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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-01-15
Elastic Marble.


In one account of Rome the author
mentions five or six slabs Of elastic
marble as being in the possession Of
the Prince Borghese. Being set on
end they bend backward and forward.
When laid horizontally md raised at
end they form curve. If placed on
n table and n pioce of wood or any
other substance Is laid under them
they fail into kind of curve, each end
touching the table. The Abbe Forts
was told that they were dug up near
the town of Mondragon, in the king
dom of Naples. The grain Is like that
Of fine Carrara marble or perhaps Of
the finest Greek. They seem to have
suffered some attack of fire. A slab
Of marble similar in every respect to
those described and highly polished has
been exhibited for years ut the British
museum. Nj. Fleuvfan de Belvae sue
ceeded I'm making common granular
limestone, granular quartz, complete
ly flexible by exposing it to certain
degree of heat. In Lincoln cathedral,
England, there Is an arch built Of white
marble which is quite elastic, yielding
to heavy tread and returning or re-
bounding to its original position on
true elastic principles.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-01-15
Poetry md Science.

Poetry has perhaps no place in the
exact sciences, partly because exact
ness Is incompatible with poetic license,
partly because of the unalterablc tend
ency of the poet to get things wrong.
curious example of this was noticed
in lecture at the Camera club by Mr..
Duncan on cuttlefishes. The modern
cuttlefish is descendant of the fossil
belemnite, but the only descendant of
the coeval ammonite is the paper nau-
titus. Better known is the Portuguese
man -of-war, with which the paper nau-
titus is sometimes confused and which
is really allied with the belemntc
group, because, while it's shell appears
external, it is not really so. The poets
Pope, Byron and James Montgomery
all easily fell into the error, and Pope's
we'll known lines in the Essay on
Nam
Learn of the little nautilus to sail,
Spread the thin oar and catch the driving
gale - ~
embody a wrong description of this
very interesting survival. Pope belicv-
ed, with many other people, that the lit
| tie nautilus comes 10. the surface keel
downward and spreads some ncshy
oval and ciliary expansions in the form
of two sails and six little,toars- But it
does nothing of the kind. The two lit
tie oval cNpansions--the sailsAare new
er raised at all, but always tightly
clasp the shell. They form, in fact,
part of the shell. Moreover. the nau-
| titus comes to the surface upside down,
If we may SO express its position
London Post.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-01-15
Deer and SIeen

Deer reverse the apparent order of
nature, for they sleep in the daytime
and feed Mt night. How much sleep
they do take is n matter of contention
even among experienced stalkers. Some
say little, others much On the whole.
we are inclined to agree with the for
mer, Tor 1t has to be remembered that
they chew the cud when lying down
Two most experienced and observant
toresters, the one in Argyllshire and
the other in Aberdeenshirc, thus gave
their opinions: Deer rsleep or rest from
about 10 or IL n. IN. to p. NJ" Deer
sleep from noon to p. M
1t is no uncommon occurrence to
come on deer asleep. A stalker i'm the
Blackmount had the rare experience
or coming upon n parcel Of seven stays,
all sound asleep. a herd was seen TO
move in Glenfeshic, but one stag re-
mained behind, lying motionless. On n
careful approach he was found to be
asleep. Perhaps, however the oldest
occurrence OF this nature happened I'm
Braemore. when stalking party on
going up to the stag which had lust
been shot found q three-year-old close
TO 1t fast asleep. In fact, 1t is by no
means rare to get within yard or
two of sleeping deer.-Scottish Field.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-01-15
Noise us II Curative Agent.

The Chinese doctor sets up a terrible
racket when called to treat the sick.
This is supposed to drive evil spirits
away, and it unquestionably acts well
In great many cases. Civilization
demands rest and quiet. All noise is
barred from the sickroom. The Chi
nese have demonstrated unknowingly
a great psychological or psychapatho-
logical fact. a patient of mine had re-
ceived the last rites of the church. the
pulse had ceased ut the wrist and he
had sunk into that coma which pre-
cedes death. Some one in the next
house struck up the anvil Chorus"
from "ll Trovatorc." / was very much
annoyed and distressed and tried TO
stop it. Suddenly the pulsation at the
wrist began again, the patient grad
ualiy opened his eyes, motioned to his
sister. She bent low. and he whispered
in her ear. "Tc dun te dca; that is my
faVorite tune" We reused him, fed
him, and today, ten years after the
event. he weighs 240 pounds. The
therapeutics of vibration or noise is
yet to he written. so | have discoy-
cred that anything that can arouse the
subconscious, subliminal self will cure
my patient when all drugs fail, and
noise is very cheap agent.-MedicaI
Brief
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-01-15
The Ton Hat.

