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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-04-20
Lotus Eaters.

According to Homer, the lotus eat
ers were people who lived on the
northern coast of Africa. visited by
Ulysses in his wanderings, and who
cndeavorcd to dctain his companions
by giving them the lotus TO cat Who
ever ate OF this fruit wished never to
depart. The Arabs called thu fruit Of
the lotus the fruit of destiny" "
which they believe Is to be eaten in
Paradise. The lotus is n shrub two or
three feet high, and its fruit, which is
produced in great abundance, is n
dwarf of the size of wild plum,
which has apleasunt, sweet taste. The
name lotus has bee ngiven to several
beautiful specimens of water lily, es-
pecially to the blue water lily and the
Egyptian water lily. y.--Chi"ngo Her.
aid,
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-04-20
Something in This Name.

The mania for giving O large NUM-
Der OF Christian names to one and the
same person is particularly prevalent
in Italy.
An Italian gentleman named Cam
paGnn, who has just been naturalized
Frenchman, has given some little
trouble to the French foreign Office
clerks in registering his full designa
tion. Here it is: Vinccndo Saliva
tore Marin Gennaro Francesca Sales
Francesca d Assist Francesca dc Paolo
Rocca Michele Crocitisso Emiddlo Pas
quale Giovan Giuseppe Gcltrude Carlo
Gactana Alfonso Giro Andrea Lnigi
Gioran Geraldo Antonio-d di Para An
tonio-Abatte Campaena. London
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-04-20
Variable Weight OF Woods.

The weight Of different kinds of
wood is exceedingly varis hle. White
pine is the liGhtest OF the common
woods, cubic foot of it weighing 81
pounds; willow wood Sc, red pine 81,
yellow pine 3S and pitch pine As.
Poplar weighs 46 and hickory 52.
Logwood weighs 81, mahogany &c,
live oak 81, ana lignum-vit'e, the
heaviest of all, weighs S3 pounds to
the cubic foot. A block of I;gndm
vitae, thrown into the water, will slnk
like a stone. Chicago Herald.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-04-20
The ftnuchn'S Dietary.

The dietary of the South American
gaucho cowboy il simple, 80 his
cooking is elementary lii it's charac-
ter. AS rule, he eats only once in
the day, toward sunset; when, jour
neys or toll being ended, supper, con
sistinG of thin piece of meat, is
roasted upon spit OF iron or wood
stuck slantingly over a quick fire. IT
this should be in winter, all sit around
on the skeletons of horses heads, and
with their long knives or fscons (falch
ions) cut Jumps from the haunch.
This, being held in the left hand by
one end, is seized with the teeth at the
other, and tempting tit-bit is skill
fully cut of. The hard, dry meat, de
ticient III fatty constituents, is washed
down by copious draughts of mate,
made from the favorite yerba.
The hut, dimly lighted Ivy lamp in
which bullock's tallow is burned, bears
some resemblance to n stable, from
the brides, saddles, spurs, boias, and
Iassos which decorate the roughly
daubed walls. If the Gaucho happens
to be n family man, fat, black eyed,
good dnatured, nearly naked children
indulge in antics during the meal,
while the poultry wink drowsily from
their perches. No wsyfarer is turned
from the door, for the hand and heart
OF the child of the psmpas is ever
open 70 the stranger, and the arrival
of such is made convenient excuse
for bringing out the cana, coarse
spirit, which has perhaps been provo
cative of more evil tEan anything else
which ne can call his own. Water
melons are spsringly partaken OF in
their season, but these are almost the
only vegetables tho wild horseman
cares for. Temple Bar.
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Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

