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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-08-09
"A Farmer Kills his Wife and Daughter
and then Shoots his Had la

Henry Bradshaw, farmer, living sixteen
miles west OF Paris. Texas, who has been in
bad health for some time, entered his house
with a shotgun the other evening and shot
his wife in the back as she was at work in
tho Kitchen. He then shot his four-year- old
daughter, who was in another ROOM The
charge struck her in the head and literally
blew it of. Bradshaw then reloaded his
gun, went into the sitting room, and laying
down on the floor. placed the gun in his
mouth, pushed the trigger with the result of
almost deca apitating himself. No other mo-
tive for the terrible deed can be given except
Bradshaw had grown weary of living and
did not want to leave his wife and child.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-08-09
a VICTORY FOR LABOR.
The Wages of 100, 900 Miners to be In
creased After Octobcri.

CreHStu hlItr cctDDcr 4.
The biggest victory ever made by Crg@IiH-
ed labor was won Saturday in Ph:sburg, Pa.
oy the miners. Almost every demand was
granted and the operators gave written
guarantee for their fulhllment OF the con-
tract. The papers were signed tonight
which increase the wages of 100000 miners
Pennsylvania, Ohio. Indiana and Illinois.
The terms are that the present rate Of
wages shall continue in force until October
|, when every operator in the PIttsburg dis
riGt will pay the siXty-ninc cent rate with a
iTerential Of five cents in favor OF opera
tors who do not have company stores. The
agreement further provides for another ad-
rance on January !. 1t is understood that
The rate will then he made 70 cents.
The MingO iron aud Steel Company, Min
20 junction. o., aso signed the Amalgamat-
sd scale foe the 200 men in the steel plant
The scale for The iron mill which employs
500 men was signed some time ago.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-08-09
Three Bows Killed

J. Waters Blundon, aged 13 years. 7. q,
Brown. 10 years old, and Charles T.. LyneI
10 years old, were killed near Riverdale Per.
station. several miles from Washington q;
the B. o. II. II. The youngsters were walkin,
on the north-bound track. To avoid an a,
preaching train the BOYS stepped ON II
south-bound track, directly In front of 10,
moving "Royal Blue express train. Al,
ehroe wero Instantly killed, their bodies
being fri0htfxhy mangled.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-08-09
Observation-Disclosures.

State Convention Met at jackson.
Nearly Every County Represented.
Tho Popuiists met in convention at the
capitol at Jackson. Miss. Nearly every coun-
ty in The state wasrepresented.
The convention nominated Hon. Frank
Burktt for governor and 4 full state ticket.
Fortysrven counties were represented by
l22 delegates. sresolution arraigning the
democrats for the treasury defalcation and
severely criticising the democracy was passed.
The platform demanded economy and de-
clar"s for the free coinage OF silver at the
ratio Of lG to / without international agree
M"nt. II was the largest and most enthu-
sia>t" convention i'll opposition to demo-
since the war.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-08-09
Three BOYS Killed.

oo. waters Biundon, aged Is years. J. Gup
Brown. Is years old, and Charles r. Lynch.
10 years old, were killed near Riverdale PARK
station: several miles from Washington on
inc b: .. II; II. The youngsters were walking
preaching train the bows stenncd ON The
south-oound track, directly in front of a fast
moving Royal Blue" express train. All
three were instantly killed, their bodies
being frightfully mangled. >H' ''N'''
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-08-09
THE MARKETS.
NEW YORK COTTON FUTURES.

