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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-10-23

Four Negroes, Henry Anderson, Ell
bert FAINT, Frank Fsut and John Sher-
ard, were arrested last week for wreck
ing an excursion train on tie Port
Royal and Western Carolina hallway
about six weeks ago at Anderson.
Cross ties were placed on the track,
but fortunately the engine pushed
them along the track for some dis
tance, and was slowing up when the
ties got under the engine aud wrecked
it considerably.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-10-23
Bryan Still Speaks.

Thursday was Brynn's second day in Michi-
great crowds Of admirers: st. Ignace, Petos-
key, Charlcvoix. Cadillac. Brllairc, Traveran
City, Walton. Mention and Grand Rapids. lln
delivered from two To :hrcc speeches at most
of the pincipal places. md tn" others were
Delivered from the platform oftho train. All
In all 1t was Bryan Day. Mrs. Bryan a.
cOmrauicS him.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-10-23

A Farmers Institute will be- held at
Anderson on the 3Oth, conducted by
the faculty OF tho Clemson College.
The meeting will be public, open and
free. 1t is n fact not generally known,
thnt these institutes can be had in all
counties for the asking.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-10-23
Crazy Over Mckinley.

Frank Holmes. an old resident OF Rem
ington, Ind, visited the home OF Charles
Bartholomew. where a picture OF Mckinley
hang in the window. Holmes made n re-
mark about it which angerci Bartholomew,
who seized q baseball bat aud struck holmes
over tho head, fra IturinC his skull. Bar
tholomew has been placed under heavy
bonds and Hclme5 will die.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-10-23

Greenwood's telephone system lie
reaching out to every town and cross.
roads store in that region. Electric
lights, waterworks system and other
needed public improvements are D'
sight and will bo established within .
wear,
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-10-23

At Rock Hill the teachers and schol-
ars of the Winthrop College recently
paid glowing tribute to the memory
of Miss Addie Tillman, former stu
dent of the above college. and who was
killed by lightning in North Carolina
in the summer
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-10-23

It is proposed to form . new county
in this State to be called DorchestaH
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-10-23

Winter visitors are beginning to ar.
rive at Aiken already, and every thing
points to a good season for the hotels
and boar ding houses.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-10-23

The Atlas Fire Insurance Company
OF this State has recently thrown up
the sponge.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-10-23

The new court , lse and Jail for the
baby county, Saluda, will be finished
by January 1st-
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-10-23

Orangeburg is building . cotton
mill on the installment plan.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-10-23

|
Democrat; II. B. johnson. white Web
ster Republican; ID. j. KNOTS, inde-
pendent Republican; Melton Republi-
Gan to be named on the 10Th inst-)
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-10-23

The State Board of Control (Dispen-
sary) meets November 3.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-06-11
A French "Hibernicism.,

In France, where lotteries for public
or benevolent purposes are still com
mon, a pig was recently put up to be
ratified for. 1t was at Perpignan, and
the object was popular charity. Ev-
erybody was much interested. The pig
was superb one; but at the last mo-
ment before the drawing he died.
There was CONSERVATION among the
friends of the charity: but public con-
fidence was restored by the appearance
of the following notice:
''The chairman of the subcommittee
in charge of the prizes respectfully an
nounces that he has been appointed to
replace the pig which was to be raft1ed
for, and he hopes this announcement
will be accepted as sufficient guaran-
tee that the fortunate winner Of the
prize will lose nothing by the substitu-
ton"
AS the chairman of the sub-commit-
tee is a portly person, this Innocent an
nouncement was hailed with great de-
light by the citizens of Perpignan.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-06-11

