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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-03-15
DAMS WIFE.

UP in early morning hsht, H
Sweeping, dusting, "setting right"
Oiling oil the household springs,
Sewing buttons, tying strings,
Telling Bridget what to do,
Mcnding rips in Johnny's shoe,
Running up and down the stair,
Tying baby in her chair,
Cutting meat and spreading bread,
Dishing out so much per head, -
Eating as she can, by chance,
Giving husband kindly glance, G..cx
Toiling, working, busy life,
"Smart woman,
Dams wife,
Dan comes home at fall Of night,
Home SO cheerful, neat and bright, ~
Children meet him at the door, ~
Pull him in, and look him Ger. So
Wife asks GLOW the work has gonsi'' p
"Busy times with US at home p'
Supper dons-Dan reads at case,
Happy Dan, but one to please;
Children must be put to bed
All the little prayers are said;
Little shoes are placed in rows.
Bed clothes tpeked Ger little toes,
Busy, noisy, wearing life,
Tired woman,
Dams wife.
Dan reads on and falls asleep
See the woman softly creep,
Baby rests at last, poor dear,
Not word her heart to cheers
Mending- basket full to top,
, Stockings, shirt, and little frock, SIS
Tired eyes and weary brain,
Side with darting, ugly pain;
"Never mind, twill pass away
She must work, but never play
Closed piano, unused books,
Done the walks to easy hooks,
Brightness faded out of life;
Saddened woman,
Dams wife.
Upstairs, tossing to aud fro,
Fever holds tho woman low;
Children wander, free to play
When and where they will, to-day;
Bridget loitcrs-dinner's cold,
Dan looks anxious, cross and old;
Household screws are out of place,
Lacking one dear, patient face,
Steady hands, SO weak, but true,
Hands that knew just what to do,
Never knowing rest or play,
Folded now-and laid away;
Work Of six in one short life, ys...
Shattered woman,
Dams wife
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-03-15

A New WAY TO RAISE REVENUE
The following tax bill is suggested, in order
to raise full revenue promptly and with
out any grumbling:
For kissing pretty girl, one dollar.
For kissing homely one, two dollars.
This tax is levied to break up the custom
altogether, it being regarded as piece of
inoxcusabc absurdity.
For every filtration, ten cents.
For every young man that has more than
one sweetheart, five dollars.
For courting in the kitchen, twenty. five
c0nts.
Courting in the parlor. five dollars.
Counting in a romantic place, five dollars
for the first time, and fifty cents for each
time thereafter.
Seeing lady home from church, twenty
cents.
Failing to sec her home, five dollars.
For ladies who paint, five dollars for
those who don't, fifty cents.
Bachelors over thirty years Of age taxed
from ten cents to twenty dollars, and ban
isbed.
All pretty ladies taxed from ten cents to
twenty dollars, owing to the grade of beauty
and each lady to decide the grade herself
Each boy baby, fifty cents.
Each girl baby, ten cents.
Twins, one hundred dollars premium, to
be paid out of the fund accruing from the
tax on bachelors
Heads Of families of moro than thirteen
children fined hundred dollars and sent to
Jail.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-03-15

SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF JACOB
Some time since party of ladies and gen.
tlemen went on tour Of inspection through
Durham Castle. The "lions" were shown
to them by an elderly female Of 2 sour, SOL
emn, and dignifed aspect. In tho course
of their peregrinations they came to the
celebrated tapestry for. which the castle is
so famed.
"These," said the guide, in true Snowman
style, favored with dish of picty to suit
the subject, and pointing to several groups
OF figures upon the tapestry "these rep
resent scenes in the l;fc of Jacob"
"Oh yes-how prettyw said a young
lady; and with laugh, pointing to two fig
ures in somewhat close proximity, she con
tinued, 81 suppose that is Jacob kissing
"No, madam" responded the indignant
guide, with crushing dignity, "that is Jacob
'oresttiag ~ith tile angel"
The men haw- -hawed, the young lady sub
sided, and offered no further expository re-.
marks, but groaned under a sense Of un-
worthiness during the resi- of the visit.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-03-15
The State of South Carolina.
COUNTY OF UNION,
In the Court of Probate.