With local applications, rs they cannot reach
tho seat of the disease. Catarrh Is a blood or
4. you must take internal remedies. Halls
Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, and acts di-
Catarrh euro is not aquack medicine. 1t was
prescribed BY ono OF thn best physicians In this
country for years, and Is Irregular prescription.
bncd with the best blood purifiers, acting di.
rectly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect
combination of the two ingredients Is what
produces such wonderful results in curing ca
tarrh. Send for test imonials free.
+. j. CHENEY - Co, Props, Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, price 7:lC,
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SJ''N.''''UIs ILoiuuy,
contcmptuously. 81 guess that al!
the work that Tracy fellow does won't
hurt him much nor do his family any
good. He spends most of his time
dow, to jim Fifer's saloon near the
Ferry. Ny! Id lead the way and
carry an ax il the women OF this
nei3h5orhood would go down there
some night and tear down that saloon
10 the ground -
Then the Tracys are so poor he
cause the father is drinking man 2"
Eyes: and you may we'll say poor.
I was going by the old Peters place
yesterday, and ] just thought I'd step
i'll end see how the children were get
ting along in that old shell.
Have they made the old place at
all habitable?"
"Well, the man has exerted himself
enough to hang door or two and
patch the floor up some. They don't
use but two rooms, and all but one
window in them are boarded up.
they've got rusty old cook-stove,
one or two old chairs, n battered and
patched-up old bedstead, a little pine
'''''o "H' "-i 'i' iti cupDOdTu, ana
that's ev,ry stick of furniture they
have, excepting what that girl, Fan,
has made oGt OF some old boxes. She's
II terror, that Fan is J.
"One must allow n good deal for her
surroundings and the influence she has
probably been under all her life, said
NY mother
''WclI, she needn't he so saucy,
anyhow. She just rs good AZ told me
that she didn't thank me for coming
around, and | going there with the
kinlest motives! And when / asked
her ii she didn't have IL broom TO keep
the place cloan with, she had the i'm.
pu tence to ask re If | couldn't lend
her mine, as 7 probably had no use
for it, OF | wouldn't have so much
time to attend to other folks door.
yar's--thc saucy thing
'nId yor see tho little boy"
yer, ana he had better manners.
lie sat pacR IN corner on Dox ana
kept rs quiet rs u mouse. He = pale,
sickly. looking little fellow, and he
walks n httl" lame. I've seen him ont
III the timber picking up sticks to
burn. I've heard Of then borrowing
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GMH hL73@~,7

Assist nature little now and then with a
gentle laxative, or, If need he, with n moro
searching and cleansing cathartic. thereby
removing offending matter from the storl
ach and bowels, ard toning up and invigo-
rating the liver and quickening its tardy
action. ana yoa thereby remove the cause
Of multitude Of distressing diseases, such
re headaches, indigestion, biliousncss skin
diseases, hoilS. carbuHceS, piles, fcvcrs and
Elhndcs too numerous to mention.
II rnoplc would pay moro attention to
pope! iy regulating the action Of their bow
c!s. 'hoy would have less frequent occasion
10 call for their doctors services 70 subdue
attacks of dangerous diseases.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-04-20
Australian Eggs.

E~gs are now shipped from Aus
tralia to England. a trial shipment,
made hy the Hon. j. II. Conner, of
Victorian eggs and cheese, was lately
inspected ly m officer from the de-
partment Of the Agent General for
Victoria. With regard to the packing
of the eggs, they had, in the first
place, been rubbcd over with grease
and afterward placed with bran, flour,
lime and pollard in small cases. When
opened they were found to be perfect
ly fresh anil sweet. The chesses,
which consisted Of both forty pounds
and "smaIl loaf" sizes, were sound and
of good flavor. American.
the o.: OHd mar"et ms ".en very
mach J1tIpI... ri oi late, and the great
London syndicate which controls the
stone market has had hard time to
keep the prices NJ, so inrge is the sup
ply. Small diamonds can now be OBJ
.aincd at very low rricc.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-04-20
LOVE.

TO kiss the hands that smite,
To pray for them that persecute,
To hear the voice OF blams
Heap undeserved shame
Aud still be mute
Is this not love1
To give for evil good,
To learn what sacrifice can teach,
To be the scorfer's sport,
Nor strive TO make retort
TO angry speech
Is this not love?
To face the harsh worlds harms
To brave It's bitterness for years,
To be an unthnnked slave,
And gain at last grave
Unwet by tears
Is this not love?
* usie NJ. Best, IN Philadelphia Ledger.
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from Hotel j, a.n 20, &, Judge.

