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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-01-31
WHAT HsETENHA SEE NAd 5EAhEEPs e EHE EE FATE

A printer sat in his Office chair, his boots
were patched and his. coat threadDare, and
his face looked weary and worn with care.
While coldly thinking of business debt, old
Morpheus slowly round him crept, and be-
fore he knew it he soundly slept, aud Sleep
ing hc,s3reaa.ed that he was dead from trou-
BILE aud toll; his spirit had fed, and that not
even cow bell tollcd, for the peaceablc rest
of tho cowhide sole. AS he wandered
among the shades that smoke and scorch in
lower hades, he shortly observed an iron
door, that creakingly swang on hinges ajar,
but tho entrance was closed with red hot
bar, and Satan himself stood pccping out,
waiting for travellers there about and thus
to the passing printer spoke:
"Come in my dear; it shall cost you
nothing, and never fear This is tho place
where | cook the ones who never pay their
subscription sums for though in life they
escape, they will find when they are dead
it is too late; l will show you the place
where melt them thin with rcdhot chaius
their and scraps of tin; and also where | comb
heads with broken glass and melted lead,
and of Refreshments they only think, there's
boiling water for them to drink, there's the
red hotrgrindstone to grind his nose, and
and tRc1red hot ring to wear on his toes,
and if they mention they don't like fire,
I'll sew up their mouths with red hot wire !;
and then, dear sir, you should see them
squirm, while l roll them over; and cool to
turn"
With the last words the printer awoke
and thought it was a practical joke i; but
still at timcs so real did it seem, that he
cannot believe it was a dream; and often
he thinks with chuck and grin of the fate
of those who save their tin and never pay
the printer.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-01-31

HIRING FARM LABOR.--As this is the
period ofthe year at which the farmer makes
his yearly contracts for labor, the follow
ing, practical suggestion from the Southern
| CuitiUdtor arc valuable and will prove of
special interest.
Since tho panic Of 1873, a general
shrinkagc Of values has been going on
If under such circumstances all values
shrink proportionally, no one out of debt
suffers specially. If the farmer for instance
gets now only half as much for his cotton
| as he did in 1873, it would make no differ
ence to aim, provided he could buy what
he needed at half the price he had to pay
that year. Can he do this? With some
things he can, with others he cannot
The prices of what are usually termed the
"necessaries" of life, such as clothing,
(domestic,) provisions, iron, &c, have prob
ably decreased quite as much as that of
cotton. But the price of labor-that
which the farmer uses most Of all to make
cotton-what about that? All, there's the
rub. Labor has not declined in value pro-
portionately to that which labor produces
nor to those things which the !aborer
must buy, to wit: clothing and food
Aud this, it seems to us, is the great un-
derlaying universal cause of business stag
nation every where. The merchant lacks
confidence in the farmer, because he sees
he has little or no money left after paying
the expenses of the crop. The capitalist
bestates to invest in industrial enterprises,
because he sees that expenses cat up all the
profits and portion of the capital in
vested Those who have already invested,
,,r,
ners, &c, have attempted to relieve them
selves by reducing wages, buS success has
been very partial. Laborers have resisted
it, STRIKES" have followed, and general
unsettling Of business cnsued. Now tho
farmer can attempt reduction of wages on
ly through the contracts he makes at the
beginning of the year--his crops once
planted, he is at the mercy of tho laboror.
1t then becomes question Of losing the
whole, or paying one.half or three -fourths
of its value, to secure the remainder.
The labor arrangement for the year, then,
Is the paramount question of the day
Heretofore we have advised hiring for
money or standing wages-and still think
this the best arrangement when labor can
be hired at reasonable rates. But s,ndcr
existing circumstances, when labor ie- high
compare with the products of labor, it is
better to pay in part of the crop, and thus
compel the laborcr to share with the land
lord the loss from low prices, bad seasons,
&c. The chief point to be guarded is,
that the landlord shall retain control in
the matter Of rotating the crops-running
hillside bitches, laying off rows on a
Notwithstanding the pasturing of stock
in others words preventing injury to the
land.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-01-31

