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Horses. Horses.
AT PUBLIC AUCTION
8. BENSINGER, AUCTIONEER
HORSE AND CARRIAGE BAZAAR

8. BENSINGEK, AUCTIUNEER,
WASHINGTON HORSE AND CARRIAGE BAZAAR
NO. $40 LA. AVE
PEREMPToRY SALE OF. IS HEAD OF HORSES
AND MARES,
SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL SIXTH at TEN
O'CLOCK, will be sold, within the Bazaar 65 head
Of Horses and Mares. In this lot are some line
young and sound Virginia Horses and Mares and
without reserve. We invite dealers, shippers,
farmers and all parties that want stock for any
purpose to attend this PEREMFTORY SAFE
ap4-2t 8. BENSlNGE.t, Auctioneer
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t he Rental Term

OF the Electropoise gives ample opportunity to
prove its good work. An immediate change for
the better is apparent Try it for any Of your Ills
INFORMATION FREE.
John N. Webb,
z2S nth st. N. w.
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o, q. SLOAN & CO., AUCTIONEERS, 14U7 q ST
Successors to Latilrer & Sloan.)
Fine Home at Auction,
Being that valuable
Residence
No. 1888 Mass. Ave. m. W.,
containing 16 rooms
and 2 bath rooms.
Also a two=story brick
Stable i'm tine rear.

By direction of the owner, we will sell. at public
auction, in front of the premises on TrESDA4;
O'CLOCK PM, that valuable home, NO. 1888
MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE NORTHWEST, being
the west IS IS feet of lot Is, in square No. %.
The lot is about 100 feet deep to alley, and ia
entirely covered by the residence and stable.
The house is a handsome three-story and base
ment brick, with sixteen comfortable rooms, two
bath rooms, fine plumbing Throughout, etc.
The stable, two-story brick, will accommodate
four hoses; also has carriage facilities
The property has south front. and, being in one
of our best and most accessible neghborhOods,
makes it valuable and desirable home.
Terms: The purchaser will assume trust OF
IS 600. due in about two years; one-half the bal
ance In cash and the residue in one year from day
Of sale with interest. and secured by deed OF
cording at purchasers cost. deposit of $500 will
be required at time of sale.
mh2l dts c. G. SLOAN & CO., Auctioneers.
UOWING TO THE RAIN THE ABOVE SALE
is postponed until TUESDAY, APRIL NINTH, 1sso.
s' a's-dts C. G. SLOAN & CO., Aucts.
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RADCLIFFE, DARR & CO.. AUCTIoNEERS

NATHL WILSON. Attorney for Party Secured
No. CD ga street NV. mice eod&ds
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AUCTION SALES.
TOMORROW.
WALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO.. AUCTIoNEERs

WALTER B. WILLIAMS e. CO., AUcrIoNEERs.
BEAUTIFUL PLANTS IN FLOWER, FROM JOHN
SAulI'S NURSERY, VIZ: AzALEAS, CINERA-
HAS, HOSES sc, Also PALMS AND OTHER
DECORATIVE PLANTS
On FRIDAY, APRIL FIFTH, AT ELEVEN
O'CLOCK An, AND FOUR O'CLOCK PM, we
Will sell within our sales room, corner 10th and
Pennsylvania avenue northwest.
1t WALTER b. WILLIAMS & CO., Aucts.
DAVID N. LEA & CO., AUCTIONEERs,
225 PA. AVE NV.
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THOMAS BOWLING & CO., AUCroNEERs.
612 st, NV.

CLARENCE A. BRANDENBURG, Attorney.
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G. G. SLOAN & CO., AUCTIONEERS, l4O7 q ST
Successors to Latimer Il Sloan)
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TRUSTEES SALE OF DESIRABLE RESIDENCE
PROPERTY ON MADISON SWEET NEAR
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WALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO.. Auetioneers.