companions of their masters. They are
possibly the finest breed of horses in
the world, swift and enduring and cap
able of tremendous amount of work
One of the strange customs of the cOun-
try relating to the enforcement of the
criminal law is this: A criminal of any
class who escapes to stable and lies
down by the feet of the favorite horse
of the master is never disturbed so
long as he stays there. 1t makes no
difference whose stable he goes to. 1t
may be the stable of the Shah or his
lowest subject. While he is there he
is fed at the expense of the horses mas
ter, and no one can touch him to harm
him.
The people Of Persia are noted for
their hospitality. In most houses there
is set a table where any man is well
come to eat. Receiving hospitality is
somewhat costly on occasions Once
when the first son of the late Shah had
trouble with a chief of one of the tribes
in his province he prepared a fine din
ner and invited the chief to come and
talk matters over. The chief was de-
lighted at the honor and partook of the
dinner, after which he was expeditions
~ strangled.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-06-11
HIGH PRICED HOUSE.
ARCHITECTURAL BEAUTY IN IN
TERROR FINISH.
Cherry and Pine Are Cheap w GODS that
Give Pleasing Effects Should Be
Finished in Their Natural Color
Avoid Much Machine Work.
Handsome Interiors.


The wood finish and. joiner work of
a house puzzles many man who con-
templates building. The estimates for
the various styles of finish differ quite
materially, and yet the matter is one
that cannot be settled off-hand by the
question of price, as the owner wants
to be sure that he will get satisfactory
results, for this is the one part Of the
house that is abiding. e the matter of
money does not cut any figure, Of
course the problem is simple. There
are the rich and valuable hardwoods
that produce the most beautiful effects
when finished by competent cabinet
makers, such as mahogany Goth San
Domingo and white), butternut, svca-
more and quartered oak, which can be
used appropriately in the different
rooms, and the results will be a con-
slant pleasure to the. eye and a graft
ficatiOn of the aesthetic sense.
These luxuries, however, are ilnpos-
sible to most house owners, as the QueS-
ton of cost must dominate most plans,
so that the choice is restricted to the
cheaper hardwoods and the few soft
woods that are used for the purpose
Chestnut and ash are satisfactory in
certain cases, but the result is rarely
pleasing if they are used for all the
joinery work, having little beauty OF
grain and lacking in warmth Of color
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-06-11
PEOPLE OF PERSIA.
LITTLE KNOWN PEOPLE WHO
WERE A MIGHTY NATION.
They Have Little to Do with the
World at Large and Live in Barbaric
Contentment-Prospe Centuries
Before Christ Came to Earth,
Dom ain of the Shah.

Domain of the Shah.
Interest in land where q mighty
nation dwelt centuries before Christ's
birth has recently been revived by the
assassination Of it's ruler-the Shah of
Persia. Persia is a great empire over
which the monarch rules absolutely
with an iron hand. It's nine or ten
million people are content to live under
this absolute sway and cling to their
ruler devotedly despite the fact that
he robs them at will.
Persia is in the southwest part of
Asia. 1t helps Afghanistan separate
Russia in Asia from British India, and
on it's east is Ara bia or Turkey in Asia.
1t is 973 miles north and south and
1,O42 east and west 1t is estimated
that it includes about $4,000 square
miles of territory. Noah's ark stopped
On Mount Ararat just north of it, and
the Government existed centuries be-
fore Christ and has been running ever
since, having had many ups and downs
in the mea ntime. 1t is a country until
recent years without any railroads at
all, and even now with practically no
railroad facilities. There is but one
line of telegraph. and that is owned by
Englishmen, and simply crosses the
country because it is the most conve-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-06-11
Ball Tires.

A curious pneumatic ball tire for BIZ
cycles has been patented in England,
substituting for the continuous tubular
tire series OF rubber balls, set in cups
at the outer end of the spokes: the
balls are SO arranged that they may be
simultaneously inflated. Several adj
vantages are claimed for this device,
one of them being that no serious in
of one or two of the balls. 1t is also
claimed that there is great saving of
ground cohesion, and this will increase
the ease and speed of propulsion.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-06-11