The MERCIFUL MAN-TnE MFRCILEs S
MULE.-Thc Raleigh On. c. Observer
thus pleasantly alludes to the mcrcful man
whose care for borrowed horse we'll nigh
cost South Carolina Governor:
n mcrciful man is mercitul to his
beast, and it is sorry fellow that will ride
a borrowed horse to DEATH and that is the
reason why Governor Hampton rode a mule
instead of horse in deer hunt, which
proved such a costly diversion for him
lie is hard rider, and the day before had
used friends horse which he had wished
to spare on the second day. This is all
very well, but knowing the changes and
chances Of mortal life on mule, even with
the best of riders, and knowing that Gov
ernor Hampton knew them, We have never
quite forgiven him, in our heart of hearts,
for putting his State in such jeopardy
When mule humps his back, nothing
human can stay on it, and every mule is IL
able to hump his back at the most uncx-
pectcd moment. There are many mules,
but there is only one Hampton,
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-01-31

IF people would only keep their mouths
shut regarding other peoples business,
what vast amount of trouble there would
be spared in this world-but what lots of
people would be thus thrown out of en-.
ployment.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-01-31

"Id like you to help me little," said a
vagrant, poking his head into q country
store. "Why don't you help yourself %
asked the proprietor. THANK you, I will -
said the tramp, picking up bottle of pick
les and two loavcs Of bread, and then van
ishing.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-01-31

j. G. McCabc, Commissary of the Citi.
zens' Relief Committee, of Memphis, Tenn ID,
in making a final statement, reports that
$4,000 rations were issued to 6S,O22 per-
sons during the prevalence Of yellow fever
in that city.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-01-31

Thare il lots ov people in this world who
are like Sudcboard at the forks ov the
road they can point out the right way
for others to perscw, but they don't follow
it thcmsclfs.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-01-31
For the Tunes,
UNCLE BOB.
DY ". v. w.

Dis nigger am gwine to vote
Do straight-out democrat,
So, Master, 1 will glib my noto
To mako you sure on dat
I'll tell no lies about it, sir,
say de truth right down,
voto for Radicals las yosr,
But now, Is comm roun.
For when got back home dat night,
found an empty platter,
1 fumbled round, and thought I might
Pshaw couldn't find 'tater;
But hungry niger don't glib up,
l links Jest what I'd do,
takes my plate and my tin cup,
And goes right to Miss Sue.
And so, l axed her for somo milk,
And little piece of bread,
To cure dc cronic rumatiz,
And mis- ry in my head,
SO Missus took my plato and tin,
And went into do house;
While sit on de doc steppin
Thinking Of cake and souse.
But when she 'peared agin, o law!
Dis nigger could not find
Enough of words to tank her, for
De victuals suit me prime.
Now, dar's none of de's poor-buckra
Dat would hab done dc like:
Dos folks dats always saying how,
De niuvers not trent right
NJ. L. W.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-01-31

EXAuGERATIoN.-The habit of exagge-
ration is one which rapidly grows into un-
truth, if encouraged Never "color" sto-
ry for the sake of foolish jest, or to ex-
cite the laughter of a few companions at
the expense of friend. BE anxious when
you relate anything to tell it just as it oc-
Cured. Never vary in the least degree
The reason why our cars are so often salu-
ted by false reports is because people in tell
ing real things add a little to them, and as
they pass through dozen mouths the orig
inal stories are turned into something en-
tirely different. SO when you attempt to
tell anything that you have seen with your
own eyes relate it correctly in every parti-
cular, and as you grow older you will reap
the advantages Of this course
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-01-31

There lives in Franklin County, n c.,
man 40 years old, who never heard SER
mon preached, never read a chapter in
the Bible, never fired gun and never saw
There is man in Hillsdale County, Mich.
who never saw horse, never heard comic
song, never read newspaper paragraph !,
never saw boat and never spoke to wo-
man. He is deaf, dumb and blind, poor
man.-FTce Press
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-01-31