- ZOO ooon after the lose of the Rebellion,
Mnen General Grant made a tour Of
ktdd and passed over the
md Trunk Railroad to Canada, the
party. m ide stop at Gorham, taking
dinner at the Alpine House. Judge
Edgsr -Aldricb, then fourteen years Of
age, was employed as a bell boy at the
hotel, and, at the request of the great
soldier, gave him the names of the
mountains and rivers, which he care
fully wrote down in his diary. His
advancement has not come to him by
luck, but in recognition of marked
ability and constant, psinstaking in
dustry. His success will be a stimu-
lus to many other ambitious but
struggling boys. Concord IN. H.
Monitor.
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The subject Of the above portrait Is q

The subject of the above portrait Is a
prominent and much respected citizen, Mr.
Robert Manson, of West Rye, N H. Where
Mr.. Manson is known his word is as good
ne his bond" In recent letter to DIR. r. "
Fierce, Chief Consulting Physician to the
lnvalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buf-
falo, N. Y, Mr. Manson says:
DR.: Piercos Pleasant Pellets arc tho
Lest pills ever took for the liver All my
friends saY tAeY do. them iha most Raazl.
InIs opinion Is shared by every ono who
once tries these tiny, little sugar coated pills,
which arc to be found in oil medicine stores.
The Y: S. Inspector of Immigration as Buff
falo, n Y, writes Of thom as follows:
From carly childhood l have suffered
from sluggish liver. with all the disorders
accompanying such n condition. Doctors
prescriptions and patent medicines l have
used in abundance they only afforded tenn
porary relief. | was recommended TO try
DR. PicrccS Pleasant Pellets ] did so. tax
ing two a; night and one after dinner every
day for two weeks. | have reduced the dose
tc one Pellet every day for two months
] have III SIX months Increased in solid flesh
frentufWo pounds I am in better health
than | have been since childhood. Drowsi-
ness and unpleasant feelings after meals have
completely disappeared"
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FAN.


torn brim OF ragged straw hat, stood
at my mothers door one morning in
November and asked:
"Can you just lend me cup of cof.
zee AMI n cup of sugar and flour enough
for bakin' OF bread? I'll pay it all
back when 1 can"
My mother had never seen the girl
before. She was untidy in her dress
her shoes were not mates. and they
were buttonless and full of holes.
'What is your name ?" my mother
sskcd
Fan"
"And your other nsme?"
'"Tracy.'
"Where do you live?"
"Oh, just little way down the road,
the first house from here. 1 believe
they call it the old Peters place"
We knew, the place very well. No
one had lived there for years. The
house, which was in the woods short
distance from the river. had been
shabby in it's best days, and now WAS
little better than novel. Scarcely n
pane of glass was whole, and such of
the doors rs remained were off their
hinges. The floors were sunken. and
the plaster was falling from the walls
Inc house was unfit for human habi.
tation.
"Do your parents live there?" my
mother asked.
81 amt got but one parent my dad.
We just come three days ago, and dad
was told he could live in the old Peters
house rent free, and if he can get work
We'll settle here"
"How many are there Of you?"
'Just dad and me and my little
brother Carey he's only six, and little
for his age"
My mother gave tine girl the articles
for which she asked, whereupon, she
said, with sudden outburst:
''Ill tell you, honest now, that
mebbc1 1 sha'n't be a,le to pay you
back these things. Dad aint got work
yet, and nebbe he won't get anything
to do; but if he does and if 1 can, I'll
pay you back"
We did not see the girl again for a
week, but i'll that time we learned
little more about the Tracy family.
Mrs. Horribly came over to onr house
one afternoon to set awhile" Mrs.
Horribly was an elderly person OF so
nnch leisure that she spent most OF
her time III setting awhile" in the
homes OF her neiSh6ors; but she had
50 much gossip to relate that she was
not, as IL rule, unwelcome.
''fou We heard about man named
Tracy md his two children moving
into the old Peters place, haven't you,
Mis- Harley?' asked Mrs. Hornby
"Ies,' replied my mother. "The
girl has been up here to borro~ some
things
ooh, reckon SO! L guess they
live mostly on what they can borrow
They'd better call it begging and he
done with it. Have they paid you
back =
ono; hnt The girl was honest enough
to tell me that she couldn't pay me
back if her father did not get work
here y
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Gottheb Schwartz, an unemployed
Nhlcag" waiter, committed suicide
while hopeless and dcspondent. Word
came from Germany ,uoon after that
he had fallen heir to I'm estate S,lnca
at $3.50, 900.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-04-20

