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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-12-27
Notes on Henezueh.

The standing army consists of little over
5000 men.
The Republic claims an area Of 632, ,S07
square miles.
The emancipation of slaves took place on
March "a, 1854.
The Constitution is modelled on that OF
the United States.
From 1850 until early in this century the
country was under Spanish domination.
The National Militia consists of all males
between the ages of eighteen and fortY-nve.
Tho coast OF Venezuela was the Nrst part
OF the American mainland sighted by Colum-
bus.
1t was not until 1S45 that the independence
OF the Republic was recognize by Spain in
the treatyOf Madrid.
Tho monetary system of Venezuela is that
Of the Latin convention, tho frame bcingrcp-
reSc nted by the bolivar.
Don GuZman Blanco was Dictator from
1870 until February 20. 1873. wncn he was
elected constitutional President.
In 1910 Venezuela rose against the Spanish
yoke, and in tho following year the indC-
pcnGcnce Of the territory was proclnimcd.
The pure whit" population is less than
three per cent. The vast majority OF tho
people are negroes, Indians. mutattocs and
EamOOs.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-12-27
Christmas COnfabs.

The best Christmas courtesy is the
mistletoe bough.
\ woman will never remember that
a little slipper goes long way.
The forbidden fruit on the Christ
mas tree tempts the small boy.
Santa Claus IS about the only per.
son who knows what the small boy
wants.
The Christmas stocking doesn't
come as smooth as the bathing suit
variety.
Santa Claus's favorite girl is the
one that gets engaged just before
Christmas.
The Christmas card is cheap yet
useful present, so long as you buy
tho kind without the date on u -
Judge.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-12-27
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS.

Alabama will erect large cotton
factory on the States convict farm and
operate it with convict labor.
Charles F. Mayer has been removed
as President of the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad Company.
Utah will be admitted to the Union
January 10th.
The president has rejected the coast
defense ram Katahdin, built by the
Bath, Me-, Iron Works. A bill has
been introduced in Congress to com
pensate the builders for their loss.
Speaker Reed announced his com
mittees on Saturday.
Nine indictments have been returned
against ex-City Attorney Moreland and
Assistant w. H. House, the defaulting
Pittsburg officials.
A Key West dispatch says that Cam
pos has been informed from Spain that
if he does not break the rebellion
quickly, Spain will be unable to bor-
row money to continue the war.
Harry Haywood, in his an nte- mortem
statement the night before his execu-
ton. confessed to three other murders
prior to the killing of Miss Cling, and
stated that he never got into trouble
until he began gambling and associat-
ing with counterfeiters.
The Washington correspondent Of
the Charleston News aud Courier wires
his paper that the Senate will insist
that the commissioners to investigate
the Venezuelan boundary line shall
be nominated to and confirmed by the
Senate, Instead of having them named
by the President without any check
whatever upon his selection.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-12-27
The CrematOrium.

The subject of cremation is Just now
receiving marked attention in Eng
lind. In densely populated districts
the disposal OF the dead is matter of
vital importance to the living. Es-
pecially is this so when the deaths arc
caused by contagious diseases. Spaces
that have been set apart for burial
grounds have become ovcrfull, and
there is no room for further inter-
merts. Shallow graves are a menace
to the living, and deep ones arc i'm
possible, from the very nature of
things. Cremation, or somo similar
way OF iisposing of the dead, is one
of the most important problems OF the
future New York Ledger.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-12-27
WEEKLY REVIEW OF TRADE.
The Message But Scarcely Affected
Business.