NEW YORK COTTON FUTURES.
Cotton firm. Middling uplands 7L;.
middling ;oo gulf, tx. Futures steady.
August. =. 6 94@95 December. .71O@11
September &c 9709S January n 15016
October ~ 0l0D02 February z 20821
November. Z 05t006 March ..... Z 256D26
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.
Middling 3 1916 Sales ., 900. Futures quiet
Jan. & Feb. 3 OF Aug. & Sept. 8 44645
Feb. & March. 3 52@53 Sept. & Oct. 8 46
Mich. & April. 3 5000 Oct. d Nov. 80 47CO48
Apr. & May. 3 55 Nov. e. Dec. 3 486D49
August. .......3 8 44(045 Dec. & Jan. 8 496O5O
CHICAGO DRAIN AND PRODUCE.
WHEAT Aug 49,. G71I Sept. ...... 67%
CORN Aug 80. 42% Sept. 41MI
OATS Aug ...- 22Ss Sept. AK
PORK Sept. .... 965 Jan. 10 32IS
lard Sept. 80. 12% Oct. .... 6071[
aIDS- Sept .... 921s Oct. ..... 80
HOME COTTON MARKETS.
cigh. lotte. umbia lesion
Good middling. .7I TAO Tx 6 I-l6
Strict middling g.......7I 7.25 63I 69<
Middling g..............7H 7.15 OK OK
Strict low middling. GX COS 6T 6L
Low middling g.........696 6.95 Sic 6 SIG
TingeS. S................6L 6M
Clean stains. ..........G 5
Deep stains and blues So
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-11-01

During a session of the territorial leg
islature of Montana, held more than 30
years ago, a measure was introduced
which appeared to some people to in
volve serious constitutional questions.
One man, who was supposed to possess
great oratorical powers, declaimed fierce
ly against the measure, claiming that it
was clearly in opposition to the great
principles Of Magma Charta, which the
brave barons in days of old had wrested
from King John, a blessed result of a
bloody conflict.
A lawyer, more famed for his sturdy
common sense than for erudition, rose
Immediately to reply to this burst Of
fiery eloquence, evidently bent on max
ing it clear that lie for one was not TO
be overcome by high pounding words or
obscure illusions.
Its of mighty little Importance
what the opinions of King John and his
man Mccarthy were, q" he announced
firmly, adding that it was high time for
legislative bodies of Montana to think
and act for themselves without any refer
ence to the principles which governed
the remote authorities quoted by his
colleague.
The first orators speech had made
some impression, but the retort was re
ceiyed with the enthusiasm which it
deserved, and it was owing to his in
fluenee rather than that of his more
brilliant predecessor that the measure
was defeated Youths Companion.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-11-01
COLLEGE GIRLS AND MARRIAGE.
Bits of Confession That Throw a Light on
the Question.

/ have no doubt that the remaining
cause of the low marriage rate is that
many men dislike intellectual women
whether because such women me really
disagreoable or because men s taste il at
fault 1 shall not try TO determine. And
even among those who like them as
friends many feel as the young man did
who made this confession:
II never expected to marry the sort Of
girl did. You know ] always believed
i'll intellectual equality and all that
and had good friendships with the col
lege girls But you see, you girls hadn t
any illusions about us. After you had
seen us hanging at the board ON problems
you cbuld work and had taken the same
degrees yourselves, you couldn' imagine
us wonders just because we had gone
through college, and when l met a dear
little girl that Thought | knew every
thing-why, it just keeled me right
over. twas feeling l had no idea Of. "
And the college woman answered:
81 will betray something to you. Lots
of us are just as unrefOrmed as you We
want Just as much to look up to cur hus-
bands as you want to be looked up to.
Only of course the more we know the
harder it is to find somebody to meet the
want. Probably the equal marriage is
really the ideal one, and everybody will
come to prefer it some day. But per
sonally like men to be superior to me
Only I'll tell you what l don't like in
them-the wish to keep ahead Of us by
holding us back, like spoiled children
that want to be given the game and
then admired for their skill If men
would encourage us to do our very best,
and then do still better themselves, it
ought to be good for civilization. -
1.-THE Marriage Rate of College Wom-
en-, by Milicent W. Shinn, in Century.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-11-01
FAMOUS POLITICAL PHRASE.
Used In Different Forms by Lincoln, The
odore Parker and Webster.