"BROwN'S BRONCHIAL ''IO,UEA" arr Widely
known AZ an admirable remedy 6r. Bronchitis
Hoarsepcss, Coughs and Throat 'cuhles. Sold
Onty IN bore.
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The Skill and X no -sledus

Essential to the production of tho most perfect
and popular laxative remedy known have en-
abled the California Fig Syrup Coto achieve q
great success in the reput alton OF its remedy,
syrup OF Figs, as il is conceded TO be the uni
Versal laxative. For sale by all druggists.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-04-20
ShilOh's Cure

FIvx-cENr Livingston Confederate stamp
sold in New York for 1916.
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That, Of all known agents to accomplish
this purpose, Dr. Pierces Pleasant Pellets are
uncqualcd, is proven by the fact that nnee
used, they are oi,cays In favor. Their sec
ondary effect is to keep the bowels open and
regular, not to further constpate, as is thu
case with other pills. Hence, their great
popularity with suff,rcrs from habitual con
stipation, piles, and indigestion
Inc r,easant rsiists are far more eass.
pills" calomel, or othor mercurial prepnra-
tions, and have III. further merit Of being
purely vegetable and perfectly harmless in
nny condition of the system no particular
care is required while using them.
Composed of the choicest, concentrated
vegetable extracts, their cost is much moro
than is TINT Of other pills found in the mar
ket, yet from forty 20 forty four pellets -
are put up i'll each scaled glass vial, as sold
through druggists, and can he had att price
OF tho more ordinary and cheaper made pills.
DR.. Pierce prides himself on having beer
first TO introduce IA Little Liver Pill TO the
American people. Many have initiated them,
but none have approached his Pleasant Pei.
lets III excellence.
For all laxative and cathartic PURPOSES
the . Pleasant Pellets " are infinitely supe-
rior to all mineral waters" sedlitz pow
ders, Salts castor oil, fruit syrups $50
calledl, laxative teas" and the many other
purgative compounds sold in various forms.
Put mp in glass vials, sealed, therefore
Always iieSH dHu feliuDls. oDC Ilttle rel
let " is laxative, two gently catbartic
As dinner pill, to promote digestion,
take ono each day after dinner To relieve
distress from over eating, nothing equals
them. They nre tiny, sugar. coated anti-
bilious granules. scarcely larger than mus.
tard seeds. Every child wants them.
Then, after they arc taken. instead Of dis
tnrbing and shocking the system, they act in
a mild, and natural way. There is no 10.
action afterward Their help iuSis
Accept no substitute recommended - ue
" inst as good They may be bette, J3r tho
dealer because of paving him better Trcft,
but he is not the enc who needs heir.
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Patents are now issuing at The rate
Of 40, 600 a year.
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FaENcH publishing houses issued 1923
books last year.
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Is sold on guarantee. II cures Tncipient Con-
sumption; IL is the Best Cough Cure; Dc, &c. 81
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II fsrltcted with sore eyes use DR.. la C Thnmp
sonSEve water Druggists sell at 25c per b1ttt
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CHICAGO is becoming alarmed at the spread
OF SMALLPOX
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CHICAGO has CSC chur shes OF oil dcnomina.
tions.
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DY J. L. HARBOUR,