Dun Il Co, OF New York. in their weekly
review say Failures for two weeks OF De-
cember show liabilities OF SG,51O,4 ,45I against
s6S40, 4O1 last year. and $11 ,679 996 for the
same week so far OF the year.
The strong Americanism of the Presidents
message has given its character to the week
Popular leelinB was profoundly moved, but
excepting In stock and cotton markets bust
ness was remarkably dull aud scarcely af-
iected. Selling of securities held abroad was
natural first impulse though the sellers are
not unlikely In time to discover that no other
securities are safer from international COM
plications than American
Cotton has declined one-quarter and wheat
about cents. The markets in this country
do not act upon the theory that any inter-
ruption OF foreign relations is to be expect
ed. Coming ut u time when nearly all pro-
duce markets are inactive and Industries un-
usually dull, the disturbance has affected
values much less than might have been ex-
pected
Not because Of any foreign question. but
solely because Of influences which have been
In continuous operation for months, prices
OF manufactured goods continued TO decline
Prices OF iron and steel have fallen about 3
per cent. Tor the week and are now 3 per
cent. below their maximum. B.ssemer pig
and grey forge and most kinds OF finished
products having yielded more or loss Pur-
chases by the great steel com panies, it il now
evident. were much In excess OF their actual
consumption, and it IL believed that some
furnaces will have to suspend production. ~
the demand for manufactured products is too
small to support the output. estimated for
the year at 1887, 639 tons by the Pittsburc
American Manufacturer. Minor metals are
weaker
There Is no change Of importance in the
market Tor cotton goods. which is not active
enough to prevent some accumulation
Print cloths are shade weaker The mar
ket for wooden goods has not improved.
Sales of wool are mainly confined to i'm
mediate needs of manufacturers, who are
buying but little ahead. Tho imports of
wooden goods continue worry large, though
smaller than month ago.
The movement OF cotton continues com
parativcly small. but estimates of consump-
ton here and abroad begin to tako the place
in Il measure OF estimates OF yield, as mar
kets Tor goods are GENERALLY dull. There was
shade Of advance in the price until foreign
questions disturbed tho market but 1t closed
with a One-fourth decline.
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Foreign.


French papers are jubilant over Eng
lands dilemma.
A portion of the Barracks, Buenos
Ayres, collapsed Thursday with dis
astrous results. Twelve soldiers who
were in the building at the time were
killed and sixty were injured.
While the crew of the German ship
Athena, with cargo ofnaphtha, which
took fire, was being transferred to the
British ship Tafns, in the Atlantic, the
oil exploded and the captain and l3 of
the crew were killed.
The German steamship Spree, Cap.
tain Willigerode, from New York to
Bremen, is stranded on Warden
Ledge, Isle Of Wight, but will proba-
ably float at the next flood time. All
her passengers and mails have been
landed.
The Cuban insurgents have burned
millions Of dollars worth of sugar
fields in the district of Las Cruces,
Santo Domingo, Esperanza and Sagua
La Grande, in the province of Santa
Clara, on their way to the frontier of
the province of MntanZls.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-12-27
The Yule Log.

A custom at one time prevalent in
England, and still observed in somesof
the northern districts of the old coun-
try, is that Of placing an immense log
of wood-sometimes the root of Q
great tree-in the wide chimney place.
This log is often called the Yule clog,
and it was on Christmas Eve that it
was put on the wide hearth. Around
it would gather the entire family, and
it's entrance was the occasion of q
great deal of ceremony. There was
music and rejoicing, while the one au-
thorized to light it was obliged to
have clean hands.
1t was always lighted with brand
left over from the log of the previous
year, which had been carefully pre-
served for the purpose. A poet sings
of it in this W.
With las yeere's brand
nT'i.',.. Q new block, and
For good success in his spending,
On your psaltries play.
That sweet luck may
Come while tho log is n teending
The Yule log was supposed to be q
protection against evil spirits, and it
was considered bad omen if the fire
went out before the evening was over.
The family and guests used to seat
themselves in front of the brightly
burning fire, and many a story and
merry jest went round the happy
group.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-12-27
Washington.

Capt. Isaac Bassett, the veteran
assistant doorkeeper of the U. s. SEN
ate, died Mt his home in Washington
City on Wednesday evening.
There was an amusing colloquoy in
the q. S. Senate on Friday between
Senators Chandler and Tillman in
which the former ''got the laugh" on
the South Carolina Reformer.
The Senate in executive session on
Thursday confirmed the nominations
of Willis l.. Moore, to be chief of the
Weather Bureau and Wheelerock G..
Veazy, to be An Interstate commerce
commissioner
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-12-27
EcIIpskS FOR 1896.

There will b3 four eclips this year-two
of tho sun and two o; the moon--as follows:
l. An Annular eclipse OF the sun, February
18th; visible on the east coast of South
America. South Africa. and the southern At
lsntic and Antarctic regions. The eclipse
will return February OATH, 1914, when it will
still be annular and visible in the Antarctic
Ocean.
III. A partial eclipse OF the moon, February
2Sth; invisible In ths United States; visible
in Europe, Asia and Africa. This eclipse will
return March 10th, 1914, when 1t will be
larger and visible in North and South
America.
Ill. A total eclipse OF the sun. August 9th;
visible In Europe and northern Asia. The
total phase will be visible In Siberia and the
northern Japanese Island Eco. This eclipse
wilh seturn August Goth, 1914, being still
total, but visible In more northern regions
Nv, partial eclipse cf tho -" - August
23i; visible throH South
America. The &c ,E, w., ps upon tho
southern limb OF the neon, which passes
from west to east through the north limb Of
tho earth's shadow. This will cause the eclipse
to begin on the eastern limb ofthe moon when
at 1. At 2 the first six digitsy or one half o:
the moon, will be eclipsed; at 8 the middle
or greatest eclipse occurs;. at4 the last six
digits; and shows the moons position nj
time OF last contact with the earth g shadow.
This eclipse will return September 3d. 1914
when it will be larger and visible In Asia.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-12-27
am MAD.