In a letter headed mot Lincoln's
Own Words, a correspondent points
out that the words government of the
people, by the people, for the people, "
in the famous Gettysburg address were
not original with Lincoln. He attempts
to further show that they were original
with Henry Wilson, and were quoted by
Lincoln from letter written in 1860
by Wilson to certain persons in Boston
In a speech delivered at the New
England antislavery convention, Boston,
May 80, 1850, by Theodore Parker, may
be found the expression "a government
# all the people, by all the people, for
Ill the people, the exact language,
with the exception of one word, Of that
ascribed to Wilson and employed by
Lincoln. But still further back bxd the
same idea been expressed in substantial
ly the same way by Daniel elsWebster in
one of his most splendid16ratorical ef-
forts, whose every phrase was familiar
to all patriotic Americans long before
Parker uttered his speech or Wilson
wrote his letter. In his second speech
on Foot's resolution, Jan. 26, 1880,
Webster used these words, "The peoples
government, made for the people, made
by the people and answerable TO the
people.
The phrase discussed belongs no more
to Wilson than to Lincoln. The words
can no more be said to have been
quoted by Lincoln from Wilson than
from Parker or Webster. Lincoln was
familiar with the writings and speeches
Of Parker. He had probably ngSer seen
this particular letter of Wilsons That
his language should be exactly the same
as that of the latter was a coincidence,
but probably nothing more The phrase
was merely the expression, in the sim
plest, most direct language, Of the glo-
rious yet popular and familiar idea Of
the constitution and object of cur form
Of government, The expression cannot
be ascribed to any one man. Lincoln
does not give the statement as a positive
declaration-as new coined phrase in
tended to add to his laurels as a public
speaker, but uses the words as descrip,
tive of our government in uttering the
resolve that it 'shall not perish from
the earth. "
That some words of the speech had
been said before does not detract from
the beauty or grandeur of Lincoln's S ad,
dress as whole, His speech, which has
been declared to be the greatest in the
records Of oratory of our own on any
other country, was so not because il was
the labored and polished effort of a
practiced orator, but because of the
greatness of the man, as a man, who
uttered it.-Washington Star
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-11-01
AT A TENEMENT WINDOW.

Sometimes my needle stops with half drawn
thread
mot often, though. Each moments waste
means bread,
And missing stitches leave the little mouths
unfcd.)
{ look down on the dingy court below.
A tuft Of grass is all it has 10 show,
A broken pump where thirsty children go.
Above there shines n bit Of sky small
That IL might be passing hluerird's wing.
Ono tree leans up against the high brick wall,
And there the sparrows twitter of the sprinv
Until they walSen in my heart cry
Df hunger that no bread can satisfy.
Always before when May time took her way
Across the fields followed close. Today
can but dream Of all her bright array.
! v work drops down Across the sill lean
!. nd long with bitter longing for unseen
Lain freshened paths where budding woods
grow green.
The water tIickles from the pump below
Upun the stones. with eyes half shut hear
it falling in n pool where rushcs grow
And feel cooling presence drawing near.
And now the sparrows chirp again No, bark
A singing rs OF some far meadow lark
It Is the same old miracle applied
Unto myself, that on the mountain side
The few small loavcs and fishes multiplied.
Behold how strange and sweet the mystery
rho birds, the broken pump, the gnarlcd tree
Have brought the fulncss Of the spring to me
For in the leaves that rustic by the wall
All forests find tongue. And SO that grass
Can with its struggling tuft Of green recall
Wide bloom filled meadows whore the cnttl,
pass.
How il can be but dimly divine
These crumbs, God given, make the whole loaf
mine.
Annie F. Johnston in Youths Companion
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-11-01

Harmless Monster That Feeds Uadel
Water on Grasses.


The manatee belongs to a mammalian
order called sirenia, or seacows, which
contains only three spccies-our mana
tee, that Of west Africa and the dugonp
of Australia. As its clumsy form sug-
gcsts, it is an animal of quiet and even
sluggish habits, entirely harmless and
easily taken when once its haunts are
known. When at home, its food consists
# tender aquatic plants and grasses, al
Eays eaten under water, and its presence
Is generally revealed by the bits Of bro
len stems and grass which escape and
oat TO the surface above where il is
l-eding.
In captivity it feeds on cabbage, let
lace, the leaves Of the Gamma, celery
tops, watercress, spinach, and also Ger
tain kinds Of ocean seaweed In the St.
Lucie river its favorite food is a luxuri-
ant, trailing aquatic grass, called man
atec grass, in which the manatee finds
not only good food, but good hiding
places from its human enemies
The bones Of this animal me massive,
solid and quite heavy (some hunters
will tell you its bones are solid ivory },
and its skin is as thick and tough as
that Of hippopotamus. l have seen
very good canes made Of strips of man
aztec skin, twisted like lightning rod
and dried, Its flesh is very good, and,
to me, it tastes quite like lean pork.
Curiuusly enough, this strange creature
actually sheds its outer skin every year,
as does Il serpent. The living specimens
that from time to time have been cap
turCd and kept for exhibition in Deme-
rara, Philadelphia, New York and Lon,
don have in all cases been Of small ol
medium size, varying in length from 4
to feet. The one which was shown in
the Genital park menagerie in 1878 was
Q feet Q inches in length and weighed
450 pounds w. r. Hornaday in st.
Nicholas.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-11-01