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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-08-23
SIAMESE TWINS.
Their Descendants Still Live IL Surry
County, North Carolina

few miles from Mt. Airy, N c., were the
homes of the famous Siamese twins, Eng
and Chang. who were born In Siam, Of
Chinese parents in 1911, writes Kentuckian
to the Flemingsburg, KY, Times-Democrat.
These twins travelled all over the world In
charge OF their manager and protector Mr..
Bunker, whose name they finally assumed.
They came at last into Surry county, sight
seeing, they declared it was the grandest
country they had ever seen, and having al.
ready made d decent fortune they decided to
buy property and settle permanently in
Surry. They met aud fell in love with Miss
Adelaide Yates, Of Wilkes, an adjoining coun-
~. Miss Yates was in an awkward predca-
ment, beloved by both, but neither could tell
OF his affection without the other hearing It.
FINALLY the matter was settled by Miss Salllo
Yates, sister OF Miss Adelaide. consenting
TO become the bride Of one and Miss Adelaide
the other. The parents of the Misses Yates
strenuouSiy objected to the double marriage,
but the young ladies were not to be deferred,
80 they eloped, met their lovers on the bank
OF little stream on the roadside near their
home, and, preacher being present, they
were quietly married. The two couples set
tied within two miles of Mt. Airy, and for
several years lived together. Owing to do
nestle quarres, however, two homes were
found necessary and each huilt n comfortable
home. They lived alternate weeks at each
others homes, and each raised large
family OF children, several of whom still live
and are among tho most prosperous and
highly respected people in Surry county.
They were probably the most wonderful OF
all human phenomena, they lived to an ad-
vanced age and were clever, law abiding
men. 1t is said that they would sometimes
have their little quarrels. and would threaten
to kick each other over the fence. In 1874 Eng,
who had been in failing health, died very
suddenly. Indeed. ON awakening one morn
ing, his brother, Chang, found that Eng had
died during the night. Physicians were
summoned, but before they arrived Chang
had died, and they were buried as they had
lived, side by side.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-08-23
A 1S to I Snake.

From Valdosta, Ga, comes tho following
snake story: The strange looking serpent
that was seen by party OF deer hunters
over in the fork Of Brier Crock and Sayan-
nah River last winter has bosn Stsn again.
On account Of the description given Of it ut
first it il known as the silver serpent. Its
scales were white. and gistcncd in the sun
like shining silver IL Is said to be- anywhere
from fifteen to twenty-feet long. and IS gem
orally seen in trees. The two fishermen who
last saw it say that its body has grown dar-
ker, but they declare that its head was so
dazzling rs to hurt the eye. Its neck was
archcd over the limb Of n tree. and as the
rays of the morning sun fell upon It, they
counted sixteen shining silver scales upon
its head. and to make it stranger and moro
gorgeous still right in the centre Of these
they saw single scale Of yellow east that
shone and glittercd like FURNISHED gold"
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-08-23
Simian Familiarity.

A very pretty girl had an exper1.
ence with three OF the monkeys in
Schmidt's bird store on the avenue
yesterday that has given her IL better
insight into monkey nature than she
possessed before.
In her left hand sne was holding
.ifty-cent bunch o. violets and her
pocketbook and on her head she wors
dashinG GainesbOro hat with ostrich
plumes. Two Of the monkeys were in
n cage on line with the top Of the
nat and the third was in II cage by
himself below, where she had ouly to
reach ont her right hand to touch
him. The girl loves monkeys and all
three OF the monkey US seemed to take to
her as naturally as though they had
known her II long time. Just rs tha
monkey III the cage by himsel clutched
the buncA of vio.cts and the pocket.
book, the couple III the upper story
snatched the hat. IL came oil, hat,
pins, veil and ali, and came with such
remarkable suddcnncss thet she
grabbed her Jacket for fear that would
go the same way.
When The monkeys surrendered to
millinery the hatpins were bent double
Gnd the inside Of tue cage was SO
Al "a l..
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fJ creeping back into It's chrysalis.
ell miss my father, she said, and
her lip quivered.
But her husbands arm ciasped her,
and the pressure of his own lips quiet
ed the sob.
"But even" she said presently, elf
he rever forgives us, or comes to see
us, and if poor Bah should never come
down here and learn what it is to live,
+ shall be sure, l shall be sure. my
dear, tnas love is best l"-Courier-
Journa,
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POPULAR SCIENCE.

