation of railroads. Adopte,
March lst.