Tall hats, "pearking up like the spire
of steeple quarter of q yard above
the crowne," as a sixteenth century
writer describes them, were known in
the time of Elizabeth, and the Puri-
tans affected them until they merged
into the old fashioned beaver of our
great-grandfathers' days. Top hats Of
silk appeared first in Florence about
1900, and twenty years later silk hats
with felt bodies were introduced into
England.
About 1910 the French silk hat was
placed on the market and ut once
adopted in the familiar Chimney pot"
shape. There were several varieties
Of it, such as the Wellington hat, with
the yeoman crown; the Anglesea hat,
bell shaped at the top, and the D'Orsay
hat, with ribbed silk binding and big
bow.
The color also varied. Thus the
Earl Of Harrington started q craze for
green top hats by wearing one in his
garden with the idea of not frighten-
ing the birds. He also tested his silk
hats by standing upon them. The top
hat, however, was never so favored
by any great parsonage as to account
for its general adoption.-London An
SWerS
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-01-15
Preferred Arrest.

A thief broke into largo mansion
carly in the morning and found himself
In the music room. Hearing footsteps
approaching, he hid behind a screen.
From. Z to o'clock the eldest daugh-
ter had lesson on the piano.
From to 0 o'clock the second daugh-
ter took singing lesson.
From to 10 o'clock the eldest son
had violin lesson.
From 10 to IL o'clock-the other SON
took lesson on the flute.
At IL o'clock all the brothers and sis
tiers assembled and studied an ear split
ting piece for piano, violin, flute and
voice.
The thief staggered out from behind
the screen at half past II and, falling
at their feet, cried, "For mercy's sake
have me arrested, but stopw
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-01-15
More Than They CIniInel

Say" said the irate victim, you ad-
vertised that the house was five min
utes' walk from the station"
'Wcll:" replied the agent.
why, it's nearly thirty minutesr'
"Ah, then, as we said farther on in
the advertisement, it is more than we
claimed"
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-01-15
Changed His Mind.

II thought it was case of leve at
first sight"
at was, but he concluded that second
sight was best."-Brooklyn Life.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-06-10
a mn" I'd .nNemainrten.

CHICAGO, June 10.-Charles Hughes.
who says that he came from New York,
has been arrested on a charge of be-
ing a member of a band of incendiaries
who, according to the police and fire
departments, have started a number
of fires on the northwest side of the
city. causing a property loss in the ag-
gregate of about 100000.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-06-10
Mis-. Morton's Condition Critical.

PARIS, June 10-The condition of
Miss Lena Morton daughter of Levi p.
Morton of New York, has become criti-
cal owing to the development of blood
poisoning A member Of the family
said that only ray of hope remained.
The patient is at a private sanitarium,
where the family is assembled most Of
the time.
Bill Was Unwise and Unjust.
BOSTON, June 10.-The fifteenth We
TO has been sent to the legislature by
Governor Bates. 1t was sent in disap-
prevail of the so called soldiers bounty
bill, which provided for the payment
of a bounty of 1925 20 all honorably
discharged veterans of the civil war
who had never received such pay.
Governor Bates considered the bill I'M
wise and unjust
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-06-10

Saved Three From Drowning.

GREENWICH. Conn, June 10.-La-
mont, son of George f. Dominick, a
New York banker, rescued three men
from drowning off his fathers estate
at Field Point Park, directly opposite
e. c. Benedicts mansion, last night
and had a battle for his own life in
consequence. A fourth man, Michael
Bibrow, was drowned.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-06-10
PIumhers wnnt More Money

TOLEDO, o., June 10. - All the
plumbing work in this city was tied up
here when every union plumber went
out on a strike for an advance of 80
cents per day. They want "a per day.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-06-10
missouri to Go 10 Tnngier.

