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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-10-17

The VALUE OF Muck. --For soil def.
cient in vegetable matter muck is valuable,
as it gives increased warmth of soil and
capacity to Withstand drouth.
Muck is of great value iu compositing, as
it doubles the manure without much dimin-
ution of its value.
Muck furnishes some nitrogen, most
valuable manurial agent.
Muck is valuable deodorizer and will
RIfgsfRftr RIgRtr sSlt,h the deriscd from
Muck is valuable because of its power to
retain and absorb ammonia. asS,
Clay laulsare improved by doses Of muck;
light lands arc improved by muck. IL rem
ders clay lands friable and open it I'M.
proves sandy soils by moistening them and
preventing excessive drying Of the soil. 1t
absorbs and retains manurial matter.
The proper way to handle muck is ITO
compost it haul it into your barnyard and
spread it on your fields with your ma
nure. ,jt.-
There are 'smillions" in muck whom it is
handled as an absorbant or a deodorizer,
and as compost. Muck is ripened by
exposure to the air.-ED
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-10-17

NEATNEss IN WoMEN.-A woman may
be handsome or remarkably attractive in
various ways but if she is not personally
neat she cannot hope to win admiration
Fine clothes will not conceal the slattcrn.
A young woman with her hair always in
disorder and her clothes hanging about her
as if suspended from prop, is always re-
pulsive. Slattcrn is written on her person
from the crown of her head to the soes Of
her feet, and if she wins husband he will
turn out, in all probability, either an idlo
fool or a drunken ruffian. The bringing
up Of daughters to be able to work, talk
and act like honest, sensible young women,
is the special task of all mothers, and in
the industrial ranks there is imposed also
the prime obiightion of learning to respect
household work for its own sake. and tho
comfort and happiness it will bring in tho
future. Housowork is drudgery; but it
must be done by somebody, and had better
BE- we'll than i'll done.-E:rchdnge.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-10-17

A Boy CAUGHT IN a MAN.TRAp-
Philadelphia, October 6.-An explosion to-
day in the law Office Of Robert Parish, by
which lad named VIM. Mcdowell was
severely injured, proves to be the work of
a trap contrived in Parish's desk with par
lor matches, sand paper and Two horse pis-
tolls. The boy had several of his fingers
torn off, and it.was found necessary to am
putate his hand, causing shock to his
nervous system from which he will proba-
bly, die. 1t is presumed that Mcdowell
climbed on the desk. to open the window
shutters and the pressure caused the explo-
slon.. The powder and matches were so
arranged in the drawer that any joltipg of
the desk would cause an explosion, and it
is supposed that Parish had taken this plan
of protection against robbery. A ,wurrant
has been issued for his arrest.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-10-17

An honest, loyal, shrewed and witty but
slightly profane Old Democrat, in n town
not twenty miles away, recently put to q
friend the following startling but ex-
prcssive conundrum and comment "WilY
you tell we what in Butler Dem
ocrat is? should as soon think of speak
ing of as he tom cat. t."-Boston Post
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-10-17

"They are trying lot of 'Pinafore' sing
ers in there said Smith to Jones, as they
passed building whence foated strains Of
"a Maiden Fair to Seo," etc. "Glad of
it," returned the msanthropical Jones !;
"hope they'll give 'om sixty days and
costs"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-10-17

Aide sends us poem, "Why Art Thou
Sad p Now, Aide, we will be honest
with you. The reason we are sad is because
our back suspenders button has busted, and
we're afraid the other one won't hold till
we get homc.-Mdrathon Iadependent.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-10-17
A GIRL OF THE PERIOD.

Miss Pallas Eudora Won Blurky,
She didn't know chickensfrom turkey;
High Spanishand Greek she could Huently speak,
Bht A0r lsnewledge Of poultry was murky.
Sho could tell the great uncle Of Moses,
And the dates Of the Wars Of the Roses,
And the reasons of things, why the Indians
wore rings.
In their red, aboriginal noses.
Why Shakespeare was wrong in his grammar,
And the meaning of Emerson's "Brahma'';
And she went chipping rocks with a little black
box
And small geological hammer,
Shohad views upon co-education t.
And the principal needs of the nation,
And her glasses were blue, and the number she
knew ~
OF the stars in each high constellation.
And she wrote in n handwriting clerky,
And she talked with an emphasis jerky,
And she painted on tiles in tho sweetest of
styles; -:
But she didn't know chicken from turkey!
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-10-17