ho SiooS W
Ocean teiegraphic cables cost about
$1,000 per mile.
Mail bags can now be taken on and
delivered from trains running at sixty
miles an hour.
1t costs less than four per cent. to
get the gold out Of the independence
mine on Cripple Creek, Colorado.
Rich finds of nickel ore have been
made in Alaska by members Of the
Government mineral commission now
there.
The highest temperature in the
world is recorded in the great desert
of Africa, where the thermometer
often marks $50 degrees Fahrenheit.
One of the curious facts but recent
ly noted by the biologists and pnysiol-
ogists is that men have more red cor
puscles in their blood than women
have.
by which tecaycd teeth can be stopped
with aluminium. Dentists have un.
successfully experimental with this
metal for years.
Eau Claire, Wis, now gets it's tele.
phones for $50 for stores aud S2l sor
private houses. These rates cover onlya
given number of calls per month, and
any excess is charged at ten cents per
call.
1t has been found that the growth
of lettuce subjected to the rays of the
electric light is considerably fastened,
but unfortunately the operation OF
the electric light on other useful
plants is not uniform.
The paper cables used in insulating
electric wires in Chicago are made bv
wrapping strips Cf manila paper
around the wire and coating it with
rosin and rosin oil. When sheathed
i'll lead pipe these cables are said to be
highly satisfactory.
Professor Hunicke, Of Washington
University. st. Louis, says he has dis
covered a process by which he claims
$40, 900 worth of gold can be obtained
from sea water at cost of 81, every
ton of water yielding from two to four
cents worth of gold.
Alfred G. Lane writes that ten miles
above the earth the cold is far below
zero. while ten miles below the sur.
face everything is red hot. This lat
ter Is not so certain. 1t is thought ny
some that the heat Of the earth may Do
wholly due so absorpt on from the
sun, and so may decrease after GER
tain depth has been reached.
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a. their huge sleeves and illimit-
able skirts allowed, and slipped their
Assam-Pekoe between the bursts of
confidence proper to the half-hour.
They had discussed til e reigning tenor.
touched delicately on the last scandal.
and were now busy with Jack Rod
ney's name and money. Alas he had
no money. A decision of the court
had given his great inheritance to an
other heir, and then he had gone into
Wall street and been caught on the
wrong side Of the market.
81 can't picture it," said Sally Lit
tlejohn, balancing her little gold
spoon. "What will become of him :?
The spoiled darling! Why. he will
have to go to work.
Work. said Julia Montresor.
."With those aristocratic Lands! What
sort of work?"
Poor Jack !" said Arabella. "He
wouldn't know himself out of his hab-
its. How is he to go without his
horses, his club, the opera, his Lon
don tailor?'
81 don't believe he will try to-, said
Felicia.
"Why, what will he do?"
''The only thing he can do-stop
living"
sob, Babi How horrid OF you I,
Jack Rodney, the dear, splendid fell
low Has any one seen him? Iwon-
der whai be- is doing n9w," said Sally.
"Walking on his uppers, don't they
call it?" said Bah.
''Such a shame! And he has lent
ana given away fortune to other
people. He never seemed to care
about money"
"No, indeed; | suppose he has
dropped modest fortune in cards be-
fore this
"Why, Bah with the poor fellow
in such n strait. He only does what
all the other men do"
"And he does great deal they
don't do, said Arabela. Every one
else was letting Will de Luys reap
what he sowed, but Jack made good
oil the mlsappropriation- isn't that
the new tel m ?--and gave Will fresh
start. And if 1T was Jacks yacht that
went cruising up the Mediterranean
and mad Princes on board for guests,
1T was his steamer that took those
children from Seven Alleys down the
haroor every afternoon all the hot
summer"
"4ou always hai \ specific talent
for turning Al telescope on microscopic
subjects, said Bah.
"No, thanks, don't drink another
drop Of your ten, Felicia, though de .
clare 1T does put the spirit in you,"
said Julia. "Well, just one cup
lemon'.-ycs, rs Fei!,ia's ewele hand
suspended the su gar 'Wuat per.
fectly lovely cup. Did YOU know that
one OF Dolly Van Veus engagement
cups was tiny thing .; gold, crusted
with perldots?"
"No :"
"Anl VINO DO you tulnk gave it to
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-08-23
IN THE MEADOW.

Alittle song OF sunshine,
OF daisies and blue skyi
Alone upon the meadow sea
A little ship was L.
The waves Of grass and daisies
Around my passage pressed.
The meadow-rue her silvery foam
Tossed up against my breast.
The butterflies we're fitting,
The bobolinks In tune,
1steered for upland reefs that bore
Red berries ripe with June.
My blue and shady bonnet
Was all my Tutoring sail.
My singing heart was all my crew,
My gladness was tho gale.
Along the near horizon
The grasses dipped in sky,
Before me, as I voyaSed up,
The summer-clouds went by,
And oh, those breaths Of gladness
My very being stirred!
/ could have leapt into that blus
Like any winged bird
All, me! once more to voyage,
My merry crew and I.
A little ship so weather-beat
With summer and blue sky!
To voyage DER the meadow-sea
AS in the years gone by!
A little song of sunshine
OF daisies and blue sky.
Irene Putnam, in Youths COMPANION.
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USK had come in
the drawing-room,
but the lamps we're
not yet lighted,
and the young wo-
men in the pictur-
esque hats cluster
Co round the little
tea table as closel y
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All Drowned.

