The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-12-05
UNIQUE PROPOSALS.
SOME RaTSsR CURIOUS METHODS
OF POPPING TrE QUESTION.

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Young ul&;rou l,v;1- IL i south I.oudcn
suburb has - her possession &c this
present p.oneuC Sevec:, riae written
love letters,
TIE lady In question was Formerly
a. attendant at 4 shooting gallery in
Certain popular place ot amusement
(soon, alas. q be closed forever which
is down Westminster way" aud her
sweetheart that was aud husband that
Is used 10 drop il OF IN evening to
practice. He became SO expert after
awhile that be could place the shots
where he liked 70 within { fraction OF
a. inch. and he frequently used his
Skill! when TO incouveD.eut onIookers
were around IN the manner indicated.
Needless TO say that as soon as lie had
finished the little perforated squares
OF cartridge paper were carefully re-
moved and preserved ty her for whom
alone the messages so curiously writ
ten thereon We're intended.
Tie mast farfamSd feature OF the
beautiful Yosemite valley. in Califor-
nia. is the Bridal Vel fill. 1t descends
from the plateau. rosrly 5000 feet
above, in 4 single ribbon of silvery
water li.uned luminously against the
dark vertical face OF the precipice.
Perhaps it was its romantic name
which suggested TO Charles Evelyn. n
young and wealthy San Franciscan, to
utilize the falling strea inlet in an alto
gcthcr novel fashion. Anyhow he spent
several thousand dollars in construct
ing ut the summit Of the cliff, Just
where the water gathers itself together
for its final terrific leap into the abyss
below, a sort OF vertically sliding
slUlce door which worked so smoothly
and so perfectly that it could be low
cred and raised several times In the
course Of n single minute.
S,-hn f-
complete he brought to the valley from
her far eastern home the young lady to
whom he was engaged, and by alter
nately raising and lowering the sluice
gates above for longer or shorter inter-
vals, as the case might be, he caused
the cascade to tell her in spurts and
Jets, corresponding TO the dots and
dashcs Of the Morse alphabet, Of the
love he bore her. Whether the lady ex-
actly approved Of this Dlazoning abroad
Of what should have been q message
sacred to her eyes alone is not record.
ed, but She has. at all events, the su-
prcme satisfaction Of rejecting that
She is the only woman in the world to
whom love letter has been indited by
harnessed waterfall.
Love letters spelled out In fireworks
are Of course common. One such writ
ten aloft In particolorcd globes Of fame
and addressed by a Magyar noble to
his at!ianced bride at Herrmannstadt
Is said to have cost $500.
In Sussex garden n lovelorn but
bashful swain sowed in mustard and
cress marriage proposal to the daugh.
ter Of his next Goor ncighbor, and the
fair one, not to be outGone, answered,
Yes In radishos. They were mar
ried without delay, and both the pro-
posal and the answer were served and
eaten ut the wedding breakfast
After oil, however, it Is doubtful
whether the modern lover has, on the
whole, progressed very far in the mat
ter of inventing novelties, either in
marriage proposals or love letters.
Nearly 1900 years ago q proposal for
the hand Of an Egyptian princess was
Inscribed elaborately on block Of
solid stone and can be seen to this
day by any one curious I'm such mat
ters in the British museum. Machares,
an old time king Of Colchis, wooed his
wife by sending her presents of young
and beautiful child slaves. each of
whom had some tender and loving
message tattooed on the skin of the
back. while, coming down to more
recent times. 1t is recorded of the
Prince de Cont that he sent to a GER
tain. great lady proposal inditcd on
golden plaque, eXQuisitely engraved,
the letters of the words Of the epistle
being formed of diamonds, rubjes and
rmeralds set In the metal.
The lady's answer was, however, I'm
the negative. whercupon the prince re-
quested that she would Mt least do
him the honor Of accepting n ring con-
tanning miniature Of himself. To
this she assented. but stipulated that