GLOW many deaths last night ?" inquired
a hospital physician Of n nurse. "Ninc,"
was the answer. "Why, ordered medi-
cine for ten" "Ycs, but one wouldn't take
IL" p
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-10-17

A MODERN BLUE LAw.-Stealing less
than thousand dollars shall be considered
theft, punished by hard labor in State pris.
son stealing one hundred thousand dollars
shall be deemed an irregularty and the ir-
regulator shall be punished by having a
carpeted cell, private table and prospec-
tive pardon in an institution"
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-09-10

lowed to any enumeration in any dis
trict east of the one hundredth
meridian shall not exceed an aver~
age of four dollars per day Of ten
hours actual field work each and
the compensation allowed to any
enumerator in any district west of
the one hundredth meridian shall
not exceed six dollars per working
day of equal length. ~
The subdivision assigned to any
enumerators shall not exceed four
thousand inhabitants. according to
the census of 1870: Provided,
that in the Territories and in the
States admitted into the Union
since 1870, the supervisors OF cen
sus may appoint additional enumer'
ators in cases where, in bis judg'
ment, the census can not be proper
ly taken in thirty days by reason o.
the increase of population or the
| physical features of the said dis
i trlct. 1sg a. s.a & -sf9 ar
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-09-10

THE interest manifested in the
orphan children of the late General
J. B. Hood is in every way credita-
bic to the Southern people. The
movement to get up a fund for their
support by private contributions,
originated with the Atlanta Consti-
tuition, one of the best newspapers
in the South, and we are glad to see
that it is being responded to from
all parts of the Sonth. Our SYM
pathy for the bereayed orphans is
heightened, no doubt, by the. fact
that the General spent last summer
in East Tennessee at Tate Spring,
and we know something personally
of his children. We trust the be-
nevolent people all over the country
will respond to this call for charity
until fund has been raised sufi-
cient to place these helpless orphans
above want.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-09-10

The Democratic party in the
United States is in a great strait.
A majority of the leaders do not
want to nominate Samuel J. Tilden
for President next year, and yet
they fear not to. They have no love
for the great reformer, but a great
deal of fear. 1t is conflict between
their desires and their fears, but the
probability is that the latter will
prevail. No Democrat supposes
that the party has ghost of a
chance for success, unless they can
carry New York, and they know full
well that New York can not be car
ried for the Democracy unless Til
den wills it. This is the situation
Tilden is a tyrant. He knows wher'
his power lies, and he does not hest
tate to use it. He has the Demo
cratic party by the throat, and i
dare not go contrary to his wishes
for fear he may tighten his grass
and squeeze the life out of its car
cass. 1t may submit to his dicta
ton with bare chance for life. !
may defy him and meet certain de
feat.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-09-10

you to travel thousands Of miles and
Incur hundreds of dollars of expense.
To present them at the Treasury De.
partment Ia Washington would cost
lees, but yet would be onerous and ex-
pensive. So you abandon the idea OF
doing either" |.
Such stuff might be excusable,
coming from school boy, in a de-
batting society, but even then it
would subject the boy to charge of
stupidity. Amy man who has sense
to earn dollar or to spend it judi
.oiously after it has been earned,
knows that there is no weight what
ever in what Mr.. Thurman here
urges, to show that there is no real
ity in resumption. No friend Of
honest money ever intended that
gold and silver should become the
exclusive currency of the country.
But the end sought was to have a
paper currency equal in value to
coin. For the ordinary purposes Of
commerce, the paper currency is
| most convenient, but it is comforta>
BILE for man to know when be gets
| a paper dollar, thati is worth one
hundred cents. Men who hold
United States bonds do not wish
their interest paid in gold now be-
cause the paper is more convenient
to handle and is equal in value.
| None but those who want money TO
horde desire gold, and Mr.. Thur
mans assumptions are without foun-
dalton and wholly unreasonable.
IF his audience was composed of
men Of ordinary intelligence, they
could not fail to see what a pitiable
| exhibition the venerable Senator
was making of himself, and if he
has any real friends they ought to
dissuade him from taking any fur
Their part in the canvass. He is
evidently in his dotage, and how
ever deep his interest in the sue
cess of the Democratic ticket ht
ought not to be permitted to destroy
a creditable reputation, by making
himself SO supremely ridiculous il
bis old age. .
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-09-10
GROWING RIDICULOUS.