on the feet with rods, SCARED with red
hot irons; their teeth are drawn one
by one, their noses slit, their ears chop
ped off, their eyes cut out; they are
hanged, beheaded, sometimes buried
alive. Every traveller in Persia no.
tees the pillars of brick by the high
ways. Each is the tomb where an un-
fortunate peasant was buried alive for
inability to pay his taxes. Bricklayers
were summoned by the collectors, the
unhappy man, whose only crime was
poverty, was tied to stake, and pill
lar built around him, a small hole be-
ing left for fresh air, in order that his
suffering might not be cut short too
quickly by the kindly hand of death.
1t is the custom of the servants to
charge their masters 10 per cent. more
than they have to pay for everything
that they buy. For instance, if the en-
ployer buys bushel of rice for a dollar,
the servant who does the purchasing
charges him a dollar and ten cents.
More often the servant says to the mer
chant, "Give me my 10 per cent" and
the merchant adds that to the purchase
price. Then the servant collects anOth-
er 10 per cent. from the master. The
right of the servant to charge one 10
per cent. is recognized. When SER
want is hired his whole family must be
taken with him. If he is over II years
old he has at least one wife and may
have two or three and several children,
so that when a man has fifteen or TWEEN
ty servants, which is not an unusually
large number in that country, he has
in reality eighty or one hundred per-
sons in his household, besides his own
abundance of wives and greater abun-
dance of children.
The marriage relation and the laws
governing it are little strange. Polyg-
amy is not universal, but there is no
law against it. The law prescribes that
a man may have four first-class wives.
He marries these wives for all time.
They are usually of the same social
rank as himself. In addition to these
first-class wives he can have as many
second-class wives as he wants, and it
makes no difference what rank in So
ciety they come from. The second-class
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-06-11

left to the carpenters, contractors or
builder, but be shown and selected be-
fore by the architect.
We show here a house that can be
built for about $4,000, together with
the interior view of hall and staircase
from the first floor.
General dimensions: Extreme width,
81 feet inches; depth, including We
randa. IS feet inches. Heights of
stories: First story, 10 feet inches;
second story, 9 feet 6 inches; attic, 8
feet.
Exterior materials: Foundation,
piers; first story, clapboards; second
story. gables and roofs, shingles. Out
side blinds to all windows except those
of parlor, library, dining and drawing
rooms.
Interior finish: Hard white plaster:
plaster cornices and centers in parlor,
library and dining room. Hard pine
flooring in hall, dining room, kitchen,
servants hall; soft wood flooring else
where. Red haywood trim in first
and second stories, except in kitchen
and pantry, where soft wood is used.
Ceiling of hall and dining room pan
eled to initiate open timber work. Pan
els under windows in parlor, main
halls, library and dining room. Vain
scoting in kitchen and bath room.
Stairs, haywood. Interior woodwork
finished in hard oil.
Accommodations: The principal
rooms and their sizes, closets, ETC., are
shown by the plans. No cellar Bill
lard room, hall, two bedrooms and
tank in attic Hall, ten fees wide, runs
through house from front to rear. with
very handsome recessed staircase.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-06-11

of musketry to the regiment. In 1875
he crossed over to South Africa and
organized corps of mounted infantry
for the diamond fields. He saw some
active service in the Kaffir war Of 1877
in the Transkei region, and again in
the Sekukuni campaign in the Trans
vaal In 1879. He was member Of
Sir Charles Warren's Bechuanaland ex-
petition in 1854 and 1886. In the for
mer year he was made colonel, and
given rank of major general in 1888.
He was made military adviser to the
Governor of Cape Colony, but was re-
called to Europe.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-06-11
PERSPECTIVE VIEW.