An old bachelor, who particularly nuuvu
literary women, asked an authorcss if she
could throw any light on kissing. Il
could" said she, looking arcbly at him !;
"but | think it's better in the dark"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-01-31

two eggs well beaten then mix with pure
water (wc melted ice, add one tablespoon
full Of orange flower water and little sugar,
(too much sugar is apt to make the bowels
worsc,) give tablespoonful every hour
1t will cure the worst cases Of cholera infan-
tum, the egg coating the bowels and healing
thpm
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-01-31

y CERTAIN CURE FOR CHILLS AND
FEvER,-Scvcral years ago l was travelling
In the course Of a conversation he remarked
than in the earl ly settlement Of that State
he had suffered much, as all early settlers
always do in the West, from this disease
lie had used the ordinary remedies largely
composed of qui1ine, with the usual results
curing, for the time being, to return
again in a week or two.
Being among some Of the Indians south
of that State, he came across n Frcnchman
who called himself a doctor This man
advised him to get an ounce of camphor,
all in one piece, if possible, sew it up in a
small cloth bag hargi it round his neck with
a tape, SO it would come at the bottom of
the sternum or breast bone, and securing it
there with another tape round the body, to
keep it in place. This, he said, would all
evaporate in week or ten days, when he
must get another and use it in the same
way Two ounces thus used, costing 20
cents, would cure, he declared, the worst
case of aguc so it would never come back
The Kansas man declared that he had tried
this remedy in hundreds of cases, and had
never known it to fail. Since obtaining
this information | have tried it many times,
with the same results. So simple and
harmless remedy ought to be in general
use.-IraUie Farmer
q
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-01-31

Riches have wings, but they seldom fly
toward q man.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-01-31


Chicken Cholera appears often to be
spread by other chickens eating the intcs-
tinal contents of those which have been
killed for the table There would be nothing
violent in the assumption that disease might
be produced in healthy fowl from feeling
upon the intestinal and excrementitious
matter of another fowl, itself in health
This probability develops into certainty if
the intcstines arc from the body of fowl
in which the disease existed in the uudevel-
oped form of the incubativc period, which
may exist for several days before the bird
becomes sick Any fowls bought from
strangers arc legitimate subjects of suspicion.
There is plain piece of common sense
which may be put into practice here, and
that is, to require the cook to burn the in
tcstines of every fowl cleaned. Facts arc
not wanting in our personal experience
which so to show that the excremcnta of
an animal arc more or less dangerous to all
other animals, and especially so to other
animals of its own kind. Animal hygiene
is an important branch of agricultural
science, which has been little thought about
or written about, except in rather loose
way. In nothing have the practices of
modern civilization been less sensible and
more disgusting and dangerous than in our
modes of dealing with human and animal
cxcremcnta and other impurities, from
which arise, all over the earth, multifarious
forms Of sickness and death to man and
beast. Southern Planter dnd Farmer.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-01-31
AN EDITORS ADVICE.