1t affords no pleasure to see even
a political opponent who has at
tanned to eminence on account of
ability and experience, subjecting
himself to ridicule in his old age
by understanding to the level Of the
meanest pot-house politician. SEN
ator Thurman has made an honora-
bic record. He is conceded to be q
man of ability. Until within the
last four years, he has been re.
garded as man of settled conyic.
tons and honest purposes. But hii
inordinate ambition to reach the
White House has turned his head,
and instead of a statesman with
fixed principles, he is a politician
spreading his sails awkwardly to
catch what he imagines to be the
popular breeze. He was once
regarded as the friend Of .
sound currency, but recently
he has renowned his fsrmer faith
and Joined the political church il
which Ewing, Sunset Cox, Benja'
min F. Butler, Hendrick B. Wright
Dan. Voorhees, and other rag-babJ
votaries are high-priests. We ar.
led to these reflections upon read
ing his speech delivered in Colum
bus, Ohio, last week. Speaking
upon resumption, he said:
"The Republican speakers and Re
publican press are Growing lustii,
about what they call the resum ption o
specie payments. Behold, say they
we are on the eve of prosperity; re
sumption brought this about, aud W.
brought about resnm ption; ergo 70,
should all support the Republican
party. My friends, it requires n
great powers of analysis to explod
this sophistry. In the first plac,
have we specie payments? Do any {
your debtors pay You la specie unlei
the debt be SIS or less Do the banh
pay their creditors in specie? Try an
see If they do. Out of SIG, 900 you wi
have probably not over $500 on tt
National Banks of Columbus. I'll
remaining 50, 500 are of bani
scattered all over the Repul
lie. To present them at II
banks that Issue them would rsquil
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-09-10

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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-09-10
The Census Law.


The following points Of the GEN.
sus law will be of interest to many
of our readers: az
The Superintendent of Census
shall be appointed by the President,
by and with the advice and consent
Of the Senate, with an annual salary
of $1,000. The Secretary of the
Interior may appoint chief clerk,
six clerks of class four, ten clerks
Of class three, fifteen clerks of class
two, and such number of clerks Of
class one and of copyists and COM
puters, at salaries of not less than
| 300. nor more than $4,000 per
annum, as may be necessary.
4 The Secretary of the Interior
shall, on or before March !, 1880,
designate the number, whether one
or more, Of supervisors of census to
be appointed within each State or
territory, who shall be residents of
the State or territory. The super
visors shall be appointed by the
President, by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate, the total
number not to exceed one hundred
and fifty.
Each supervisor shall designate
to the Superintendent of Census
suitable persons, and with the con-
sent of said Superintendent employ
such persons as enumerators within
his district Zone for each sub
division) residing therein, who shall
be selected solely with reference to
their political or party affiliations,
, according to the superintendent ap-
proved by the Superintendent Of
the Census. Each supervisor shall
upon the completion of his duties
to the satisfaction of the Secretary
receive the sum of $500 in full
compensation for services rendered
: and expenses incurred by him, ex-
: cept an allowance for clerk hire a
the discretion Of the Superintend
ent Of the Census.
, The compensation Of enumera'
| tors shall be ascertained and fixet
, as follows: In subdivisions wher,
!, the Superintendent of Census shall
deem such an allowance sufficient
an allowance not exceeding tw,
cents for each living inhabitant
, two cents for each death reported
y ten cents for each farm, and ffteel
| cents for each establishment of pro
ductive industry enumerated an,
: returned, may be given in full com
pensation for all services; and n
!, | claim for mileage or travelling ex
= penses shall be allowed in such sub
: divisions Provided, that the sub.
divisions to which the above rate Q
compensation shall apply must b
: designated by the Superintendent Q
g Census at least one month in ad
vance of the enumeration; and n
}. account of the time occupied j
y enumeration shall be require
y for the purpose of ] as
I certaining and determinin
e the compensation Of enumerator
. in such subdivisions. For all othe
o subdivisions, rates of compensate
le shall be fixed in advance of th
p enumeration by the Superintender
g Of Census, with the approval Of th
ks Secretary Of the Interior, accordin
~ ~ TO the difficulty of the enumeration
1a having reference TO the nature
ae the region to be canvassed, and Ii
e density or sparseness Of settlemen
:. orr other considerations pertinel
70 thereto; but the COMPENSATION q
"a 81 aMxGAA % gs&gw as24szzz $40 ~szasszs -es@49
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-09-10