NORFOLK, Va, Jane 10.-The bat
tleship Missouri has sailed from Hamp-
ton Roads for Gibraltar 1t is under
stood the vessel will Join the feet at
TanGier.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-06-10
SUITS CUT TO $0.25'
q n q S so O

The suit sale which ends Saturday, left our
stock badly broken up, some styles having left
but one or two suits, so we have divided the stock
into two portions; any suit in one portion you may
choose from for $500 and any suit from the rest
for S0,25 Many of these suits were SIP, Sis and
$l8. Some sizes are running low but most sizes
are here in ample quantity to enable you to pick
a bargain.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-06-10

good good form and proper support and in
cdenally good figure on the We sell the Cor
sets because believe them the best If you examine
you, too, will be struck by its general excellence.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-12-13
President and vice-President.

There can be, no sort of doubt that President
Roosevelt does unbend and act himself out on
these State dinners and similar occasions He
has been known, together with some of his of
fetal family, to tramp and clatter through the
mazes of the Virginia Reel and to apostrophize
his slower-of-step Secretary of Agriculture with
such words as these
sect up, there, you rn-stallx !"
This exuberance on the part of the head of the
nation recalls somehow the old legend of Jupiter
not that Jupiter was ever known to dance the
Virginia Reel-but it is told of him that he laugh
ed for seven whole days after he was born.
But If a President can relieve the stress and
strain of office by relaxation of any Sort who shall
cavil? For to one who has seen long line of
Presidents in Washington all tired all showing
strain, all faded both in brain and Drawn. the
conviction is overwhelming that it is the most
overworked, thankless even if exalted, position
that any nation can bestow on man. It is, how
ever, far more tolerable office than that of
Vlce-Presldent. This second place in the gift of
our Government is no sinecure.
John Adams, when he was placed second on the
ticket, said: "My countrymen have contrived for
me the most awkward and insignificant position
ever devised by mortal man; for Vice President
is inevitably only a continual memento-mori to
the President"
Benjamin Franklin in the Constitutional Con
ventlon, characterized the President as aHis
Superfuous Highness." High he certainly ;s
and equally superfuous-until wanted.-Tbe Do
lneator for December
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-12-13
An Interesting Letter.

Dr. Edward Everett Hale tells of an amusing
rebuke once given by Thomas Bailey Aldrich to
Professor E. S. Morse for the latter's illegible
handwriting.
According to DR.. Hale, Mr.. Aldrich got back at
the professor in this wise:
My Dear Morse:--It was very pleasing to me
to get your recent letter. Perhaps I should have
been more pleased had been able to decipher the
same [ have not been able to master any Of it
beyond the date, which I knew, and the signature,
which / guessed at. This is singular and per-
petual charm ina letter of yours; it never gy
old; 1T never loses it's novelty. One can saA~s--
ones self every morning: Here's that letter of
Morse's. / haven't read it yet. I think I'll take
another shy at it to-day, and maybe I shall in The
course of few months, be able to make cut what
he means by those ts that look like WIS and hose
is that have eyebrows Other letters are read
and thrown away, but yours are kept forever
unread One of them will last reasonable man
lifetime. Admiringly yours, T. B. Aidricho
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-12-13
Santa Claus.

l write myself down as one who still believes
IN Santa Claus. Don't you? Are you one of
those very literal folk who have their doubts
whether they ought to let their children cling to
the beautiful old myth? My dear, wherever YOU
are, come sit down by me, and let me reason
with you
Without imagination, without dreams without
poetry, this old world of ours would be verv
wearlseme place. It's road would be steener thar
1t 1s-much like sleighing over bare ground would
our progress be, as compared with sleighing over
deep, hard-racked snow.
Ihe poetic myth of the old saint with his rein
deer and his Jingling bells and his bulging mack
OF toys and bonbons, has charmed Thousand
generations The stockings hung by the chimney
on Christmas eve; the presents filing them from
top TO toe IN the morning; the bubbling laughter
the shouts of joy-the whole of this family
pageant belongs to Santa Claus. We owe it to
nlm. Gradually, as the golden mists of childhood
clear oe1ore the sun, and the trailing clouds of
glory 1ade, our small men and women discover
u .nat santa Claus is not one, but ten thousand
mat ne IS better than they knew being inst the
spirit OF love, goodwill and beautiful unselfish
ness that makes the world beautiful place to
i've ia now, and makes it good starting-point
Tor heaven by and by. For you and me there IS
nope that we may do our duty in this world low
!ngly Whlle we keep the child-heart and believe
n IN Santa Claus.-Mrs. Margaret E. Sangster in
oman's Home Companion
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-12-13
THE HOME CIRCLE
My Springs.