Cherry is UNNECESSARILY better than
either, but it should always be used in
it's own beautiful soft color, with rich
satin effect Cherry that is stained to
initiate mahogany deceiyes no one,
loses all it's natural beauty and is al
ways an abominatiOn.
1t is only within the past few years
that one of the best American woods,
with fine color and effective grain, has
been used for interior finish. This is
pine, and few woods yield better eff
feet. Time was when pine was freely
used, but was always grained to imi-
tate the various hard woods, the art
of the grainer being wonderfully per
fected Many panels in the doors of
the old-time house-are marvels of mis-
directed art-the height of philistinism
which has happily fallen into desue-
tude. After granting came the return
to the painting of woodwork in solid
colors, and in some few cases this is
not to be condemned at present. Houses
that from their situation are bound to
be dark sometimes gain from the wood
work painted in light warm tones. But
paint will not long remain fresh, be
coming scratched and grimy, and then
nothing can be done save to paint it
all over again, at considerable cost
On the contrary, wood chat is oiled,
waxed, shellacked or vanished can be
touched up in spots whenever it is
needed, and at comparatively no ex-
pense.
For cottages and small inexpensive
houses, perhaps the best results are
obtained by the use of cherry and
pine, both in their natural colors. Both
woods harmonic we'll, and there ARE
no violent contrasts where the two
are compelled to meet. The use OF
hard woods, like oak, chestnut, OF ash,
for a few rooms, finishing the rest
Of the house in any soft wood, makes
a contrast that will always be displeas-
ing to the critical eye. Whitewood
and Eastwood are sometimes used. bH1
these have no grain at all to speak of;
when stained, they are always vile: in
natural finish they are not displea sing,
but they are not to be commended on
account of their lack of durability. A
single dig from a carelessly used rock
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-06-11
SIR FREDERICK DARLINGTON.
New Com I'M ander of British Forces in
Matabe1eIand.

New Com ander of British Forces in
MatabeIeIand.
Sir Frederick Darlington, the newly
appointed commander of the British
forces in Matabeleland, is well known
in South Africa for his various services
to the British government during the
past twenty years. In 1877 he formed
troop which was called "Carrington's
horse" and which still bears his name.
This troop is now in South Africa.
Darlington, himself has been absent
from that country for the past few
years. Of late he has been doing duty
as commander of the infantry brigade
at Gibraltar. Sir Frederick is the son
of a country gentleman. He was born
in Worcestershire in 1874 and entered
the army at the age Of 20. His first
regiment was the South Wales Bor-
derers, and he became the instructor
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-06-11

Snl 1T =. sse <..fBrtish India. There are
no manufacturing industries to speak
of, and there is very little mining. The
imports amount to but $50, 100000 a
year, and the exports to but ST., 100000.
The chief religion is a variety of Mo
hammedism known as the Shit, and
the Shah is the defender Of that faith
sand the representative of God; but
there is as fine collection of other re-
ligions as can be found in any country
on the face of the globe. The popula-
ton is divided into a dozen different
races of people, and while the "civiliza-
tom is one of the Oldest, it is also one
of the most barbaric. A million or so
of the population are tent jewellers,
and as many more live in mud houses.
The political divisions of the country
are covered chiefly by sons of the
Shah: and husbands of daughters Of
the Shah are among the chief men. The
crowrg Jewels are valued at from $780,
O0O. LOCO to S4O,OOOOOO. OF all the rev.
enue collected a fourth goes to the sup
mort OF the Shah and his family and an
other fourth to the priests. The rest
is taken by the Government ofhclals
and the soldiers.
The Great Carpet Industry.
The people live chiefly by agriculture
They raise wheat, cotton, WOO, rice,
tobacco. fruit and opium They also
cultivate silkworms, and they mine tur-
ouoise and fish for pearls. The carpet
industry is pretty big one. ABOUT
81 600. 600 worth of carpets or rugs are
exnorted every year. All the carpets
are made by hand, and the industry is
now almost entirely under the control
Of wealthy Englishman. Erglishmen
also have gotten control of the opium
trade. likewise of the seal fisheries and
turquoise mines.
lA~srhere is no national debt to speak Of,
md all the money needed to run the
t3oyernment is raised within the coun-
Nry. Money is raised chiefly py taxing
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-06-11

