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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-04-19
ooouPY A HleHER PLANE.

Agricultural Laborers in England Bet
ter off than "A Century Ago.
The agricultural laborers Of to-day
are certainly better clad, more luxur-
iously fed, have far more leisure, are
better educated and are rapidly becom-
ing better housed than their forefath-
ers a century ago says the Nineteenth
Century. And if these are the main
constituents of happiness then they are
happier.
On the other hand, their grandfathers
and great-grandfathers were much
more"gay and light-hearted than the
modern; they enjoyed their lives much
more than their descendants do; they
had incomparably more laughter, more
amusement, more real delight in the
labor of their hands; there was more
love among them and less hate. The
agricultural laborer had a bad drunken
time between twenty and thirty years
ago and he has been growing out Of
that. \ village sot is now a very rare
bird-as rare as he was 100 years ago.
Then the laborer could not afford
a drunken c~ebauch-he had
not the wherewithal. His master,
the farmer, did drink, and some
times deeply in the days when he
was prospecting. And for a few years
after the rise of the laborer's wages
some twenty-five years ago the laboreI
was the publican's friend. But hard
drinking has been steadily declining
and the hahitual drunkard is looked
upon as a coarse brute to be avoided
AS to other vices, things are pretty
much as they We're: l am afraid rather
worse than better.
Perhaps the saddest characteristic Of
the men of the present, as compared
with the men Of the past. is that the
men Of the past were certainly NOR,
self-dependent-I do not mean indepen
dent in the sense in which that word il
used now - more resourceful, NOR,
kindly, courteous and contented will
their lot than their descendants are.
1 think know something about thu
English p%easantry of a century or tw,
gone by. l think l know just a littll
about the agricultural laborer nova
days. 1 bear him a genuine love ant
feel with him a cordial sympathy, an,
there is no knowing any men or an,
class of men whom we do not love ant
sympathize with. But as to the agrl
cultural labOrer of the future l an
sometimes inclined to doubt s~eriousl.
whether before another century ha
ended there will be any such thing a
an agricultural laborer to know.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-04-19
CHARMED BY WILD BEASTS.
Perilous Experience of a Keeper in the
Philadelphia Zro.

Perilous Experience of a Keeper in the
Philadelphia no.
There is something in the angry CLINT
of a wild animals eye that f%ascinates
John Lover. one of the keepers at the
geological gardens, and his fondness for
literally "bearding the lion in his dem
some day may cost him his life. No
one knows this better than Lover him
self. and yet he feels that his lines
are cast in pleasant places and would
be envious of any maj f0olhardy
enough to apply for his position.
At least half of the time this man
with the daredevil recklessness Of
spirit goes about with bandaged limbs.
the results of encounters with his
friends the animals. When his
hands, arms, or legs are torn by the
claws OF the maddened beasts he makes
n dash for a bottle of cauterizing duid,
pours it into the ragged wound, and
then goes back to subdue by kindness
Or punishment, as the case may require,
the animal that attacked him.
Il wouldn't leave my position for any
other one that could be offered to me. "
he said to-day. Il love wild animals
and know it is their nature to attack
men. No; l don't care much for tame
animals. The ~ferceness and splendid
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-04-19

which they felt within them, as they
passed the eastbound train. Both were
laughing like children.
Il say" called Marvin, waving his
hand at the engineer Of the eastbound.
you were right, it was fate; tell the
conductor that I proved It to be sol'
Il wonder what's the matter with
that lunatlc," said the engineer to the
fireman. Then he clambered to his
place and the eastbound train went on
its way David II. Talmadge.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-04-19
ORIGINAL SPEECH.
In All Probability 1t Consisted Exclu-
siveiy of Vowel Sounds.

In All PROBABILITY 1t consisted EXclu-
sively of Vowel Sounds.
The original speech, the true prime
val tongue Of man, was quite unlike any
language we have ever heard; yet we
have all the tongues of today. The pri-
meval language was a vowel language
altogether; it had no consonants, or con-
facts as we ought to call them, at all.
Its words consisted of vowel sounds
following each other, repeated or varied
of words like aeaea aoaO, ala. auau.
aeioa. iaua, iOiO, ouou, uaua. ueue-all
Of which, l may say in passing. are
taken from a language in use today.
The sentences were Intermittent
streams of vOwels. each stream held on
so long as the speakers breath allowed
or whim dictated. When all literature
was recited. the same consideration. the
capacity Of the lungs, determined the
length of the bardic line; so we have
our shlOkas, u hexameters. our Alex
andrines, and so forth. each 4 lung-full
of verse; in the primeval tongue it was
likewise, but the sentences were VOW
els only.
There are about ten or a dozen pure
vOwels to go upon, and vowel words
may run up to five syllables, so we have
a very considerable fund to draw on for
our vowel streams. And these streams
of vowel speech correspondent to. and
expressed, streams of emotion or feel
ing rather than descriptions Of concrete
objects. For we hardly realize how ter
ribly Overladen with material trifes
our life is to-day, and therefore what
great demands we make on language
for concrete words. But u exclama-
lions. each of which indicates a single
emotion, tend to remain pure vowel
sounds even at the present day.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-04-19
Sale of William Penn's win.

