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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01

BelJ" The reports from the storm on the
coast are not full and satisfactory yet com
municaton with the interior not having been
fully restored when the last news from there
was received. The news we have received
is very sad in the number Of deaths reported
and the destruction Of crops and other
In Charleston INC -uamugr-rv W prvrvrry--r.v
very heavy, and three deaths are reported
in the city and three on the Island
At Savannah, Ga, and vicinity the storm
was moro destructive Of life and property
than anywhere else. Nearly 100 deaths arc
reported and 81 ,OOO,O of property de-
stroyed.
Sullvnn's Island was under water and thu
damage to property cannot Low be estimated
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01
MEMORY DRILLS.

That the memory may be cultivated and
at the same time the mind stored with
choice thoughts, there should be regular
practice in memorizing aud reciting what
has been written by the best authors-both
in poetry and prose.
To accomplish all that is desired to be
accomplished, it will be necessary to give q
definite time TO the work. and to assign q
given amount to be done in a given time.
From five to ten lines a week should be
memorized and recitcd by each pupil and
one hour week Of school time should be
given to it. One or more books of good
selections should be upon the table of every
teacher, from which to copy what the pupils
are to memorize. When the selection is
placed upon the blackboard, all difficult
words should be taught, and the selection
explained in such way as to make it clearly
understood by every pupil.
1t should then be memorized, aud at the
next memory lesson hour it should be recited
both in concert and b. the individual pupils
In al grades u simple and natural express
SION Of the authors thoughts is to be sought
rather than attempts at oratorical display.
Each week the selections Of previous weeks
should be recied.
In the higher grades it may be we'll to
have one-thrd Of the school to rec to or de-
claim each week, every pupil being cxpec' ed
to repeat from twenty to fifty lines The
first part of the hour should be given to the
recitation of pieces learned, aud the latter
part to teaching new piece to the whole
'' ""o>- -" "n"-'hird part of the
School are expected to memorize it.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01

II you want your picture taken don't delay
but come to Union and have it done before
Oct. 1st. T.. JAY ATWOOD.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01

CLEARING House CERTIFICATES Issrrr
IT Al,ll, August ga number Of the
'"',phl business men Of this place met in
o'nce OF the Savings Bank las. ThvT,,,av
c''Se some means Of relief for the pco-
!! !, IRON the financial depression. 1t was
"'0'ueu 10 organize Il clearing house and
sue certificates in small sums 10 take In,
J. ace OF currency. As n starter. 81. 600 in
'or'iicatcs, FOR sums ranging from twenty
','o cents TO one dollar were printed ves,cr.
"y' Ihcse certificates will be redeemed ON
VI oeiore the first of next January. and il is
expected that they will command the same
Ppreciatlon as currency in this locality
"hu VIII be used as far as possible for nav
ing debts. They will be especially con
Venlent to farmers in harvesting their crops
All ihe merchants in the place have oblirn-
teu themselves to accept them. The plan is
" uepost collateral upon which fifty per
cent; IN certificates is issued. Our peer,c
'nink The plan an admirable one.
MOCK HILL, Too.--At n meeting of our
c,'izehs on last Wednesday II petition from
ne merchants and business men oskin, tbot
inc banks issue clearing house certiicatcs
was adopted and today these certificates are
IN circulation, and will find their way into
tue roll OF good Old grecnbacks. They are
beng pad out i'll settlement of pnv rolls
ETC., and pass from hand 10 land lust the
same as any other currency, aud Will pur-
chase anything at same rate as gold and are
received at par on deposit Ey either cf the
banks.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01

| have concluded to 20 work in Union n
short time longer. The gentleman expect
to 60 in partnership with in Georgia, is going
to spend month or so with his family. SO
will do work here until Oct. LIST.
l.. JAY ATWOOD.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01
tlme OF sore bereavement. Z.
The Sunday Night Storm.