wife is married for certain length of
dowry is also stated in the contract,
and is usually paid at marriage The
law about the term of the marriage is
elastic. A man may marry a woman
for minute, or a day, or week, or
year. or 100 years. The custom is.
however, to marry her for ninety years.
In addition to all the first and second
class wives, a man can have all the
concubines he chooses. It is no dis
credit to a woman to be a second-class
wife. If man has got his quota Of
first-class wives and happens to want
woman of distinction, her parents be-
ing willing. it is all right for her to go
into his household as a second-class
wife. If child is born after the term
of the marriage expires, the woman
being short-term wife, the father
takes it and maintains it.
The divorce laws are liberal-for the
men, A man can divorce any of his
wives at will. The law requires tina.
he shall announce it publicly to her. and
there shall be witnesses. A written di-
vorce is not good, and isn't received
even as evidence.
Persia has no educational system.
Private schools are conducted by the
Mollahr (priests) for teaching the Kor-
an and writing. The Shah maintains
one college. This is in Teheran. the
capital city, which has population of
about 10000.
The streets in Persian cities are all
narrow-too narrow for carria ges-and
the people who don't go afoot go on
horseback. Horses are almost the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-06-11

tells, generally being monstrosities built
up of cheap machine holding and taw-
dry spindles and rosettes. The line
of a mantel should be simple, the gen.
eral design should be severely plain.
and if the size of the room will warrant
it, it should be massive. The artistic
eye of the architect can here be shown
in the careful selection of design in
mantels and tasteful draughting of
detail in stairways and interior wood
work. Such details should never be
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-06-11

taxes as we'll as by monopolists Of va
rious trades No crime is so atrociouS
as failing to pay these taxes.
The unhappy wretches who have no
means are not, ON that account, ex-
cused. The Government does not sell
their property, for there is no one to
buy, but, instead, subjects them to the
most cruel tortures in order to enforce
payment, on the. theory that they have
the money and must be compelled to
produce it. They are scourged, beaten
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-06-11

Sliding doors connect hall, parlor, IL
brary and dining room Open fire
places in parlor, dining room, sitting
room, library and three bedrooms.
Two bath rooms in second story, and
two independent water closets.
Cost: $S.4O5, not including mantels,
range and heater The estimate is
based on New York prices for materi-
country the cost should be less.
Copyright, 1896.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-06-11

- Srom the wealthy merchants. All
~ a,s NAV of wealth is avoided 1t is a
lisp for the rich men to build high
cue ,,s ohout their residences, so tEat the
w. aaa4,on of the Government shall not
as'e e.tro tied to the wealth within. me
De 49,. 49,. rate OF taxation is 5 per cent.
IN everything raised. Q per cene .ou on
everything exported, and . per ,, uen..
IN everything imported. but "a. - h ralees
Oh s,e r;ch by the extortion OF hisher
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-06-11
information by the Baron.

1T is a mystery to me how you could
accumulate so large a fortune dealing
in cattle said the King Of Bavaria to
Baron Hirsch.
"Ah. your Majesty" returned the
Baron. my dealings have been with
cattle as well as in cattle''
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-06-11
Postage Stamps by Grasset.

France has a new series of postage
stamps designed by the poster artist,
M. Grasset. He was selected by NJ.
Lehon. the Minister of Posts and Tele-
graphs. to draw the new French model,
after a public competition had resulted
in the rejection of all the designs sub
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-06-11

ing chair will gouge out piece as eff
fectively as a chisel.
The one prime caution in the use o.
any wood is to avoid as much as pos
sible machine work The stair rail
should be large and worked with sim
pie curves The balusters should be
firm. of good size and plain. Most
cheap houses sin mainly in their man.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-06-11
Not in Paris.

A Princeton student, who is spending
a year in Paris, recently wrote to a
friend in this country to send him pair
of good American shoes, corn pepper.
and book of gospel hymns.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-06-11

81 hear your friend is practicing the
most rigid economy" Eyes, she does
nothing but shop.s'-Yonkers States
man.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-06-11

People often feel like saying things
to other people that they never do say.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-02-07
Buffers City BUS Line.

Orders for private houses should be
left at the Post Office. We never miss
the train &. Z. BUTLER, Prop. 52tf.