Avaline Underwood, Lucinda
Anutt, Nancy Posey and
Harriet Underwood. Summons for
Plaintiffs.
against. - Relief
Nancy Leonard, Margaret
Underwood, and Jane I'm Complaint
derwood, children Of Will
liam Underwood, deceased; j. not :.
the children Of Jones I'm
derwood, whose names are Served.
unknown, Thomas Under
wood, Defendants.
To The Defend,nts aJove named
VOU are hereby summoned and required to
l. answer the Petition in this action, which
is filed in the office of tho Judge of Probate,
for the said County, and to serve a copy of your
answer to the said complaint on the subscribers
at their office, ut Spartanburg Court House,
within twenty days after the service hereof, ex-
elusive Of the day of such service and If you
fail to answer the complaint within the time
aforesaid, the plaintiffs in this action will apply
to the Court for the relief demanded in the
complaint.
Dated 9th February A. y. 1873.
BOBO & CARLISLE,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-03-15

IMpEcUNIosITY Proven. A few days
ago a'awyer of New York filed petition
in the district court, in which the plaintiff
is an old woman. The clerk, as is usual
wanted security for costs.
Said the lawyer: "Shc is not required
to give cost bond. She is a pauper, and
will make an affidavit to that effect"
"Why, she used to own real estate" OBJ
served the clerk.
81 know she has got nothing now," re-
tortcd the lawyer.
"Have you collected your foe in advance?'
"You bet did,"
'Its all right, then. am satisfied she
isa pauper now sighed the clerk.
Tommy came home from school, and
handed to his father tho teachers report on
his progress during the month. "Ths is
very unsatisfactory, Tom; you've a very
small sum of good marks. I'm not at all
pleased with it," II told the teacher you
wouldn't be, but he wouldn't alter it.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-05-09
atseful aud Curious.
How to Make a Kite.

The Inter- Ocean, in answer to boys request,
Glow to make n good kite-somethng that will
hy"-gives the following:
Get a straight grained pine stick, three quar-
tiers of an inch wide, one-quarter thick, and four
feet long. Next, procure a good ash hoop, split
it, aud have it the same length as the piece of
pine, nearly. Find the centre of the hoop, and
fasten il at that point to the straight stick,
by lacing it with strong Irvine. Cut notch in
each end of the hoop. Tie strong string to the
end of the hoop, pass it around the pine stick.
then fasten it TO the other end of the hoop, and
draw the ends of the hoop together so the top
will be round, of good shape. Then pass the
string to the long end of the stick, through
hole bored for it, TO the end of the hoop, where
it was first fastened, and secure it. This makes
the frame. 1t may he covered with paper, but
thin glazed cotton is better. Lay the frame on
the material, and cut out the covering, leaving
about an inch all arornd Then paste the edge
of the paper on cloth, bring it over the frame.
and see that it is fastened all around. When it
is dry, the belly band may be put on. Bore two
holes through the back pieces, each one third of
the way from the end, and put through Il string
knotted at each end with loop in it, to which
to fasten the hy-string The tail should be
about twelve times rs long as the kite. The
bobs of the tail should consist of paper about
three inches long aud an inch and half broad,
folded four times and tied on the string of the
tail, about three inches apart. If the kite dives,
add TO the weight of the tail If it refuses to
fly, Tighten it. Attach the fy-string, and let it
go. Now, if the boys can't make it, it is not our
fault
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-05-09
How 10 Raise Hedge successfully.

First, prepare small hot bed, say two feet
square, and one and one-half feet deep fill with
fresh stable manure, within two inches of the
top, level up with mellow soil, place over this
box as large square as the bed. bottom up. When
the heat begins TO generate, place the seed
(Which of course should be in a coarse porous
sack, previously soaked "a hours or more) on the
hot bed under the box. Every morning and
evening, be sure to thoroughly rewet the seeds
by putting the sack into vessel of milk warm
water, as the heat will dry them, if not rewet at
least twice a day. When sprouts begin to ap-
pear, SOW in drills, covering with mellow earth
81 inches deep.
have raised as high as 500 plants from one
pound of seed in this way. Five pounds of seed
are sufficient for fencing fourth section, if the
seeds are good one or two pounds extra, for re-
setting the following spring, is not bad idea.
How far ought they to be set apart
placed around my farm the hedge from IL to
IA inches apart, but if ever have occasion to set
another shall place them from Is to "a inches
apart. If they are even close as 8 inches, the
fence is not tight, and if is occasionally ont
the gap is large enough for q small steer to rush
through, at least swine will and while they ars
not close enough TO make hog-tight fence, they
are too close to plat down. Hedge set 20 inches
apart can, at three years old, be half cut off
broken down fiat, and being from to feet long
will lap by each other, and the new shoots SPRING
ing mp interlace each other, making a rabbit
tight fence.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-05-09
a Remedy for skin Poisoned by uyy.