SLENDER girl
of about fifteen
years, with Jet
black eyes of re-
narkable bright
ness and n tangled
mass cf shining
black hair falling
over aer bro W
from beDpat,b tho
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w mere we going now, ran asked
Carey, as Fan fumbled about excitedly,
trying to tie one of the little fellows
ragged shoes in the darkness. "Are
we going up to Mr.. Harley's again,
FAM"
II hate so go up there again Carey. "
"But it's raining now, Fan, and we
can't stay out here il TIE woods all
night, can we?'
"No, not if it rains, Carey but we
cam know where well go, Carey !"
she said, with sudden resolution. "It's
where we've got the best right to go !;
It's where we've got a perfect right to
go; come on.
She sprang suddenly TO her feet and
started down the road at such rapid
rate, with the little boy 's hand clasped
SO tightly in hers, that he begged:
wait, Fan, wait Won go too fast.
and you hurt my hand" "
Il didn't mean to, Carey. I'll walk
slower now.
In half IN hour they came 60 Jim
fifer's saloon down by the Ferry. The
little one.roomed frame house WAS
dark, and Fan shook her fist savagely
toward it as she hurried by with Carey
cliugin9 close to her side.
"Ill do this ncighborhood good
service by Kidding it of you. Hdd it
this minute if didn't have Carey with
me, She Saspcd.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-28
MARKS ON Hi TICKET
THE HOLES PUNCHED by THE con-
DUCTOH MEAN A GREAT DEAL.
The Masonry of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ing Ticket Is Required as a Guar
antee of Good Faith.
york commercial Advertiser.

New York Commercial Advertiser.
Did you know that the ticket punch
ing system is the masonry of railroad
ing. The ticket auditing department is
the custodian of these mysterious SYM
bols-the punch marks. which are as
important in the disposition Of tickets
as are signatures in the acceptance of
bank checks. In any case of dispute
between passenger and CONDUCTOR or
conductor and company the punch
marks are final and inc~ontrovertible
evidence except where an original punch
mark has been punched out by a larger
punch in crimina1 hands, which seldom
happens. Every passenger conductor in
America has a punch of his own, though
not of his own selection, and when he
applies 1T to a passengers ticket he has
committed himself to 1t as ~irrevocably
as though. he affixed his signature on
the back of the contract. Every con-
ductor must punch every ticket on his
train or hold himself liable for personal
yme of the fare for his division or
part thereof over which the unpunched
portion reads.
In nothing are railroad companies
more strict than in the use of ticket
punches, the conductors insignia or
office and the company's material guar
antee of square dealing by all interested.
The punch mark is the passengers pro-
lection. BY it or it's absence any mis-
take or oversight on the conductors
part involving subsequent confusion or
loss to the passenger can easily be
traced, proved and rectified. For illus
t~ration, a passenger recently purchased
a round-trip ticket from Portland to
San Francisco. On the going trip a con-
ductor by mistake tore off the section
reading Ito San Francisco" The next
conductor. having no evidence OF the
passengers right to travel over his di-
vision. demanded cash fare. which was
paid and receipted. On arriving at San
Francisco the passenger called upon the
general passenger agent. and, showing
his return portion OF the ticket and re-
ceipt for part cash payment on going
The general passenger agent hesitated
q moment.
MEANING OF THE MARKS.
Look here said the passenger. ct
know something about railroad tickets
myself. even if I'm not a deadhead. You
look up the going portion of my ticket
and if you don't find punch mark "v''
on 1t III give o $50 cash n go
home"
The ticket was looked UP and the
identical punch mark discovered, where
upon the passenger department re-
funded the cash payment made on the
train.
The first mark punched in the ticket
Is the letter IL" meaning originally
Limit" by the city ticket agent or To-
cal agent who issues II. This letter is
used by all agents who sell tickets In
this country and ~designates the class
and limit Of the ticket. The star punch
Is used about as freely as the IL" and
has about the same significance. 1t Is
generally applied TO ironclad. or nom
s~top-over, one-way tickets and also de-
scriptive tickets. 1t IL ever used on
u tickets which read to a far
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changing the denomination Of the ticket.
Such marks as * or "F" or other
letters, excepting &c" IL" and 3D."
have no significance whatever any more
than has an angle or bar. Some peo-
pie suppose them to be conductors
initials. Every mark has untold signifi-
canoe to the ticket auditor, but none
to any one else. Having exclusive juris-
diction over conductors, the division SUI
perintendents can change them around
TO different trains without notifying the
ticket auditing department., which cares
little, in fact, since the same conductors
always carry the same punches and the
infallible record is not disturbed.
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thar the fists of a baby. She ruled the
whole four hundred of How Qua's rela-
tives, and she was probably the head or
the How Qua clan.
LIKE THE SCOTTISH CLANS.