Reidville, s. c., 1873.
The New York herald., 1879-02-26

1924. Exports-To Great Britain, 3e72: to France
soez to the Continent. 1885, coasswiso 7O7 stock
MOBILE Feb. 2s 1879.
Cotton-Holiday Not receipts, l,aio bales Exports
sAvASsAn. Feb %, 1879
oGas F@ s :sep 5 Gss. sanE soHS
Grea. Britain 1878; soastwise. ~ Sales 1000; last
'' cnAnlnsros, Feb as. 1879
ITO bales Sales, isoo stock sssas w. '' '''''''''
wnMsGroY, n c., Feb. a5 1879
Spirits of urpen,ne quiet 26ac Rosin dull 81 Is
for strained Crude turpentine unsettled Tar steady at
nominal
Flour steady; clear sa IS g SO: No. Spring. s.
& 81 saass s%SSs sn,s rs' p,sss.. ~"sr + 3 3
y, 5o;,,, graham, IS % S. 50; sales 500
sse 81 % os; sales bushels Cred MsSash on pr
s,I SsssS ,s$s. q.
$4,000 bushels 2 Corn r meal and meed unchanged Ship
prices Wheat IN limited rssnss. sales Of 900 Snslsls
Mo- hard Duluth png a. " 0ss Sses Iaes
q sSc; Dc; old Kansas, on sIseS; Al
stead Sc f ?svs sss
fairly 4 % 81 g q & 3 5
pea. in moderate demand Corn @ % setss and unehangod
s ns a y s city
ss Be- oats oats se New York kesspts-
mcnts-Flour, $3.50 bbls wheat 5t70o bushels corn,
400 do oats ~ 700 do barley $500 do 400 do.
S,ss ss,,e xS
A April good Ps a;.,ry May y.s. Ss ss sTss' nsS I'D
%ixsd ss Sa Do, s79ss; No Ss SIC. sos.. ara,
"'!'s 1is as ass &c pf 3 ass essss
%soo coo bbls wheat 81 opo bushsls corn, 5ooSd. ssis
bushels; corn, 400 do; oats, 1000 do.
To.rno, Feb; IS. 1879
bid: ssrsS hold Il 81 ok No. rs$ wa,sr spot, q %;
Nay 81 %9 Corn qsiss lsss,.S Ssa mixed se No. 2 spot
CNcIsxArr. Feb 25 1879.
qs Wheat !"
' ;s'Gs quiet s"s
rSss aS!s., :sss :sssa ~ sis Ba4 NEAR. .s
,SS, ss hS ID q s T e sIs ss" S & sss
steady wh good .sv clear s, rib
mand At 81 O3 quiet unehsnsed Sugar steady
and unchanged Hogs I fairly active and shade higher
s. Il 4 4o Sushers receipts ,si n'iisaa
shipments mono.
Flour ssoSS demand at full prizes: %Se..i ss,vs
sRd Ss.ss shsss sp!ps
Sss2 x,s
.S Ts,Ss s.ssy $ 4 xs 20 IS.a 4 - s.sS 6
3 = s. sssI
SshSr s WHISKY steady and s9:%ssd q 81 o.
ssia 80 = M sS: = $s
barley laS do At & the slose-G s Grain hTn,e but not
The New York herald., 1879-02-26

Net earnings. 50 3O2, ,769 $24s4,s46 Dec. 1s2O77
BY the foregoing statement it appears that the in
come of the road from the main line and branches
and leased roads $5,5s9525 70. There was on
increase in passenger receipts of $42375 AZ; In
chandse freight of $77.662 81; in miscellaneous
ceipts of $1S256 r. and decrease in coal freight
$302,1s2 70. as compared with 1877 The road and
equipment have been thoroughly maintained. All
expenditures for the construction of buildings,
bridges coal trestes and pers and for about twenty
eight miles of steel rails laid during the year.
well all legal and other disbursements incident to
the reorganization of the company have been included
in the above statement OF expenses. No additions
whatever have been made to construction accounts.
BY the united efforts and harmonious action Of
stockholders. bondholders and creditors, which the
receiver desires to acknowledge, the of the
reconstruction scheme has been assured Ten per
cent on all the stock of the company has been paid
by the stockholders. Two and ne-half years cou-
pons have been funded SIS. 10000 bonds out of
total OF $40 900, leaving only $624 900 unassentc
All the blanket mortgage bonds issued at time OF
the receivers appointment, amounting to $500 Oo0
have been redeemed and cancelled and the mort.
gage satisfied OF record. The of the COM
pany will be sufficient to meet current expenses tho
instalments ON the extended loans secured by col
lateral and all interest payments its bonded debt
as they mature during the present year,
The New York herald., 1879-02-26
THE SHOOTING IN HAvERSTRAw.
MELANCHOLY EFFECTS OF EuM-uSroUE vER-
DICT OF coRoSERs JURY.