At noon Wednesday at Kicl. nine work.
n"n employed in the Gcrmania dock Yards
fell into the harbor from n landing stage and
drowned before assistance could reach them.
How they all came to fall overheard has not
yet been aScertaincd.
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o"iuo-ahu tnere WAS nOkaluy lOr ms
to ssy-to you, who have LAIN in the
lilies and fed on the roses of life. I
whose part was the husks"
''Yes, I knew it, or could no. have
come, she replied, and she moved
away from him, going about the room,
and pausing at the curtainless window
place, where the moonlight lay upon
her, pale and impassioned.
'Don't make it so harI for me !"
he exclaimed. "Au hour ago it was
the darkness Of despair. L Wa, going
to bury myself in that ranch with its
bunch of cattle, the one thing left me,
as if it were grave. Now L shall go
out into that new life radiant with
this happy knowledge and my hope.
And even If 1 should never prosper
enough to come foryou, he said after
moment, taking step toward her,
elf you should weary in the long wait
ing and give some other mau the love
have won-well, could bear it, per-
haps, remembering and living agsin
in this nights Joy"
"Some other man !" she exclaimed,
unclaspiug his arms and looking for
the hat and jacket that had been
thrown aside. II am going with you.
Jack. II you can live summer and
winter in tent in Texas L can, too
I have the fit clothes in that parcel. 1
have my jewels here. They were my
mothers and are mine, and have the
right to take them, and their price
will hinder my being burden"
ga burden Oh, Felicia, if might,
if dared"
"You will have to-" sail Felicia,
calmly. "The Church of Blessing is
round the corner, AMI the rector is
my friend. Jack, you made me pro.
pose to you. 1 shouldn't think you
would make me ask you 30 marry
mel"
Standing there in the moonlight,
adjusting her disordered hair, she was
too beautiful, too sweet and tender
for mortal man to resist.
"The train. leaves at midnight, he
said. There is hut scant time Oh,
my darling, if you should repent
If Oh, you must, you will"
"Never said Felicia. And then,
lip to lip and heart to heart, they lin.
gered one moment before they vent
out together.
1t was year afterward that Felicia
sat one night in the refulgent moon.
light of the high prairie after day of
heat, tempered by the great Grill
breeze blowing over three hundred
miles of flowers.
care you sorry me?" she said.
"Are you?'
''Do you know it seems to me pre-
cisely as if we were living on an
outski1t of the Holy Land. with Gocks
and herds, and the fig and pomegran-
ate and the tender grape giving
good smell?" she said.
"Precisely. And the fiocks and
herds are prospering so that we shall
have 30 take counsel of the prophet.
Wasn't it Isaiah that said: Enlarge
the place of thy tent, and let them
stretch forth the curtains of thy habi-
tation; spare not, lengthen thy cords,
strengthen thy stakes?' Col. Upshur
lived In tent over yonder for dozen
years. But we may build our house
next year, I fancy"
with roses lying on the low -oof
and night blooming cereus Chamber
ing across the gallery, like some of
the houses in the old Spanish town
there. ! don'5 know, but I like this
better, though-the lovely freedom Of
IT.. Oh, We never liveI before"
Are YOU sure You never regret?"
he asked.
"Regret! Well, con- I shoui!
Ike to have heard Bah rea | out our
marriage notice ut break kfnst-and Bah
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LOVE IS BEST.