At a recent sale in London of histor-
zeal documents some interesting speci-
mems Of caligraphy changed hands.
The list included a large number of
autographs by William Penn. the quak-
er founder Of Pennsylvania, including
MY Last VIII and Testament made, and
writ in my own hand this t~wentyeth
day of We Sth month of year 1905 in We
60 years Of my age" viii and codicil
cover ten pages quarto, all in the hand
writing Of William Penn, except, as
the catalogue points out, the signatures
of the witnesses.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-04-19
Metric srstem in Russia.

The Russian government has decid-
ed to adopt the metric standard Of
weights and measures. and the Minis
try of Finance is now engaged in con
sidering the time and manner Of intro
dueing this reform.
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Every thief causes a lot Of honest
men to be suspected uDiustly.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-07-26
NO RELIEF PROMISED
HOT WAVE SECTION
Wind Still Blows With the
Breath of a Sirocco.
MORE DEATHS REPORTED

"There Is Absolutely No Permanent
Change In Sight," Says the Weather
Bureau ut Washington-Liyht Rains
In Some Localities.
WASHINGTON, July 23-The weather
bureau officials find nothing in the eli.
matological conditions to justify any
prediction of change OF the temperature
in the heated section of the country.
The principal weather bureau stations
in the middle Mississippi valley showed
somewhat lower temperature at 7o'clock
today, but the forecasters say that this
change is III ali probahi only tempo
rary and might have been caused by
slight variation of the wind.
"There is absolutely no permanent
change i'll prospect" they say. In St.
Louis at O'Clock this morning the off.
cial thermometer showed decline of 6
degrees since the same hour yesterday,
registering 80 degrees. Kansas City
also registered so degrees; Springfield,
ILL.,, SO degrees; Cincinnati Is degrees,
and Chicago "a. The indications are
for continued hot weather in Washing.
ton and vicinity.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-07-26
INCENDlARlES AT WORK.
Church and School Property Burned
In Mississippi.

Church and School Property Burned
In Mississippi.
JACKSON, Miss. July 3.-Incendiaries
are playing havoc with church prop ,rty
III Lincoln county, and it is very likely
that it will be necessary for Judge Rob-
ert Powell of this circuit court district
to 60 TO Brockhaven and make an inves.
tigation, as the regular term OF court in
that county does hot convene until five
months hence.
During the past three weeks two
schoolhouses and two churches have
been burned. and evidence has been %
cured which will probably result in the
conviction OF the guilty parties The
incendiarisms are supposed to be the
work OF a regularly organized band of
outlaws in the Bogue Chitto neigh bor-
hood, which was once under the leader.
ship of John j. Sassar, the we'll known
murderer, who is now confined in the
Jackson Jail for safekeeping pending
the appeal of his case to the supreme
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-07-26
MEDAL FOR EDWARD.
presentation Causes Gossip In Enslisi,
and American society.

Presentation Causes Gossip In English
and American society.
LONDON, July 23.-Much gossip in
American and English society has been
caused by the presentation to King Ed.
ward yesterday by some American la.
dies of the hospital ship Maine commit.
tee of a medal commemorative of the
Names work, with a request that the
King transmit the medal TO Queen Alex.
andra. 1t seems that the idea was Cd.
posed by number of influential mem.
bers OF the committee on the ground
that the king did not want the medal,
but the others carried the day.
The kings reply to the delegation
which made the presentation is causing
some comment, as he thanked "the
American committee" for their "loyal,
dutltul SENTIMENT" as he did the Kan.
sas legislature i'll answering their tele i.
gram OF coincidence on the queen 5 death
aud as he also thanked the committee
for bringing their valuable services to a
elimination by presenting the ship to
the government, whereas this was done
solely by Bernard Baker of Baltimore.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-07-26
CUT HIS WIFE'S THROAT.
Will Probably Hang For Crime, but
Says lie Doesn't Care.