The Sunday Night Storm.
The most destructive storm Of wind and
rain that has visited this part ef the State for
over twenty years oohimenced about o clock
Sunday night and ended about noon Monday.
The wind blew perfect gaze all the time
aud the rain fell in sheets. But few per-
sons in this town slept during the night, and
but few houses that Gid not leak; the wind
blowing from everyauarter and driving the
rain through every .crevice and under the
shingles of the reofs, while tin roofs rat
tied as if they were about to be rolled up as
scrolls. One half the tin roof Of the Union
made Busy work tiaF iSf ali If ifahtdgiRGa qRa
boarders lodging the water as it poured
from above. We have never known the
wind to blow so hard for so long time.
Corn. cotton and everything in the vege-
table line was laid almost fat to the ground
and stripped of leaves and fruit
The trestle on the Dunn place was washed
out, SO that the down passenger train, on
Monday, with 81 passengers on board, was
stopped on the other side, and friend Gibbes
Of the Union Hotel had the pleasure of pro-
viding for their inner selves, until the next
day at 1.30 p. m. The old proverb-"it is
an ill wind that blows nobody good was
very pointedly verified in his case, for we
believe he is the only person in this COM
munity that got any good out of Sunday
nights wind.
The storm was general not only throughout
this County tut in this aud adjoining States,
and equally violent wherever It struck in.
land, but more destiastive along the Atlantic
| coast.
The present estimates of the injury done
to the corn and cotton crops in this Coun.v
:ause from 10 20 25 per cent. We are in
cliued to believe II at 10 per cent will cover
be loss. The greatest loss will be Of corn
rlorg the small creeks, but they rose and
fell so quick that most Of the damage will
| be o the fodder.
no '"aips arrived or lett % on Monday,
e9d ne Columbia ain on Tuesday did not
sc. in un...l after 6 O'clock, p. IN. The tres
Ties ve'ow h'tston and at Cedar Creek were
so badly damaged that no ira us could pass
oyec them until Tuesday oon.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01

SPECIMEN CAsEs.-S. III. Clifford, New
Cassel, Wis, was troubled with Neuralgia
and Rheumatism, his Stomach vas dis.
ordered, his Liver was affected to an alarm
ing degree, appetite fell sway, and, he was
terribly reduced in flesh and strength. Three
bottles of Electric Bitters cured him.
Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg, lii, had n
running sore on his leg of eight years stand.
ing Used three bottles of Electric Buffers
anu seven boxes of Bucklen's Arnica Salye,
aud his leg is sound and well. John Speaker,
Cata"ba, o., had five large Fever sores on
ms leg, doctors sail he was incurablc. One
bottle Electric Bittcrs and one box Bucklen's :
Arnica Salvc cured him entirely. Sold bv
u. +. Posey.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01

CIiAs Nc SEA SERPENT. - Stamford
Conn, Aug. IA fleet of pleasure boats
leit.this barbor this afternoon in pursuit of an
alleged sca serpent. Clarence Lock kwood and
Daniel Marshal, aboard the sloop Just Fight.
sighted yesterday, between Stamford and
Lloyd Neck, what at first appeared to be a
huge shark. y closer Inspection revealed a
tail twenty-five feet in length, and they
were convinced that they had seen sea
serpent. They descrite the animal as about
seventy.fve feet in length. Another sailing
party entering the harbor last evening re.
ported similar story. The men bringing
the information having good regulations for
Veracity, hunting parties equipped them
selves with harpoons and other implements
OF war and set sail after the sea SERPENT.
ATWOOD, the peoples Photographer is
" MIliI Won unIIi NrI. / 80 LInnt furnrI IN ....,
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01
Arithmatical.

A and can do piece Of work in 6 days;
A aud C in g days, and and c in 10 days.
In what time can they all do it,iworkiug to-
gether; and in what time can each do it by
himself?
If four men buy grindstone four feet in
diameter and each pay au equal part Of the
money for 1t, how much must each man
grind off to get bis share of The stone, allow
ing four inches at the center to g, for waste
In what time will sum of money double
itself at per cent. compound interest?
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01

make all the latest style Photo work and
ut bottom prices. Call, examine sample.
and be convinced. Remember everything
lake here the last few days Of this run | will
finish aud deliver before ] leave.
+. JAY ATWOOD.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01

: Professor w. F. rthur, Of Gaffney City
Male and Female Seminary, SAYS that the
adage "Where there is will thereis o way"
is not true in every case. He is right, too.
We have abundant proof at hand.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01
POST oHPICE pIRKcroRY.