1t is evident by many straws noticed
in a general reading Of periodical and
newspaper literature that the next fad
of the dietists is to be nuts. All the
scientific cooking and health food au-
thorities are urging with increasing per.
sistence the value of this natural food
and giving receipts for various nut
flours, from which different varieties Of
bread cake may be made that are nutri-
tious and Of medicinal value in certain
ailments And now we learn that "Miss
Ellen S. Atkins, talented London wo-
man who lost spendid contralto voice
four years ago from an attack of grip,
Las completely recovered her vocal pow
ers through persisting in a fruit and nut
diet for year and half, New York
Times.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-11-01
wlMlcRY AND REASON.
Indication That This Monl,cy Is Endowed
with Share OF Each.


"That the monkey possesses intelli-
gence to a considerable degree is proba-
bly, true, " said hutcl proprietor who
has small menaPerie on his premises.
81 believe, however, much Of the iutel.
ligence with which that animal is cred.
tied is due to his love of mimicry.
"The other day two young men with
two girls were at the monkeys cage
feeding him peanuts Ono Of the girls
was chewing gum, and one Of the men
suggested that she give the monkey
some, expecting That if he tool, it in his
mouth il would stick to his teeth, and
he would make sorry work Of trying to
chew it. The girl at once parted with
the sweet morsel she was so industrious
" chewing, extending it toward the
cage. The monkey grabbed it instantly
and put it into his mouth, but instead
of chewing it, or attempting to, began
pulling it out in small ribbons, as chill
dren are frequently seen to do When
he had it all out of his mouth, he rolled
it into a compact ball between his
hands, threw it into his mouth and be-
gan the operation again. He appeared
to enjoy the performance as much as his
visitors. That was imitation. -
"That's all right, " reioincd another,
"but, | had an experience with that
same monkey wherein he displayed in
telligence. l was by the cage smoking
one day, and | thought TO annoy him by
blowing smoke in his face, was much
surprised 10 find that, instead of being
annoyed he enjoyed it, as was eyi-
denced by his edging up as near me as
possible TO receive the smoke in larger
volumes Soon he began scratching
himse If at the point where most Of the
smoke came against him. When l had
smoked one side for a few minutes, he
would turn squarely round to have the
other side treated in the same way
Then he sat up directly in front Of me
and received the smoke squmely in the
face and neck. | don't know whether
he held his breath, but he did not cough,
sneeze or vince particle. TO complete
the job he then sat with his back toward
me, and it would have done you good
to have seen him throw his hind feet
over his back and scratch. It made me
think of tho kickers of hay tedder. in
motion. Now that monkey knew,
through some sort Of intelligence, that
nothing will send feas and other insects
to the surface or stupefy them as effect
| lively as tobacco smoke Utica Oh
server
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-11-01