am mad"
He hurled the offending mirror x
the floor. with all his force. There
was loud crash Of broken glass. and
Mister Percy Beckwith awoke-to dis
cover that he had upset and shattered
. richly decorated Japanese vase.
''Thst was horrible nightmare"
he said to himself few minutes later.
Then he packed his portmanteAu, left
the house, and took the very next
train for Balston-and his hearts
happiness.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-12-27
Northern News Notes.

The press feeders are on strike in
Cleveland, 0.
The strike of the Philadelphia I'm
ion Traction Company employees has
been declared off.
The Sheriff at Rockport, Ind, fired
on q mob who wanted u negro in the
Jail, and put it to fight.
By the bursting of a steam valve on
board the American line steamer st.
Paul at New York Wednesday morn
ing, five men were scalded to death
and five others were badly scslded.
The first and fourth assistant engineers
and two machinists are dead
Four of the injured men on the st.
Paul at New York died at differen.
times during the day, and night, We'd
nesd~- --I uenvriS 'nOW9 --.--L--
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-12-27
cHRIsrMAs DAY.


or all dear days is Christmas Day.
The dearest and the best;
Still In its dawn the angels sing
Thier song of peace and rest.
And yet the blessed Christ -Ohiid comes
And walks the shining way,
Which bhngs to simple earthly homo
l Heavens light on Christmas Day.
Then, deep in silent woods, the trees
The ,hemlook, pine, and Ar
Th.lll to the chilly winter breeze,
. and watt breath Of myrrh;
And far and near Kriss Kringle's bells
: Their airy music shake,
And dancing feet OF boys and girls
Asweeter joyance make.
The Christ-Cb came to Bethlehem,
TO Mary's happy breast,
And found within her brooding arms
warm encircling nest.
And many a tiny oherub child
IN mothers arms to-day
Smiles like the Christ, the undeflled.
On this dear Christmas Day.
The Christ -Child's mother dimly saw
The Gross In faint outline
Above the baby face that held
Her own In awe divine.
Thus over little cradle-beds
The sacred passion-nower
Its purple sign OF sorrow spreads
In loves most rapturous hour.
To Mary's feet the Wise Men brought
Their gifts Of gold and spice;
The "Gloria" swept the midnight skies
To greet her Pearl OF Price.
And down the ladder OF the stars,
Across the shining way.
The angels watched the Christ Child com,
That nrst dear Christmas Day.
o. all dear days is Christmas Day.
The very dearest dear,
The crown and clasp aud topmost sheaf
or all the joyful year.
Then dancing feet OF boys and girls
Go gayly to and fro.
Aud merry, merry Christmas" rings
In all the winds that blow.
Mrs Sangster. In Harper's Round Table
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Goals in the open CRATE. The Goals
seemed to glare at him, as though curl
ous of the cause of his depression.
sI'm ashamed of myself, aud ought
TO be horsewhipped for acting like a
cad; but it's too late now (heaves a
deep sighl, the damage is done Let
,~,vno.s.t r--> '"
...y 4,alston. Poor Agnes, when I
bade her goodbye, / really loved her
but then, we'll, she is only country
girl, with country manners, and it
would be a mistake for me to marry
her now. recall the day we parted
didn't she look pretty, though? BY
Jovel she was a sweet, pure, rustic
picture! And when kissed her, she
sobbed just little and wished me
good luck and whispered that she
loved me. All, we'll! those are sweet,
pathetic memories! Since coming to
New York nearly everything have
touched has turned into gold; but I
have grown rich too rapidly for my
own good.
''But she did care for me then, and
i acted like cad. It's too late now
but wish knew whether sho is
happy and WELL"
With these words, Mister Beckwith
kicked over velvet hassock, advanced
to the window, and presently returned
to his chair before the fire, at which
he gazed perple1edly.
"Pd give anything" he finally ex-
claimed, eff Il knew what would hap
pan within the next twentyfour
hours"
'Do you reallyt' he seemed to hear
2usica- voice at his elbow"
Mister Beckwlth was startled.
'I-I-I," he stalnmere,l, turning
his head slowly with u searching look
A woman stood beside him, AZ least
he thought SO. He rubbed his eyes,
pinched his arms, kicked his feet
against chair leg, to satisfy himself
that he was not dreaming. cat first
1 couldn't believe saw YOU" he ssid
apologetically.
"Was it because--I am only
Christmas fairy? You seem startled"
81 am, rather, you see. With oil
due respect to yourself, I have never
believed in ghosts or ssir:as. and that
sort of thing"
eff grant your wish, and permit
you to peep into the next twenty-four
nours, then will you believe-Yes?
Very we'll. You shall know what is to
happen within the next coming dur
nal round; but I must warn you that
no matter what you may do or say,
you cannot alter the course of events.
foH will be obliged to follow blindly
mnI implicitly. Look into the hand
glass aC your side
Ihcrenpon the fairy disarooared,
leaving Mr.. Bec.iwith more con,usot
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-12-27
Since Last Christmas.