In the heart of the Hills of Life know
Two springs that with unbroken flow
Forever pour their lucent streams
Into my souls far Lake of Dreams.
Not larger than two eyes, they lie
Beneath the many changing sky,
And mirror all of life and time,
Serene and dainty pantomime.
Shot through with lights of stars and dawns,
And shadowed sweet by ferns and fawns,
Thus heaven and earth together vie
Their shining depths to sanctify.
o Love, o Wife, thine eyes are they,
Ny springs from out whose shining gray
Issue the sweet celestial streams
That feed my life's bright Lake of Dreams.
Oval and large and Eassion-pure,
And gray and wise and honor sure;
Soft as a dying, violet breath
Yet calmly unfraid of death
Thronged, like two dovecotes of gray doves,
With wife's and mothers and poorfolk's loves,
And home-loves and high glory loves,
And science-loves and sfory-loves,
And love for all that God and man
In art and nature make or plan,
And lady-loves for spidery lace
And broideries and supple grace.
And diamonds and the whole sweet round
Of Titles that large life compound,
And love for God and Gods bare truth,
And loves for Madgalene and Ruth.
Dear eyes, dear eyes, and care complete
Being heavenly sweet and earthly sweet
I marvel that God made you mine,
For when He frowns tits when we shine!
Sidney Lanier:
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-12-13

| nice. I'm sure. only Yes, I did want books
But, well, I hate poetry. Still, this is very in
teretsing, of course"-and so on. Yes. and on.
A long recital of the troubles of tired women,
selecting and sending, unwilingly, presents to
people who do not want them.
It is a true story. Some one has suggested that
the women of Charlotte meet Independence
Square Christmas morning and swap dollars.
They would be as well off and have great deal
more fun.
But the writer of the magazine article sees
more in this exchange of worthless Christmas
presents than mere folly. GLOW much sentiment,
how much love, how much sense of fitness. how
much honor for and commemoration of the Su
preme Gift to the World?" is asked. The Bazaar
writer argues for the cultivation of the spirit #
Christmas instead of its recognition in the pres
ent paltry fashion. We quote:
3The moment we put our Christmas giving on
this basis, we draw the first breath of freedom
for we shall not give a single present we don't
want to givel Think of that! Giving only what
our hearts honestly prompt to give! Why, it
cuts that long list in half right away There
is no lying awake att night to think how earth
we are going to repay Mary Robinson. :. A
knock at a friends door on Christmas morning
and the clasp of hand; growing plant the
loaf of bread, the jug of wine. Suppose letter
came on Christmas morning to say, not, You ere
perfectly dear to have sent me a spoolbox, but
i want you to know that your patience, or cour-
age. tenderness during this last year will help
me to live more bravely and courageously and
lovingly this next yearp What a Christmas pres
ent the receipt of such letter would be to any
one of US! What a Christmas present for any
one of us to send to the human heart that has
given us courage for the burden and heat of the
day! 49,. Thus will Christmas be lifted from
the dust of trivalties into which we have flung it.
And thus, indeed, we shall be lifted to the level of
Christmas p-Charlotte Observer.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-12-13
The Real Thing.

Farmers who work out their road tax will ap-
preciate this bit of humor from the Indianapolis
Journal:
"There amt no sich thing as real Christian
said the man with the patched jeans.
"Don't you think there amt" said the man
with the soft hat turned up behind. "I know
one myself"
ooh! he never missed going to meeting, ]
s'pose?' sneered the other.
II amt laying so much account on that when
it come time to work the roads, he went out and
did an honest days work. as if he working
his own farm %
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-12-13
THE GIVING OF CHRISTMAS GIFTS.
The Commercial Element Degrades the Custom
Christmas Greetings that Would Mean Something.