New Advertisements.
Union Graded School-H. NJ. Grimbali.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01

Sudden Death Of Henry tearsns Gess.
Perhaps ct no time bas this community
sxr erienced . greater &oek - the death Of
one Of It's citizens IL it felt last Thur
day night. 18th. sb>p o'clock, st the
announcement THAI 1BERY LAURENs
GOSS had suddenly did at his resideuee.
Mr.. Goss was sitiinesn the piazza talking
to his daughter and stwo young friends,
when suddenly his stictsfsll from bis hand,
his hands dropped to 10 side. his head fell
back. the ominous desth rattle sounded in
his throat and his spirl departed ia saShAY-
tenement, spparanilys
struggle Of the b0ass "a srugs.her uue.-
pected by the oommunlty, as triad been
warned that his death would bs sudden, when
1t came; but to the betrayed family It came
with thrilling and prostrsting effect, striking
down the prop, the strength aud the very
centre Of love and aEsction in the family
circle. He was truly q devoted husband
and father, indulgent, perhaps to fault,
but indulgent out Of great affection. What
ever he thought would contribute to the
comfort, the happiness aud the welfare of
his family he considered no sacrafce too
6. eat to provide. Truly must the tenderest
81 npathies of sll go out to the wife and
children so suddenly sereaved Of such a
husband aud father.
Mr.. Goss had been Appointment man in
all the political and bnssk -a.:-s c. .AA:s
county up to few yfsrs ago. when his
health became impaired md he retired from
active life, devoting big lime to the manage
ment of his large londef interests and the
restoration Of his health.
He was the last mehaber Of the famous
firm Of J. T. Hill & O., at one time the
largest business establishment in the upper
part Of the State. He vas also vice presi-
dent of the Merohantslsnl Planters Bank
Of this place from the dme Of its organizs-
tion until his health give way, last year.
At the time Of his death he was President
Of the Union Building and Loan Association
He was leading msnber of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church, Ind at the time of
his death was one Of it Stewards.
Mr.. Goes was twid married, His FIRST
---iS---sAs- Miss 3 TL>-rsan-sisier of
the late DR.. w.T& bon, who died with
out issue. His sscs~ Wife was Miss Ida
Wallace, who Survived him with FIVE chill
dren, one daughter adj four sons, the oldest
scar cely 20 years of-Ngs, May God, in Hi
infinite love be their comforter in this thei,
| time Of sore berea ernenf
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01

Photograph work at AiWOOD'S Gallery
In Cpion will give the best satisfaction of any
work in the State
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01

ATWOOD, the peoples Photographer is
with you un'li Oct. j, SO don't forget to lave
your picture taken.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-08
will think of it. wouldn't have gone

will think of it. I wouldn't have gone
through it for million"
II doubt if old James would if he had
been given choice" replied the man
OF law; mot but what $50, 900 is a good
round sum for the fellow. to earn
in six months, though he might
have preferred earning it in some other
way"
"Do you think it likely to have the
desired effect on the minds of our law
givers!" asked the other.
''Not the least in the world" replied
Mr.. Fogey; "rathcr the reverse l should
imagine" he continued with half smile.
People will say that Weathercraft was as
mad as March hare and may even infer
that everybody who shares his views is
little cracked too. No, No! Poor
Weathercraft has thrown. his life away.
old Thompson is richer by $50, 600, minus
his law expenses and plus a vast deal of
experience, and the law will remain Just
as it was before.
"Now goodbye. I'm off to show the
letter to the Governor. It's rum case
anyhow. y Julian de Kestcl- Hankin, in
Brooklyn Daily Times.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-08
THE NEGRO AS AMECHANlc.
Now Free Man, He Dislikes Even the Re.
straint of Apprentice ship,

Now Free Man, He Dislikes Even the Re-
straint Of Apprenticeship.
Can the negro be trained as a me.
chanic, or is he by nature adapted to
other work than that of an unskilled
laborer? The question may, accord
ing to the North American Review,
confidently be answered in the affirm
alive. While this answer cannot be
successfully controverted and while
1T may have material bearing on
the prosperity Of .he Southern States,
yet 1t invNves grave questions. the
successful solution of which would
tend to better understanding of the
two sections of this great nation.
The negro was held in bondage in all
the colonies save one before the adOp-
tim OF the federal constitution, and
whether or not he was the prime
cause OF the greatest war of modern
times, it is unquestionably true that
he regards his liberation as the re-
suit of that struggle. Prior to the
war there were a large number of
negro mechanics in the Southern
States. Many of them were expert
blacksmiths, wheelwrights, wagon
makers, brickmasons, carpenters,
plasterers, painters and shoemakers,
They became masters of their re-
spective trades by reason of sufficiently
long service under the control and
direction of expert white mechanics.
During the existence of slavery the
contract for qualifying the negro as a
mechanic was made between the
owner and the master workman.
Now the negro being, in his own
words, a "freed man." will not con-
sent to restraints. He cannot divest
himself Of the idea that apprentice.
ship in its most modified form is a
species of slavery for a term Of years.
He may be assured of the relation Of
master and apprentice as it exists in
almost every civilized country; still
he is slow to embrace it. He appre-
ciates the advantages of superior
skill, yet his teachings of liberty are
to his mind inconsistent with the
exercise of absolute and continued
authority over him.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-08
HCUSE AND HOlfE.
DY KATHERINE lyman.