BY HARRIET PRESCOTT spoFroRp.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-08-23

The German potato crop win probably b
a failure. owing to the continued rains.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-08

the same force which draws one ton on muddy earth road will draw four tons
 on hard macadam road. On the im-
 proved roads of New Jersey loads of
 four to five tons are habitually drawn
 by two-horse team. This effects a saving of fully three-fourths of the cost of hauling to the station, and re- duces the cost of road transportation from thirty cents to seven and one-half cents per ton per mile, What this saw ing amounts to may be imagined when it is known that the New York Central railroad carries nearly 2O,000,000 tons of way freight in a year. If this Is hauled only two miles by road, to or from the station, and a saving of twenty-two and one-half cents per ton per mile could be effected, it would mean a to- tai saving of $9,00OOOO.
 Think what could be saved by inn proving the wretohed roads of Connect icut. A writer in Rarper's Weekly tru- ly says that "the question of roads in many of our agricultural communities is question of farming at a loss or at a profit" And when to the money prof it of good roads is added the increase they bring in convenience, ease of tray el and general comfort it can be easily seen that they are well worth having. The legislature of this State should make law that will give the long needed improvement start and pro vide for it's systematic continuance.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-08

ging and all that sort of thing before putting on the jacket.
 The outing dress with jacket bodice is going to take the form suggested by this picture for the coming summer. The godet skirt is very full and the bodice has a short ripple basque with two tiny pockets in the fronts and the regulation revers with turn down col lar. The vest of the dress material forms big box pleat in the centre with several tucks at the top on either side of the centre pleat. If desired the vest can be of silk with stock collar, and for warmer days a shirt waist can be sub stituted.
 Tan shoes are the best for all but house and dress wear They come made of flexible leather in all soft and delicate shades. The bright yellow tan is seen only in the very common shoe and bears no resemblance to the better tan" These correct light shoes cost more than a patent leather to begin with, but then they wear beautifully, while everyone knows that patent leather does mot wear at all unless it wants to, and it seldom wants to. It is unwise to invest in a pair of those pretty hunting shoes with their fancy lace unless it is intended to wear a skirt that reaches only to the top of them. Otherwise the lacing hooks that add so much to the looks of the boot will play havoc with the underside of the skirt. FLORETTE.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-08
Two Irish Anecdotes.

We have so often laughed at Pat for his droll errors of speech that 1t is pleasant to laugh with him occasional ly at the expense of some one else. It is possible to do this when we recall the old tale of the Yankee and the Irish man, who were riding along a country road together, when they came to a gall lows.
 See that. Pat?" said the Yankee, with smile. Where would you be if the gallows had it's due?"
 "Rioding alone" said Pat, quietly.
 Another funny tale is told of a rather idle Irish boy on board man-of-war. It was very difficult to keep him at work, and the boatswain who had charge of him was much annoyed by the boys laziness. Seeing him on the maintop one morning, gazing idly out at the sea, the boatswain called out to him:
 Come down out of that, ye rascal! Come down out of that, an Ofll give yez a dozen whacks wid me rope"
 Faith, sorr," replied the boy, "Oi wouldn't come down if ye offered me two dozen"-Harper's Young People.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-08
How Our Universities Encourage Gam
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bling.
 In order that the present epidemic of betting, and the increase of the more
 demoralizing forms of gambling, may
 be effectually checked something more
 is needed than even a vigorous legal
 quarantine of community against the
 sources of this moral contagion I have it on good authority that children have been taught to play policy on their way
 to and from the public school Some
 primary lessons in the ethics of betting
 might form a profitable part of the ed
 ucation which the state provides for the
 children of the people. The preparato-
 ry schools and colleges also have made
 large contributions to the practice of
 betting through their athletic games. Our leading universities in this respect have moral obligations to discharge to the community which they seem singu- larly backward in fulfilling; that uni yersity which shall be the first to find it's voice on this subject, and to speak with something of the old-time moral power which formerly characterized our New England colleges, will find the reward of it's moral courage in the re- sponse which it will awaken in the con- science of the whole country. But, as matters stand, our colleges and univer- sities, by their silence and inaction in this respect, seem to be contributing, indirectly if not directly, to one of the most ruinous habits prevalent among the youth of the land. Our colleges owe 1t to themselves, and to the youth of the country, as well as to their most loyal alumni and friends, to become at once protestants and reformers in this field. No possible material prosperity can compensate for the loss of moral tone and vigor at our great educational cen tres. It would not be profitable if any New England college should gain a whole world of wealth, endowments and students, and lose it's own soul Admi- ration for,our modern Hercules becomes questionable when it tempts the higher education to serve the spectacular The growing demand therefore, of the community upon our colleges for plain speaking and effective teaching con- cerning the ethics of betting, accom- panied by some restrictive discipline, is a demand justified by the facts in the case. The press, likewise and the pull pit may be instrumental in provoking a much-needed and effective popular discussion of gambling, especially in it's local forms and immunities.-The Rev Newman Smyth in the Forum,