DIR. S. A. Brown, U. S. Navy, Mare Island, Cali.
fornia, believes that he has found u specific for
the eruption caused by contact with poison oak,
snmac, ivy, huahoO, cashew nut, etc. He writes:
This specific is bromine l have used it with the
same unvarying success in at least forty cases.
The eruption never extends after the first thor
ough application, and it promptly begins to d.
minish. Within twenty -fonr hours, if the appli-
cation be persisted in, the patient is entirely
cured. There is no pain attending its use, as
from that of astringents. OF course, the epider-
mis- peels of as after other treatment.
81 use the bromine dissolved in olive OIL in
cosmoline, or glycerine. The application with
glyeerine is painful, and, think, possesses no
advantage to compensate for the irritation. The
strength of the solution is from ten to twenty
drops of bromine to the once of OIL used by rub
bling gently on the affected parts three or four
times a day, and especially on going to bed al
night. iou wash off the oil twice a day with
CASTLE soap.
The bromne is so volatile that the solution
should be renewed within twenty four hours o
its preparation, as it will get out of bottle, no
matter how well corked. 1t is best to stand the
bottle on its corked end, in the interval Of ap
plicatIon.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-05-09
A blue Ribbon incident.

'Pard," said Happy Jack, as he looked sadly
at his reflection in the mirror of the saloon, cor
ner of Third and Mission streets, II amt the
shadow of myself, am ~
The barkeeper was gazing with dim eyes at
the returned prodigal. His emotion was too full
for tears.
81 could stand it no longer" said the Colonel
rs he thoughtfully examined the elbows of his
coat, and struck a match on the shining edge Of
his pantaloons; "Pm back in the field"
The barkeeper spun glass towards Colonel,
and reached under the counter. THE old
thing !" he asked with a smile.
The Colonel paused moment to subdue the
wild yearning of his manly breast. '.No," said
he, with an effort. Ave got to go slow at first.
Give me a hot whiskey." As the fluid struck
the sole of the COlOnePs boots his friends pressed
round to offer words of hope and cheer. The
Colonel was so deeply affected by the congratu-
lations that he had TO be conveyed home in a
carriage.-Sdn Frdncico Chronicle.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-05-09
Trimming Hedges.

J. b. Bailey, of Lake County, Ind, says: "In
trimming hedges, throw the brush from the
hedge into row. When all is finished, take a
good heavy pole, hitch horse to each end, with
boy on each horse, and commencing at one end
work. A stake may be thrust into the brush
ahead of the pole, and by bearing down the pc le
is held firmly to its work. Unhitch one horse,
draw the pole out lengthwise with the other
horse drive along the row sufficient distance
to clear the brush for the pole. and draw back to
the heap. SO proceed until you have finished
1t is then but little trouble to burn it, since Os-
age twigs burn readily when green.
One of the greatest nuisances along a roadway
is trimmings of Usage hedge. The thorns are
catching to everything. They will even pierce
through thick leather, sometimes, and often
cause serious lameness to cattle and sheep. BY
the plan have mentioned, large amount of
brush may be got rid of in short time, and with
little annoyance to the operator.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-05-09

ALL ABOUT SNEEZEs.-As rule, a sneezo is
the warning nature gives that some part of the
body is exposed to q cooler temperature than the
other parts, and the sneezer is Catching cold
Next to the warning, what is the nse of the
sneezef 1t throws open the pores of the whole
body, and induces a gentle perspiration; in a
word, it throws off the cold. child rarely
sneezes more than twice perspira ton is readily
induced in youth; an old man, on the contrary
sneezes half dozen to q dozen times, with a
loudly explosive Catalogue" 1t is harder to
set him perspiring. When one is sitting by an
open window, and finds himself sneezing, nature
tells him he is taking cold. He should get up
instantly, walk about, aud take full tumble r
of water, to keep up the gentle perspiration tn at
the sneeze set in motion. If he does this, he will
not be telling an hour after, that he has "a cold
in the head" or chest, or lungs.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-05-09