by KATHERINE lyman.
Where ~ the house, the house we love?
By field or rivsr, squars or street,
The house our hearts go dreaming OF,
That lonely waits our hurrying feet;
The house to which We come, we come,
To make that happy house our home.
Oh dear dre1 m-house! for .toaI store
A medley of such curious things,
As wise thrush goes counting DER,
Ere the glad morn of songs and wings,
When small rest makes all her heaven,
And a true mate that sings at even
Up those dim s'air, my heart will steal,
And quietly through the listening rooms,
And ing in prayerful love will kneel,
And in the SWEET aired twilight glooms,
Will set curtain straight. or chair.
And dust and order and make fair.
Oh, tarrying Time, hasten, until
You light our hearth fires, dear and warm,
Set pictures on these walls so chill,
And draw our curtains 'gainst the storm
And shut us in together, Time.
In new world a happier cline!
Whether our house be new or old
We care not; We will drive away
From last years nest its memories coll,
And all be gold that once was gray.
Oh. dear dreamhouse, for which we pray,
Our fe tcome slowly up your way!
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-08
Utilizing Former Waste.

Mi. w. Smith, the largest dealer
in cheese in New York City, runs a
factory which consumes ten million
gallons of milk a year, and he tries to
utilize as much as possible Of it. So
he has perfected means by which he
saves the milk-sugar and expects to
turn out 800, 200 pounds Of it this
year, at the wholesale price of about
sixteen cents pound. Some hereto.
fore waste parts are utilized in the
production of poultry and duck food.
and there is also produced a lactose
vinegar which RECOMMENDED as a
good table condiment, and prophy-
Tactic against cholera.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-08

illustration shows the resting place
of these two Presidents. Tyler sleeps
beneath the shade of the trees shown
at the center of the engraving, the
monument surmounted by the female
figure marking the grave of his daugh-
ter.
Washington's remains lie in a vault
at Mount Vernon, sixteen miles from
Washington City; John Adams sleeps
in Quincy, Mass; Thomas Jefferson
on his old estate at Monticello, Va. !;
Madison at Montpelier, Va; John
Quincy Adams at Quincy, Mass;
Andrew Jackson at the Hermitage,
near Nashville, Tenn; Van Buren, at
Undertook, N. Y; William Henry
Harrison at North Bend, Ohio; James
X. Polk in Nashville, Tenn; Zachary
Taylor near Louisville, KY; Willard
Fillmore near Buffalo. N. Y; Frank
lin Pierce at Concord, N. H.; James
buchanan at Lancaster, Pa; Abra-
ham Lincoln at Springfield, ILL.,; An
drew johnson near Greenville, Tenn. !;
U. S. Grant in New York City; Gar
field at Cleveland, Ohio; Arthur at
Albany, N. Y; and Hayes at Ere
mont, Ohio
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-08

IRE oAAss Ho~N' visit OF lnSDec-
ton whenever she went within the
gates of the White City. The manu-
facturers could do nothing less than
offer her one like it and Eulalia
eagerly accepted the present, in re-
turn appointing the manufactures
glass cutter to her royal highness the
1nfanta of Spain. So every one was
pleased all around.
A fashionable modiste in New
York was intrusted with the task of
making the fabric up The skirt is
free from flounces or furbelows of any
kind, save for a row of glass fringe
about the bottom and four bows of
the same material which begin mid
way between the skirt and the hem,
and fall gracefully to the latter. It
is cut demi-train. The waist is cut
low and devoid Of ornament except
ruching Of glass about the bust and
arms The general effect of the COM
plete gown is similar to that of
satin dress of pure white and unusual
sheen and thickness. The cost of
the material was $4OO.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-08
A Sensible Prayer.