"Give me pair Of your eighty
cent ladies' gloves, Furpelt. That's
all the Christmas present Pm going to
make this year"
'Is that SO? Why, last year you
bought $500 seaJskin cloak for some
body's Christmas.
"Yes. Those gloves are for the same
lady"
'Jove! Have times hit you so hard
as all that?"
ooh, no. We weren't married last
Christmas"
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-12-27
Christmas Weather Proverbs.

A light Christmas, heavy sheaf.
A warm Christians, q cold Easter.
A green Christmas makes fat
graveyard.
y wind on Xmas Day will bring
much fruit.
If ice will bear II man before Christ
mas 1T Will not bear IL man aftcrwari.
II Christmas huds bridge, he'll
break it; if he finds none, he'll! make
one.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-12-27
LATEST NEWS
In BRIEF.
GLEANINGs FROM MANY POINTS.
important Happenings, Both Home
and Foreign, Briefly Told.
Newsy Southern Notes.

Newsy southern Notes.
The National Christian Conference
met in the Moody tabernacle at Atlanta
Wednesday.
Twenty four miners lost their lives
Friday in the Nelson Mine, entry 10,
near Dayton, Tenn, by an explosion
Of fre damp.
At the Democratic convention at
Shreveport, La, Thursday Governor
Murphy j. Foster was re-nominated
for Governor without opposition.
There was fatal explosion of gas at
the Cumnock Coal mines in Chatham
county, N. O., on Thursday, in which
thirty-eight persons were killed.
At New Orleans Wednesday, Judge
Pardee, of the United States Circuit
Court, decided in favor of the constitu-
tionality of the sugar bounty act, and
against Comptroller Bowler.
Fire at Bowling Green, KY, early
Wednesday morning destroyed the
Christian and First Presbyterian
Churches and the residence of DR.. j.
N. Mccormack, president of the State
Board of Health. Loss $50. 900.
@. j. White, telegraph operator at
Hapeville, Ga, was shot Thursday by
some unknown party. He was seated
at the table and was sending message
to Macon, when bullet crashed
through the window and blinds of his
office and buried itself in his left arm.
The Georgia State Populist conven-
tion met in Atlanta Wednesday to elect
delegates to the national convention.
The reason it met before the national
convention was called was because of
the cheap rates to Atlanta. The usual
Populistic platform was adopted. Cox
ey was not allowed to address the
body. The convention favored up
holding the Monroe doctrine
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-12-27

MORNING STARS.
Mercury. from Feb. 8
to April 18; June 10
to July 81. and Oct.
8 to Nov. %.
Venus, until July 0.
Mars, until Sept. 1.
Jupiter, from Aug. IL
to Nov. so.
Saturn, until Feb. z
and after Nov. IS.
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AS OTHERS SEE US
A CHRISTMAS STORY.

~ - Aks = - - ~ -
Beckwith W a 8
despondent de-
spite the Yuletide
cheer that every
where surround
ed him. He sat
in his comforta-
BILE apartment
intently gazing
at the glowing
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Winter
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-10
MP 4NSFIELD'S WRATH.