WHO THEY ARE.-"This man." said the ward
en-, pausing before the door of No. SO, "was sent
here for a most brutal assault on two freshmen
at Princeton, where he was a sophomore. He is
one of the worst characters in the prison. The
cell adjoining is occupied by man who was
sophmore at Yale. He attempted to poison the
entire freshman class all but seven were saved
by antdotes. He is in for life. We are obliged
to keep him heavily ironed. The next cell, No.
So, contains a Harvard sophomore, sent up for
fourteen years, for putting out the eyes of a
freshman with red hot iron. These prisoners
here having their heads shaved, arrived from
Amherst this morning it is the party of stu
dents that burned the college, and tarred and
feathered the President last month.-Utica Oh
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-05-09

The ent-worm that preys upon the corn plant,
feeds only on the sprouts and young stalks il
does not attack the seed Nevertheless the dep
relations of both this insect and the white grub
may be checked to some extent by stepping the
seed in saline and ammoniacal liquors. But the
best thing to ward off their attacks when the
corn sprouts, We believe, is to thoroughly smoke
the seed. This is often done in n smoke house
containg hams and shoulders. During the smo-
king process, among other chemical changes and
combinations, pyrolgneous acid is produced,
forming thin coating to the corn. 1t is an acid
containing oily impurities, which are offensive
to insects and birds, while they do not injnre the
seed. Salt is frequently Employed as prevent
i've Of attacks by the white grub, two to four
bushels per acre of fine salt being sown broad
cast and narrowed in few days before planting.
SCOT and ashes are often used in or upon the
hills, with good results but in field culture this
is generally impracticable-U esfeyn RuraI
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-05-09
HydrOphObia Cured.

Two Russian doctors lately treated the case ef
girl twelve years of age, who had been bitten
in the hand by mad dog. The wound was eau
terized Immediately with nitrate of silver. In
eight days the ccatrization was complete. Sew
enteen days after the bite. the first symptoms of
hydrophObia appeared. The doctors prescribed
inhalation of three cubic feet of oxygen. The
effect was immediate, and in two hours and a
half the patient was quite calm. Two days
after, fresh symptoms of the malady occurred
difficulty of swallowing and breathing, couvul-
siops, etc). A fresh Inhalation of oxygen for
forty five minutes, again counteracted these
There remained only slight difficulty in breath
ing, and this was overcome by means of mono
bromide of cam phor, the use Of which was con-
timed for three weeks. The girl recovered per-
feet health, with the exception of having apho-
Mia morbid consequence of diphtheria.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-05-09

CATARRH.-A writer, in the Tribune, says that
this disease is curable if the sufferer will persist
in using the following:
The remedy is crushed cubebs berries smoked
in pipe, emitting the smoke through the nose
after few trials this will be easy to do. If the
nose is stopped up, SO that it is almost impossi-
BILE to breathe, one pipeful will make the head
as clear bell. For sorethroat, asthma, and
bronchitis, swallowing the smoke effects imme-
date relief. 1t is the best remedy in the wor Id
for offensive breath, and will make the most foul
breath pure and sweet. Sufferers from that most
horrible disease, liberated catarrh, viii find this
remedy to be unequaled, months use will cure
the most obstinate case. A single trial will
convince any one. Eating the uncrushed berries
is also good for sore throat and all bronchial
complaints. After smoking do not expose your
self to cold air for at least fifteen minutes. The
berries are perfectly harmless, and there is no
use going to "catarrh Doctors while you can
procure this remedy. They can be procured at
any drug store, and you can crush them yonr-
self.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-05-09

EMBARRASSING SITUAIIoN.-The late John
Phoenix asked gentleman in front of him at
theatre to punch with his cane another person
sitting two seats forward. PhDnix imagined
that the person in front was an acquaintance,
but observing the other turned his head that
he was mistaken, he paid no attention to him,
but looked intently at the stage. The person
who had done the punching was embarrassed,
and the person punched was mad. At length
the former turned with very red face to Pho
nix aud said, Look here, didn't you ask me to
punch that mani" "Cer-tainly," said Phoenix.
swell, what did you do that for :" quoth the
other, angrily. ''Oh," said Phoenix, with great
GOODNESS, Il wanted to see if you'd do it,"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-05-09
Firm butter without Ice.