"A little maids prayers are usually
simple, sweet, and touching" said a
prominent United States official,
but l know of one prayer made by a
little miss which is humorous and
well worth the telling. She was
taught by her mother to go through
her ritual-that is, the prayers she
was in the habit Of saying-and to
add any special petitions suggested
by her needs at the time. On one
occasion she was i'll and suffering
some pain and considerable incon-
venience from nausea, and her simple
prayer at the end of the regular
vesper Offering was: oh Lord, bless
poor little En- and make her we'll,
for who wants to be frowing up all
the time?'"-St. Louis Republic.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-08
Catching a Snake.

The author of "A Collectors
Rambles in Australia" says that he
was one day walking in the thick
scrub, searching for land-snails, when
he came upon a large light brown
snake-a species of python-coiled
upon the ground. 1t was by far the
finest specimen he had ever seen at
large. 1t was probably ten or twelve
feet long, and as thick as mans
leg at the knee. 1t looked savage
enough to devour man, and at first
the collector felt half-inclined to run
away. He recovered himself, how
ever, and was on the point of shoot
ing the serpent with charge of dust
shot in order to carry home its skin,
when it occurred to him that it would
be worth five times as much if it
were taken alive.
l had leather strap with buckle
in my game bag, and with this de-
termined to moose the snake. l
started toward him, but when l came
near he partly uncoiled, opened his
mouth very wide, thereby disclosing
his sharp teeth, and Kissing spite
fully, struck at me.
l lodged behind small tree, and
leaning out as far as dared, tried
several times to moose him. He was
very savage, and looked powerful
enough to crush me in his folds
After l had teased him for some time
he suddenly started off at full speed.
l caught up my gun, and by dint Of
hard running through the thick scrub
managed to head him off. He stopped,
coiled, and again tried the moose,
but he put his head under his coils
in a very sulky manner. l reached
out from my shelter behind tree
and caught him by the tail, but he
pulled away with great force and
glided off again, his scales shining
like polished silver as he crossed
sunny patch of ground.
This time he took refuge under
fallen tiee, and before l could head
him off, was gliding down the hole
of some wild animal.
reached the spot just as the last
two or three feet of his body were
disappearing, and seizing his tail
with both hands, l hung on desper-
ately. With my feet braced against
a limb of the tree, pulled till the
all cracked and snapped as if it
,ould break asunder.
Sometimes he pulled me to within
a few inches of the hole: and then l
would brace myself against the limb,
and drag him halfway out.
At last / grew so tired that had
to let go my hold, and with many re-
grets ! saw the last few inches of the
tail disappear beneath the earth.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-08
\ Big GrasshOpper.


A distinguished naturalist of the
California Academy of Sciences was
travelling in Australia, when he saw
a kangaroo in session and flung a
stone at it.
The kangaroo Immediately adj
jouIned, tracing against the sunset
sky "a parabolic curve spanning seven
provinces, and evanished below the
horizon. The distinguished natural
ist looked interested, but said nothing
for nearly an hour. Then he said to
his native guide:
"You have pretty wide meadows
here. SUPPOSE"
mo, not very WIDE" the guide an
swered; about the same as in En-
gland and America"
After another long silence, the dis
tinguished naturalist said:
The hay which we shall purchase
for our horses this evening" shall
expect to find the stalks about fifty
feet long. Am l right?"
why, no." said the guide; "a foot
or two is about the usual length of
our hay. What can you be think
ing off"
The distinguished naturalist OF the
California Academy Of Sciences made
no immediate reply; but later, as in
the shade OF night they journeyed
through the desolate vastnesses of
the great, lone land, ne broke the
silence.
Il was thinking" he said, "of the
uncommon magnitude Of that BANKED
grasshopper"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-08
REASONABLE REQUEST.

Sergeant TO recruit who has trodden
heavily on his foot on alighting from the
horizontal oar)-Bomben und Granaten
1t is all very we'll, Schulze, your trying
to tread in my footsteps, but you ought,
at least. to wait till have cleared OUT
+ Westfalisches Volksblatt.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-08

pany of Toledo,
Ohio. The In
fanta saw a glass
gown at the
Worlds Fair,
which had been
just completed
for the actress,
Georgia Cayvan.
and she became
SO completely in
fatuated with it
that she paid it