MELANCHOLY EFFECTS OF EUM--USrQUE vER-
DICT OF CoRoSERs JURY. :
william II. Kingsiand. Jr.. the young who
was shot in a lager beer saloon in Haverstraw
the night of February 20, by Frank kennedy died
at his home sunday morning last. after lingcr-
ing over two days. Coroner Govan summoned
a jury and held an inquest on sunday. and .
number of witnesses who had been on the spot
or in the ncighborhood when the shooting occurred
testified at length and the proceedings of the inquest
took long twelve hours. The bulk of the evil
ing aud intoxicated at the time the fatal
deed took place. lie had q pistol with
him. which he repeatedly pulled out of his
pocket and hourished in threatening man
his best friend. 1t several times
taken away from him by people In the saloon and by
culpable ovor-indugence toward i'm his
dition finally rcturncd to him. kingsland and
friend entered the saloon in the evening at time
when Kennedy was proclaiming that lac would shoot
the first man who laughed at him. saying this he
started toward the door of the saloon and turning
suddenly around fired his pistol at random at the
group in front of him. The ball entered the abdomen
ot young kingsland and he sank to the floor. Ken
nedy then started of. but subsequently in the even
ing surrendered by his father the County Judge
kingsland taken to his home. whore he died
amid the great grief of his family. Both young men
warm friends and engaged together in
the freighting of brick upon the river Their pa
rents are old and respected residents OF baverstraw
and the occurrence has cast dismal gloom over the
town Kennedy was lodged sunday night IN the jail
at New City await the action OF the Grand jury in
May He is twenty seven years OF age anu nnmar-
unique as ever was rendered and Was "a toilows;-
"rhat the deceased came TO his death by OF
pistol shot wound said pistol being di charged willis
hold I'm the hand OF one Prank Kennedy while in tho
saloon OF John Lukcnhcincr, IN the llsge ct Hnver-
straw the evening OF the nth of February. 1879,
snd ssc lsSsrssS ~ avpw de I
| PRAYED mind aud rcaarCIess of human lite'
The New York herald., 1879-02-26
COMMERCIAL REPORT.

COTTON ON THE SPOT UNCHANGED; FUTURES
CLOSED FIRM-FLoUR sTEADY-wHEAr
QUIET-coRN sTEADY--OATs HrGHER-PoRK
sTEADY-LARD EAsIER-wHIsKEY EASIER
SPIRITS TURpENTINE DULL~-RosIN DULL
COFFEE DULL-sUGAR DULL-PETRoLEUM
STEADY.
TUESDAY, Feb. 25-6 p. NJ.
Business was fair to-day and the markets were but
little changed At the Produce Exchange the markets
were less active. Flour steady. Wheat was
quiet. but prime grades were firmly held. Corn was
steady and oats were lc. higher. whiskey was
easier. Pork steady and lard easier. Cotton the
spot unchanged futures closed firm. Groceries were
generally dull, also naval stores. Oils
orally firm and petroleum ruled steady
quoted at &C. 54c. tor pots and &C. a64c.
for pearls.
ASrIMoSY was firmly held at I2c 12,sc.
BgEswAx quoted At 241sc 251ac for Western and
Southern.
CorrKx-The market for Brazils was dull but without
further change values Mixed coffee also dull and
the weak We quote-Ordinary cargoes 1olac
lo4c fair do, l31ac good do, lac. prime do l41c
sac lac 30 Gays ;Jaya govsfmmsnt ssgs s c a4ac
SS o ss & yGs
,4c los as,, & as & iTS s. l Do%.eo in 6.
tura, ioc i7c savanilla lse. i7c Curacoa, is1sc
CoorERAcE srocK dull. We quote :-Moasses shocks.
ssSsh ssdS da With heads % 8 90 81 so = shocks 90 - VIII,
@ | s /: g.; 8 a. hiss . Prime
was very firm r but SSet Some sm" ont It lots
taned fcr than i5ssc The general quotation how
CoRDAci.~The market remained dull but prices were
n W. large and small ac
Corros tho spot was arm. but UNCHANGED The mar
with a advance for the day of from o points The
were % as follows - 'T '''''''"''
The New York herald., 1879-02-26