In families, or where the dairy is small a good
plan to have butter cool and firm without lee is
by the process of evaporation, as practiced in In
dia and other warm countries. A cheap plan is
to get q very large sized porus earthen flower pot
with an extra large saucer. Half fill the saucer
with water, set in it trivet or light stand-such
as used for holding hot irons will do-upon this
set your butter over the whole insert the flow
er pot. letting the top rim of it rest in and he
covered by the water; then close the hole in
bottom of the flower pot with a cork then dash
water over the flower pot, and repeat the pro-
cess several times day, or whenever it looks
dry 1t can be set in a cool place, or where the
wind can blow on it, it will evaporate the water
from the pot, and the butter will be as firm and
cool as il from an ice house.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-05-09

A COOP HINT TO Fowl RAIsERs-Is afforded
in the fact that all wild birds feed their Young
upon animal Gnsect) food, even if berries, buds,
seeds, etc.. form the natu raj diet of the parents
or adults of the same species
Thus Young chickens will not thrive SO well
without it as they will if supplied with animal
food, in some shape Earth worms are capital
for very young chicks Cooked meat, chopped
up fine, with boiled rice and potatoes, is a very
nourishing and acceptable dish for them when
Young.
But not too much of this-nor must il be given
too often. Otherwise they scour from the excess
of the meat feed. A little two or three times a
day, will help them, until they get to be six
weeks old. By that time they will be strong
enough to run in the fields and grass, where thew
will gather more natural supply of this kind of
food, aud, generally, plenty of it.-PoHltry
Uorfd
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-05-09

YES, CERTAISLY.-"lf you want to keep your
boy at home, make it pleasanter for him than
the street." Certainly. Chalk a hopscotch in
the hall, put hogshead of molasses on tap in
the kitchen, have dog fight in the back yard,
make "bully slide" on the cellar door, have a
hand organ and monkey in the reception room,
and German band on the stairs Let the boy
chalk callers backs on the first of April, throw
his baseball through the windows, run away,
and plug" the cook with fsh-bals Sunday
morning; but even then you will have to en-
gage a circus or great moral show" to drive
through the premises two or three times in the
season, to make it peasanter than the streets"
-Seddi ia BdsOO.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-05-09

CAN GAPEs IN Young CHICKENS BE PREVENT
ED Two of the worst enemies of poultry are
lice on the old fowls, and gapes in the young.
Rid your stock Of these two pests, and poultry
raising becomes real pleasure; your stock will
grow faster on less food; will mature earlier and
lay almost double the number of eggs. Lice
alone are the principal cause of at least one-half
of the diseases that your poultry are liable to.
Our agricultural papers have for years published
everything in the way of experiments and cures
that could be thought of. But parties rearing
young chickens know full well that one half of
the number Matched die with the gapes within
six weeks. This is quite loss in eggs, food,
time, and patience. Now, there is no need Of
your chicks dying with the gapes when one box
of my Cape Preventive and Lice Exterminator
can be had by mail, post paid, for 25 cents. 1t
will keep 100 chicks clear of gapes. Igurrantee
it to prevent the gapes, if applied when chicks
are first Matched to rid your flocks of all the
different kinds of lice; to cure roughly or scaly
leg Address, A. NJ. LANGs,
Cove Dale Farm, Concord, XIV
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-05-09

YoUNG CHICKESs.-Those not out, need extra
care and attention. Animal food of some kind is
Of the utmost Importance, there being no worms
or insects now for them to catch. Ground SCRAPS
beef or pork, scalded with their soft food, are
excellent if this is not obtainable, boil up a
Sleeps haslet, or some beefs liver, or rough
meat, scaid the feed with the boiling liquor, and
stir the meat in, first having chopped it fine.
Feed them little and often. Don't give them
enough to have them leave it and tread it into
the dirt. Be sure they are kept warm. If with
the hen, have them in sunny spot, protected
from the wind, SO that when the hen is eating
or standing around the little chicks are not suf.
fering from the cold.-PoultTy Bulletin.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-05-09

To KEEP MEATS FREsH.-For years have
preserved beef as fresh and nice rs inst from the
meat shop. Cut in convenient pieces, wash and
from three and one half to four pounds salt, two
pounds sugar, one-half ounce saltpetre, dissolve
in enough water to cover the meat, put in q tight
tnb that will not leak; after it has been in the
brine for two or three weeks, take ont the meat,
wash it, boil the brine. skim 1t, and put back
again. This receipt is worth many dollars to
persons far from market.