Mr. Richard Mansfelds recent cooquy with
himself, ut Cincinnati, was conceted, rude. i'll
bred and foolish, but there Is a comic side TO
+, "Vbat is Irving" asked Mr. Mansfield
and himself responding 10 his inquiry, he re-
nliod. He Is no better actor than | am" This
recalls one Of the Peterborough anecdotes
Vow, my lords" said Lord Westmoreland, II
asked myself a question" Yes" said Ellen
borough. uncouSciously murmuring his thought.
and a id stupid answer you'd be sure 10
get TO it, Mr. Manslelds answer. however. Is.
doubtless, satisfactory 20 himself.
Persons who have observed and studied the
Stage for a longer period than Mr.. Mansfield
has lived would answer his question In very
different manucr. They would tell him that
Henry Irving il great actor-one OF the great
ost actors that have ever appeared, and the best
stage manager Of whom there Is any record in
the history IL the English Drama. They would
Nsiy. furthermore. that Mr. Irving Is not Only
better actor thln Mr. Mansfield, but SO much
a better actor that no comparison between ueh
&, for a moment possible. and that nobody but
Mr. Mansnal Id himself would think or making
r. They would add that Mr.. Irving, since he
leased the London Iyccum Theatre, has, per
hans done more than any man or our time 10
maintain n high standard IN dramatic matters
and 10 educate and advance the public taste
his sole rival in that good work being, not Rich
eI,l Mansfield. but AugustIn DAILY. And they
would take the liberty 10 mention that when
Mr. Mansfield stigma,izes Mr.. Irving rs "A
stage inountcbank," and As "A theatrical dipIo-
mat" whose professional conduct "savors OF the
actress who loses her diamonds once n year,
y. insults tho Intelligence Of the community ana
stulthcs his own
Explosions OF petty spite and silly wrath on
the mart OF Mr. Mansfield have become 100 Ire
ouent lie should be told. and he ought 10 re-
member. that II is equally unmanly ana sense
less for ANYBODY to growl and grlnble because
o,her neople do not accept him az his own vaiua-
ton Of himself The way 10 win admiration IS
:, deserve g. and 10 90 on deserving II wnetner
II Is accorded or not. Adler men than Mt
Mansfield have gone through this world, DONG
their best. and deserving fortune and homage,
and have died unrecognized and unrewarded
Mr. Mansdcld's rare abilities. on the contrary
have been acknowledged and applauded every
,vberc and the only thing that has ever stood IN
his WAY Is his inveteratc propensity To carp ana
snorl ut ohcr people. He cannot in1ure MT
Irving His hystcrical ebulluons only injure
himself When 1.-THE boys" in n Western settle
ment were riding a saphcaded young clergyman
ont az the place on a rail. the ringleader sum
married. the situation with one brief but ex-
pressive remark: we Amt aSn religion here,
he said. "but We do hate 10 see c'iSs spin H.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-10
IREN TON'S TIMMlNY.

News from the capital of Ncw,Jersey is Just
now mighty interesting reading The STATE
House investigating committee Is making rev
eloiions that far surpass all expectations. Ii
il shown that the management or tho State
House has been vertablc orgy of debaucheIy
and crime Public funds have been appropri-
otcd TO private uses on vast and shameless
scale Influential politicians have had their
houses and offices furnished at State expense.
Favored firms have collected bills for material
and services never rendered. Large sums "for
political purposes have been added to bills,
collected from the State, and divided among the
consplraiors. At the cost Of the State room
in the State House was fitted up a barroom
and stocked with liquors, and n bartender was
employed on n salary paid by the State, to
serve out grog TO the thirsty heelers who
thronged the place. And finally some two hun
dred pages, presumably bearing discriminating
items were cut ont OF the account books OF an
interested firm, and put out Of the way alto
gether I'VE found" significantly says the head
of the firm, 'ihe books mutated the day after
The election, November 1893, when the Repub-
'licans carried the State" Apparently the whole
round Of Tweed Ring rascality has been run
by these Trenton knaves
These disclosures shock the State But al
though they surpass expectation. they do not
greatly surprise those who have intclligently
observed the operations of the State House
Gang for the last ten years. Democracy In New
Jersey has long been Intimately and actively
associated with crime: not only with the grand
crimes of fraudulent elections and mal-legsla-
ton, but with the vulgar and commonplace
crimes OF bribery, forgery and everyday steal
ing The whole system OF government legis-
latve. executive and judicial, has been manipu-
lated and adapted to the purposes OF this I'M
clean alliance. And the desperate and revolu'
tionary attempt Of year ago to defeat the pop
uar will by fosting n fraudulent Legislature
upon the State to which attempt even the
respectable" Governor was made super
ofiicious party, clearly indicated how much the
. ringsters had at stake. how much they had to