VIII Probably Hang For Crime, but
Says lie Doesn't Care.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, July 23.-Jerry
Dcmus, q negro, is in the county Jail
charged with wife murder, committed
at Ensley OH Saturday night. Demus
says that he doesn't care if he hangs for
his crime. He states that his wife had
not been kind TO him and that he had
grown tircd or her treatment He says
that she lett nim recently, but he pre-.
vailed upon her to return home and be-
gin lie anew. She came back Saturday.
Demus adds that when she came homo
he sat down and looked at her and the
longeE he looked the mudder ne got.
Finally he said he could not stand it
any longer. so he Went out, procured his
razor, sharpened it and returning jerked
the woman's head back and cut her
throat. When asked If he dii not think
that he would be hanged for the crime,
Demus replied:
Eyes, know they will hang me for
1t, but / don't care. II will be only two
more negroes out of the wayne and
her"
Coroner Paris made preliminary in
vestigation into the killing and the
facts brought out substantiate the story
told by Demus.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-07-26
Spencer Contribute, $1,000.

COLUMBUS, Ga, July 23. - Samuel
Spencer of New York, president of the
Southern railway, and former citizen
of Columbus, has contributed $1,000 to
the Y. M. =. A. building fund in this
city. His only condition is that the
$40, 900 fund required OF Columbus by
George Foster Peabody be raised by
Jan. 1, 1902. Practically the entire
amount has been subscribed by Colum.
bus citizens, but the committee will
raise about 10 per cent over this in order
to provide against the usual unavoida.
BILE losses in all large subscription lists,
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-07-26
Preparing Annual Report.

ATLANTA, July 80. - State School
Commissioners G. r. Glenn is preparing
his annual report. which will go to the
governor and then TO the legislature. In
this report he will deal extensively with
the question Of the school fund, on 40.
count OF the recent litigation over the
matter. DIR. Glenn will again urge that
the best solution OF the problem of the
school fund Is in county taxation for
education. He thinks IL the counties
raise more OF the money for taxation,
and the state has less 70 pay, the matter
can be easily settled.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-07-26
A NEW SUFFRAGE SCHEME
Introduced In Alabama Convention
by MIR. Lowe.


MONTGOMERY, Ala. July 23.-Mr.
Lowe of Jefferson, who is violently op.
posed to the suffrage scheme of the ma.
jorlty report of the suffrage committee.
and who is chairman of the Democratic
executive committee, today presented q
new suffrage scheme TO the convention.
Among the qualifications for voting
are: ELECTORS shall have made contri.
button to the public schools of $3, il
under 45 years of age, and If over 81. 80
on the first three months of the year
preceding the year in which the elec.
tion is held at which he shall vote. I"
Such poll tax shall be known as the
school contribution aud shall be applied
to the public schools of the state.
Tax collectors are required TO file in
in the office Of the judge OF probate &C.
curate lists of all persons paying such
tax and school contribution and the pro.
bate judge is required Immediately to
record such list i'll q we'll bound book TO
be kept Tor this purpose and designation
of electors, and the list is required to be
published in some local newspaper.
The general assembly Is gwen power
to provide by law method for expung.
ing from the registration list any names
Improperly placed thereon. No person
whose name does not appear on the list
shall be entitled to vote, provided that
nothing herein shall be construed to ex.
clude from voting any soldier or sailor
who was actually enlisted on either side
In the war between the states, or has
fought, or was enlisted in any war to
which the United States was q party.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-07-26

tional Tube company joined the Anal.
gamated men and are ready to strike.
1t is reported that the LaPorre and
Butte mills of the National Steel com.
pany at McKeesport, as we'll as the pipe
cutters, are TO be organized by the
AmalSamated association, perhaps on
Sunday next
With these departments we'll organ.
lied, the association will be in shape &c
completely tie up the big plant if it de.
slres. The general belief is that nc
strike W." DO ordered unless the com
pany discharges some of its men fol
Joining the union.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-07-26
Mrs. Dixon Gets New Trial.