Affirmation, pure and simple, with
out reasoning and without proof, is one
Of the surest means Of planting an idea
in the popular mind. The more concise
it is, tho more free from every appear
ance Of proofs and demonstration, the
more authority it has. The religious
books and the codes Of all ages have al
ways proceeded by simple affirmation.
Statesmen called upon to defend any
political cause and manufacturers adj
vertising their goods know what it il
worth. Yet it has no real influence, ex-
sept it is constantly repeated and so
far as possible in the same terms. Ma
poleun said that repetition was the only
serious figure in rhetoric By repetition
al affirmation is incrusted in the minds
If hearers till they at last accept it as IL
demonstrated truth. What is called the
current of opinion is formed, and then
the potent mechanism of contagion
comes in. Ideas that have reached GER
tain stage, in fact, possess a contagious
power as intense as that of microbes.
Not fear and courage only are contagi-
1us. Ideas are, too, on condition that
they are repeated often enough.
When the mechanism Of contagion
has begun to work, The idea enters upon
the phase that leads to success. Opin-
ion, which repealed it at first, ends by
tolerating and then accepting it. The
idea henceforward gains a penetrating
ard subtle force which sends it onward,
while at the same time creating a sort
If special atmosphere, a general way Of
thinking. Popular Science Monthly.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-11-01
HER ALARM CLOCK.
And why She Had Good Reason For he
ing Incensed Against 1t.

And why She Had Good Reason For Re
ing Incenscd Against 1t.
A suburban woman not long since
purchased AN alarm clock. II was a fat
nickel plated little affair with the Gus
tomary gong atop The woman got the
clock because she felt an overwhelming
desire to play the role Of the early bird
That night, therefore, she set the timu-
piece according to the specified dire,
tions. But for some reason or other tbu
clock failed to go off The woman gave
it second trial Again it played her
false. She took it to the suburban jew
elcr. He said the clock was outrageous
ly ont Of order, limited darlly at the dis
honesty Of any individual who would
palm off such an article as perfect goods
and prescribed course of treatment
which he would be gracious enough to
administer for the sum Of 10 cents The
clocks original cost had been $1.50.
The night that it came back from the
suburban ieweler the woman wound it
mp with a feeling Of unassailable secur-
ity. This time the role Of the early bird
would be hers for certain. The next
morning, however, it failed to 90 off,
just as before. The woman took it back
to the suburban jeweler, who received
il with an Il told you that clock was
terribly ont Of order. &" Encore, 15 cents
Time passed, the clock, like the cat
in the canticle, "came back, " and the
woman woke up (some hours later than
she had intended) only to find that it
hadn't "gone off, again. She now took
the troublesome timepiece to the city
j0weler from whom she had first pur-
chased it, He declared the clock to have
been all right until ruined" by the
suburban jeweler, but consented to re-
pair it-also to charge 81 for so doing.
The woman then bore it home in tri-
umph.
Next morning, though, the same old
drama was enacted, and the woman was
once more unable to assume the role of
| the early bird. Had she been man she
| might have sworn. As it was, she con-
| fdcd her woes TO the breakfast tableful.
"Why that clock 5 been going off all the
/ time, " observed the woman who occu
| pied the neighboring room to the clock
/ owner ITS walked me up every morn
ing regularly. The trouble is it hasn t
walked you. "
Whereupon the woman felt more in
/ cCnsed against the clock than ever. To
/ think Of its having so little discrimina-
| tion and discretion as to wake up the
wrong person New York Sun,
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-11-01
His win on a window snI.

ALLENTOWN, Pa, Oct 2l.-Two years
ago Samuel Sohenok committed suicide.
Whether he was of sound and disposing
mind when he made his first will, April
IL, 1898, was tried in court the last few
days, and the jury decided that he was of
sound mind The estate is appraised at
$4,000, though Schenck had been reputed
worth Sl2, 600 when he moved to Allen
town, seven years ago. The testatOr's &C.
centrioities were brought out at the trial.
He was said to have made half dozen
wills, two in three days, one being writ
ten on the window sill of his house ON the
day he tried to hang himself. Neighbors
and acquaintance testified to many lido
syneracies
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-11-01

A bold and fearless statement was
made in this column a few days ago
touching beauty. 1t was put forth that
there were only three actresses on earth
who could lay an honest claim to beauty.
"Clara NJ writes that her curiosity
las been aroused and wants to know
T. ho the three are. Now, it would be
very ungallant to say. The statement
has all the actresses in the world guess
ing, and until the names Of the three
are mentioned each of our footlight
favorites viii believe she is one of them.
Why spoil their fun? What is the use Of
calling names 70 make people feel in
iured and sighted and misunderstood
do not doubt that Miss Clara NJ, if
she be an actress, could lay an honest
claim to recognition as one of the three
New York Press.