The New Bern, Journal has an excellent edi-
torial on the subject of Christmas presents Cup
on whatever terms gift is made" it says, cit
should be an honest giving throughout. An ex-
pensive gift from In moderate circumstances,
deceives only the tradesman who has charged the
presenter for it. Christmas remem-
brances are within the means of nearly every one
who feels prompted to give. 1t is not the actual
value In dollars and cents which makes any gift
fully acceptable, but it is the love and affection
which prompts the sending of the gift"
In Harper's Bazaar for December is an article
by Margaret Deland on the same subject and
somewhat on the same line. 1t describes wo-
man jaded with Christmas shopping, checking
long list of names of those to whom she
must send presents in repayment of those she re-
ceived last Christmas, and racking her brain in
the effort to think if she has forgotten any one
and to think what she shall send to each She
wishes Mary Robinson had not sent her that
sachet-bag last Christmas, and wonders in what
sort she will repay her, when she bethinks herself
OF the spool-box, painted with snow-drops and
tied with pink ribbon, which Jane Smith sent
her with love and best wishes" That is the
very thing! She will send it to Mary, and she
does, and Mary receives it and writes her note
OF thanks, declaring that the box is perfectly
sweet and the gver perfectly dear to have thought
OF her. And then another: "Oh dear, I lid
want ring, but / hate opals Well. there. Pm
sure it was very kind in William-but I should
SO much rather have had real handsome card
case than this purse. Not but that it's very
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-12-13
Not Premediated.

Justice of the Peace: .What do you mean by
saying it was not premediated, Rastuss You
acknowledge that you broke into the plaintiffs
hardware store and stole bunch of keys"
'Rastus: seYassuh; but dat wuzn't NAH fault,
jedge. Mistah Sniff put locks on his chicken
coop dat none. OBJ NAH keys would fit, an dere
wuznt udder way ter git in widout his
heahin' me ceptin' by borrerin' dem keys. Yas-
sub; dat's de truf."-Judge.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-12-13

No 10 Of series of Southern selected es-
the Editor. ~ S''o A@A' W
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-11-11
RUSSIAN OFFICERS AT PARIS.
Witnesses in fhe North Sea Incident
Confer with Diplomats.

Paris, Nov. Three officers of the
Russian squadron, including Cay tain
Clado, who are the principal witnesses
in the North sea incident, arrived to-
day from Vigo and went Immediately
to the Russian embassy. where they
held long conference.
Captain Clado was on board the flag
ship with Vice Admiral Rojestvensky,
and was entrusted with the task of
drafting the official account. After
the conference the officers declined to
make any public statement relative to
the affair until the report is delivered
in st. Petersburg. However, it can be
stated that their visit more than ever
satisfies the Russian authorities that
the presence of two Japanese torpedo
boats was positive fact, eye witnesses
maintaining that their Identification
was unmistakable.
There continues to be an understand
ing in Russian diplomatic circles that
two reports will be sent separately, one
from Hull and the other from ST..
Petersburg, to The Hague for final
hearing.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-11-11
TO SELECT ALASKA EXHIBIT.
Committee Named by Hitchcock Will
Begin Work Immediately.

st. Louis, Nov 7.-The members of
the committee selected by the Interior
department to select the exhibits from
the Alaskan building for the Lewis and
Clark Centennial exposition in Port
land next year are expected to arrive al
the Alaskan building and begin their
labors today. The committee is COM
posed of the following: Assistant Sec
Ietary of the Interior Judge Thomas
Ryan, Edward M. Dawson, chief c'erk
of the Department of Interior, B. F.
Peters, chief clerk of the Navy depart
ment, and S. r. Burcha.
In addition to selecting the exhibits,
the committee will also determine the
amount of space to be allotted to Alas
ka. 1t has been stated that the c,ti-
zens Of the various cities and towns in
Alaska are being awakened to tue fact
that the United States government is
doing everything in Its power to aid
them in the development of the terri
tory and to induce people to 60 to Alas
ka and locate, and they will do every
thing in their power to aid the COM
mittee by forming clubs and exposition
societies to make a concentrated effort
to display the advantages of Alaska at
oltland in the very best possible man
ner.