ATLANTA. July 23.-The supreme
court has granted q new trial to Mrs
Sarah Dixon, who was convicted in
johnson county of the murder of her
husband and sentenced TO spend the rest
OF her life i'll the penitentiary. The
crime for which Mrs. Dixon was tried
was peculiarly atrocious one. She
and man by the name of Jerry Wal.
den are said to have been intimate. and
the husband. being in the way, they
killed him. Both were arrested shortly
after tho murder and Walden was tried
first. He was convicted and given q
life term in the penitentiary.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-07-26
BLAZING PETROLEUM
ENVELOPESSCH
Terrible Accident on Board
American Vessel.
MASTER AND MEN PERISH

In Addition -Four Swedish Cu,to.
Officers and tho Brazilian Cs.s~i
Lose Their Lives-Accident Occuspsd
In Stockholm Iisrbor.
STOCKHOLM, July 23.-An explosion
today II petroleum on board the Amesi.
can schooner Louise Adelaide. CApssin
Orr. which left Philadelphia April -
and Portland. Me-, Juno ~. for Stock.
holm. in the harbor hero, resulted In
the death Of Captain Orr, 10 members of
the schoonor's crew, four Swedish Gus
toms officials and the Brazilian consuL
Two of the Louise Adelnide's crow were
saved.
The explosion set tho schooner .anrs
ana the blnz.nS petroleum envolopcd the
vessel and those ON board.
The barkentine Louis Adelaide, Can.
tain Orr. left Philadelphia April ~ for
Stockholm. May i3 she put into Dusch
Island harbor, Rhode Island, hayins On.
countered a heavy gallo on the edss Of
the gulf stream. From Dutch Island
barbor she was towed to Portland. Ne.
for repairs, where she was ronstsd % q
schooner and resumed her voyage for
Stockholm June L.
The Louise Adelaide was buils NJ Ysr.
mouth, Me-, in 1852. She was lBI fees
long, "a feet beam and IL feet deep ana
registered 613 tons. She was owned by
Edgar Orr, Of Portland, Ne.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-07-26
SHIPMENTS OF IRON.
Southern Ficld Makes Good showing
For Past Six Months.

For Past Six Months.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. July 20. The
shipments of iron and iron pipe from
the southern field during the first half
OF the present year made a very satis-
factory showing. This territory em-
braces Alabama and Tennessee, and is
under the control of the southern iron
committee.
For the time mentioned the shipments
Of pig iron from the entire field were
100, a03 tons, an increase of the first six
months of 1900 of 1895 tons. From
the Birmingham district 420. S79, q de.
crease of 5.937 tons. There were shipped
during this period 79,9l0 tons of cast
iron pipe. 4S, l0l tons better than last
year. The Birmingham district sent
out 81, 049 more than in 1900, or 40, ,426
tons in ALL
The exports were as follows: For first
six months of 1901, 1884 tons of pig
iron and $50 tons of pipe, being "a. 595
tons less than last year of iron and 3, 004
less of pipe.
The tonnage out of the district, it will
be seen, is considerably above that of
last year. The outlook for the last half
of 1901 Is that it will be heavier than the
first.
The falling off in the export business
Is due TO the good condition of tho do.
mestic market.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-07-26
Baby Ate 1--we.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, July 23.-Louis
Buxton, the lS-months old baby boy of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Buxton, living ON
First avenue and Seventh street, died q
horrible death last afternoon, the result
of poisoning from concentrated lye. The
child was crawling along the floor when
in some manner il got hold of box of
lye and placed some of it in his mouth.
Considerable was swallowed and the
sufferings of the little fellow were ter.
,rible. Death came in q short time.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-07-26
Northern Pacific Elects Directors.

NEW YORK, July 23.-At q meeting
of the Northern Pacific Railroad oom.
pany. held here today, the following
new directors were elected in accord. /.
nnce with the recent letter OF j. p. Nor.
gan: Robert Bacon, George +. Baker,
Edward II. Hartman. James j. Hill,
brayton Ives. d. Willis James. John S.
kennedy, Daniel 5. Lamont. Charles s.
Nell II, Samuel R"a. William Rocke.
feller. Charles Steele, james Stlllmnn,
+ +. Thomas and H Nick. Twombiey.
The meeting at which this action was
taken was very short. The directors
adjourned Immediately after electing
the new directors
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-07-26
VIII l.. Il y. Enter Charleston2

CHARLESTON, July 23.-Rumors con-
corning the entrance of the Louisville
and Nashville railway system into
Charleston are current here from good,
reliable sources. For day or more
railroad people have heard in an indi-
rect way that the Louisville and Nash.
vile had purchased. or arranged to pur-
chase, the Augusta division of the
Southern railway, extending from Au.
gusta to Branchvilie, and that Charles
ton would bo reached over the liue of
the Southern under traffic arrange.
ments between the two systems. While
no railroad official here is authorized to
talk of the report, the fact is not denied
that ir has reached their ears, and Just
now the situation is extremely inter.
estiuo
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-07-26
New Mill For Columbus.