Delivered on contract 100 bales yesterday Current
prices Of spot cotton he following quotations based
American standard Of classification, and
store running in quality not than half grade
hclo the vrade ANN ted
The New York herald., 1879-02-26

convertible. and x in Northwest consols. Kansas
Pacific Denver Division). and Wabash. convertible
lex coupou,. There was decline of Z in Jersey Cen
tral rsts consols assented. Lehish and wlbesbarre
consols assented and Missouri. Kansas and Texas
seconds; * in Cincinnati and Springfield frsts.
guaranteed by c.. O.. G. and l.. and 4 in Canada
Southern firsts guaranteed
:. ,.ricaa NJ Philadelnhfa sfocls ~ara.-
The New York herald., 1879-02-26

lowing the bid and sskcd prices at the second call
No wuter for February ~ 12st bid. 81 ia asked
do March 81 ~ bid, ~ l3A asked do April 81 IA hid
81 ils asked do May ~ bid 81 10 asked No amber
Tor February IL, bid 81 1875 asked; do March 81 i2
bid 81 ia asked; Do; April Il ia hid s. . asked; do
81 X lid III i2ts asked do March, 81 i2ia bid, 81 i2A
asked do April 81 l3% bid 81 IA asked May 81 is
asked The sales ut the calls 5000 bushels No red
cash, 81 i3; sooodc Do February at$ is, and ie0o
bushels 80 : red foe March at ~ ia; 72Uo
do, do deliverable in early part OF March, At
bushels No white for March private terms. Total
sales for future, i2suvo bushels rhc spot saos were
.rDN bushels at "a I3a< i3ii for No red, al tp for
No white. - ll'i ~ i2h for No do, 81 los for
So amer do ~ for do vc au7c for No spring,
81 49, red wabash c sfc for rejected spring SIC
ungradcd spring In store a6c for Cannda spring. O1c
The New York herald., 1879-02-26

BRAZILIAN COFFEE MARKET.
RIO JlNxiRo. Feb "a, 1874
CoHec-Markct quiet; prices aintained no change;
Rio good frsts. ZOO :, $50 reis per 10 kilos
Exchange on London, 2Os4
SANTOS, Feb. "a 1879
Cofee-Market quiet with q downward tendency; su.
pcror Santos, $500 8. so reis por 10 kos.
The New York herald., 1879-02-26
DOMESTIC MARKETS.

GALVESTON Fob. 2j 1879.
Cotton-Holiday, Net receipts, sDa bales; gross
2Us6 Exportsro France, ,3D3; eoastwise 723 stock
bJoS9
Cotton-Hcliday. Net receipts, Y,v35 bales; gross
The New York herald., 1879-02-26
PRINT CLOTHS MARKET.

FALL RIVER Mass, Feb. 25, 1879.
Tho market for printing cloths has shown but little
mand and light transactions reported quota
tons continuing 3316c cash, less per for 81
square cloths and &c., cash. less for 6Ox56
cIotha
The New York herald., 1879-02-26

The following shows the comparative statement Of
earnings and expenses Of the Houston and Texas
tral Railway for the moEths Of January. 1878, and
January. 1S70:-
Expenses Including taXes). 171,429 - 156, 7O2 23
Net. S67,713 IL S104 ,043 81
Increase in gross earnings % per cent? $21 543 78
Decrease in expenses $3.50 per cent? 14726 90
The New York herald., 1879-02-26

10000 st LIS FIR I'd, GLIB
1000 Min 4 ST l. ist..
5000 Can SO 1st guar.
10 shs Park Bank. :.
10 Bank Of Republic.
76 Am Exch'ge Bank.
20 Amer Express. . be
100 Del h Hud Can..bc
100 do, ,,,,,.,,,.