The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-11-21

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m nun aSs:,t's SsS,Sdltor;.-
are pretty wSll assureseuss. sstsT lsso, =!
once pst upSo take in the extIS> county
tho plmter.f The same plan is sanuar!
with reterence to Western product nnoun mn !.
IhHfise in cotton will so far n9"'e
Old SCORES, but flour planters wanY mo9
theebcneHtsof full prices for theii swN
Fthey muse fersistently make the;Y
suit suppoiting as far as possible TIGVs,
Eness edict is, and we:soanp6t esc5x TpWi
EDlfersify and live; parsue one exs,,-In
tIndpstry aud die7-4and2 d2aio in debt NJ ,bat
Lei noh then, eqhance ssotton prices dc.
COVE our planters. LIT Hem not neglec,
i the bread and meat qdSstion, for the Wcs.
/ tefn. producer has bsrdhiesa necess;tv across
\ inc water as well as We. They will be NJ,
| the great exporters and they will = rend
| upon the market abroad for their .apSe IN
prices The consequence wp'ee, they VIII
be forced into conflict VIII, the protective
system OF the North ari the business of the
country will h'brougit to safe, business,
like basis in which producers will get their
Town., II is 4 bng lane that has no turn.
We at tho South can no longer control the
price Of provisions. The only safe way is
to raise them for ourselves and take clean
advantage of the raise on cotton when it
comes, without having to waste our earn.
iugs on costly Western provisions n
burnt child should dread the fire, aud it is
,lmc our people should have learned this
thing down to the bottom, and as soon as
they arc foot loose from their old debts turn
over new leaf in this regard. We are
not in Il hurry about the future ofthc South,
and w do not care Il grot for the Blaincs.
and CUnklings and Chittcndvns, and Hills.
! here are great business questions looming
up which, if VIC have sense enough to wait
Tor and heed, will take care of the country
and set aside the issues that are sprung
upon us Of the South with chronic regular.
ity. Let us be wise in our day mnd cencr-
alton, and put our house in order, not for
battle, but for better things and they will
come-vcry surely they will comc.-C"L
Rcyjsir.
How SOME MYSTERIOUS FIRES Occur.
An insurance man, speaking Of the many
fires which unaccountably break out in
closed buildings, throws light ON the sub.
Jcct by these actual experiences
Some months ago, IN passing prominent
picture store in the city in which | reside,
on Sunday, my attention was attracted
by the actions Of Il boy, which seemed to
bctoken luuacy. lie would stand with his
back against the large show window out.
side for a few minutes, thcl turn about aud
carefully gaze within then again plant
his back against the window. Curious to
solve what seemed to be case Of idocy in
Il bright looking boy, | asked the cause of
his strange actions. Directing my attcn.
ton: discovered that the rays of the sun
through 4 lass formed focus in the mid
die of large and valuable chromO which
bad commenced to smoke just at this idcn-
teal point, aud would evidently soon be in
flames. The boy stated that he was a clerk
in the store, but had not his key, and dis
covering the state Of things, he planted
himself as a patent living fire screen to pro-
tcct the picture from the sun rays
A wcll-known Hartford adustcr while
HiS lOoui III Olc VI OUT lllCSI DlSl-
ness blocks, saw his silk umbrella, standing
in the corner, quietly take fire and consume
before his very eyes, and with no little diff.
liculty he stopped the fire from spreading
Investigation proved it to have caught
from the concentrated rays Of the sun re-
ticctcd from his graphoscopc, innuccntly
resting ou his table Without & doubt, We
do not understand many actual causes of
lire, and numerous confagrations are due
to far distant causes from those suspected
or guessed at. In the case mentioned had
the fire occurred during the ab, cncc of the
owner, and the block been consumed. as it
might easily have been, it would have re.
manned one of those unsolvcd mysteries
which surround so many fires
Another strange fact he asserted was
that while the premium on ice-houscs is
something over two per cent, that on well
conducted powder factories was only three.
the apparent anomaly by saying that the
utmost care is observed in handling innan-
maL.c material about the latter buildings
on account Of the great danger to the occu.
rrnts.
y Docs lMpLACAHLE HATRED
Among some "reminiscences Of dogs given
by u writer in ForcSi anil Stream, the fol.
lowing appears: In my early youth recall
a dog owned by my grandfather who aiior
dcd an instance OF temper rcsent!ul and
implacablc. Marquis was half hound and
halt l'mastiif, as.wc believed, but we only knew
II Ia 4, e I.