COLUMBUS. Ga, July 2Y.-Columbu
starts another 25,0Oo.s o.spindle cotton
mill on september Is. when the new
mill of the Bibb Manufacturing compa.
ny, on North Highlands, begins opera.
tion. The plant Is now practically com.
plete. and the machinery is being in.
stalled. The mill will give employment
to several hundred people, and its start.
ing will greatly increase the demand
for labor here. AS it is now, the manu-.
featuring plants in operation could &C.
commodate many more workmen.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-07-26
CONVENTION OF ELKS.
Grand Led :e In session Today at
Milwaukee,.


milwaukee.
MILWAUKEE, July %. - The grand
lodge of the Benevolent Protective Or.
der of Elks opened here today. The
opening exercises consisted mainly Of
informal addresses. Charles H. Hamil.
ton of milwaukee, presided.
Mayor Rose welcomed the guests and
Judge Jerome. II. Fisher, grand exalted
ruler, responded.
The remainder of the session will be
held behind closed doors.
At the first executive session held
this afternoon Grand Exalted Ruler
Fisher presented his report, winch
showed that during the past year ll3
new dispensations have been granted
and that now there are 725 lodges, hnv.
ing menb> rship OF 90, 900, showing an
increase since the last convention Of
80 l.3 per cent. The order had COLI
tributed $l7,O4l TO the Galveston fund.
The financial condition. of the grand
lodge showed n balance on hand in the
treasury of $50, 900.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-07-26
Light Rains Rcported.

KANSAS City. July 2Y. - Light but
scattered showers were reported late
yesterday and last night In southwest
ern Missouri, eastern Kansas, Arkansas
and northern Texas. but at no point, 1t
Is believed. was the fall sufficient to
cause permanent good. Today in Kan.
sas City the weather bureau reported a
temperature of 90 ut III o'clock, slightly
lower than yesterday, but with indioa-
tions for fair and continued warm
weather i'll this part of the country.
The rain reported in Kansas for the past
IL hours takes in seven counties in the
eastern part of the Atchison down TO
the Oklahoma line.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-07-26
Work on the Conuaree.

COLUMBIA. S. O.. July 23.-Good
headway was made during the past
week upon the government work ON the
Congaree river. incident to the deepen.
ing of the channel of the river On
Saturday the work of pumping the wa.
ter out of the new Golfer dam was com.
menced. The force of men on the work
now Is quite large, the contractors hav-
ing resolved to take advantage Of the
low water. It is not expected that there
will be much more trouble from fresh.
Afa
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-07-26
Sighted Burning shin.

VICTORIA. b. O., July 28.-The mas.
ter Of tho steamer Nell, which has ar.
rived here, reports that ton days ago,
when he was waiting for tho tide to On.
ter creek below Port Simpson, he
watched a large two.mnsted possen Ger
steamer, seemingly an American vessel.
which evidently was on fire. For three.
quarters of All hour she lay still of Dun.
oas island with great cloud of smoke
above nor spars and her hull hidden IN
pail of steam, which looked as shoAsh
water was being put OH tho fire. TASa
she ran toward Dundasisland. IA thopsh
the officers were running her ashore.
The NelPs officers watched hor for 1
long time until the smoke obliter~ted
their vision and whom 1t cleared she was
gone.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-07-26
TWO BOYS MURDERED.
Their Bodies Found In u MIL Pond In
Tennessee.

Their bodtes Found In u Mill Pond In
Tennessee.
KNOXVILLE. July 23.-The bodies of
Wheeler and Mynatt Hatmaker were
found in a mill pond near the Kentucky
line not far from Jacksboro. Tenn. In.
vestigation by a coroner's jury showed
that the boys had been murdered by be
Ing stabbed and beaten and then their
bodies thrown into the water.
suspicion Is said TO point to Silas
Nelly. Nelly fed after the verdict of
the coroner's jury was known. A feud
has existed between Nelly and the Hat.
makers for several years. Nelly having
been whipped by brother of the Hat,
maker boys. The boys who were killed
were only ii and IA years old, ana the
murder must nave been unprovoked and
therefore excitement is intense i'm the
oOmmunlty,