All the gold in Europe is ''exodus.-
ing to America. .Tg# 5& s~54as. -.
Ex-senator Conover says Florida, If
properly worked up, will. go yRepubli-
can in 1870. .+ E.r-l.fr 'a
n Hon. d. Ell. Jenkins is ahead for the
Republican nomination for Governor
in the old North state. sS3.t Z 8 ezsf
David Davis. the great g Soothing
Syrup man is making speeehesin the
Northern part of Illinois. aEaaas a3l.s
A negress eighty-fve years of age is
going TO school in Canonville, Geor-
gia. It's never too late to learn. nss
l. Senator Thurman is fond of casino,
and will play it all night. Senator
Baysrd's weakness is fast horse flesh.
Alexander Mitchell. the Vanderbilt
of the Northwest, positively refuses
to accept the Democratic nomination
for Govern.r OF Wisconsin.
The Widow Oliver is occurring on
the "WOrking Glasses" and devoting
y
low fever sufferers. ~
| Huntsville Gala. J Freeman =" Ii is
not the yellow fever, the cholera, the
1 epidemic alone, it is their ungodly pol
iticiaus that curse the South.
Saturday night the Atlanta Consti-
tuition had received $1.5l5 05 for the
Hood orphans. The bale of cotton
/ given is to be sold in Atlanta, Ssvan-
nah, New York and Liverpool.
A magazine has been started al
Jerusalem, Palestine, 1t is to be is
sued quarterly and will devote itself
principally to the archaeological re-
searches now going on around there.
A reporter asked Mr.. Blaine, what
he thought of Grants chances for the
nomination, and Blaine replied that
he thought the watermelons this year
were the finest he had ever seem
NeO York Star. ~
An exchange thus prints an obitu'
airy: Shakespeare never repeated.
There was gifted little boy in Ken.
| tuGH " 1ASt WEEK WuO IGS6IDDlGu tue
immortal bard in this important par.
ticuiar. He thoroughly twisted q
mules tail" .5sst ~7"
Hon. Henry T.. Pierce, the probable
Republican candidate for Governor Of
Massachusetts is large candy manu-
fscturer. Its not stated authoritative
" yet VII ether he also deals In sta fly
Even il he does, however, Butler and
Beacon street Democracy won't be-
very apt to get any of 1t.
Alonzo B. Cornell. the candidate fol
Governor, was born in Ithaca. Temp
kins county, N. " January %, 1882
His father, Ezra Cornell, was one o
the originators of the vast telegraph
system @ofssthis country, and thu
founder Of the Cornell University
Young Cornell left school at fifteen
He occupied various official positions
up to 1864, when. be ran for Lieuten'
: ant.Governor of New York on tht
Radical ticket and was defeated
Since then, and until last year. he "a
been employed in the New York Gus
: tom House.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-09-10

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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-09-10
skies! Big Lies!.

Not so fast, friend; for if-you would
see the strong, healthy, blooming men,
women and children, that have been
raised from beds of sickness, suffering
and almost death, by the use of Hop
Bitters. you would say; "Truth, glori-
GUS Truth" in another column.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-09-10
The VOICE OF WORSHIP.

y While CONTAINING aIarge and Valuable cOIIeo-
tion of Church Music in the form of Tunes and
Anthem, it is perfectly fitted for the Singing
Songs, Duets Glees, &C., and its we'll made Ele-
mentary curse. z = e. sasN
Price $500 per dczsn, Specim en- copies mailed
for si.0O. e74 $3.50 sA - .aA&fA
Send for circulars and catalogues, with list
standard Singi. School Books.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-09-10

The new 50 cts ed ton of Pspafore, fcomplete)
Trial by jury @ ctsl. are in col slant demand.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-09-10

soy veE .saxHToaa 4 aggaAa 50
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-09-10

inc our Stock before purchasing e]sewb ere
Agate Ware. Fall lines Of other Goods &
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-09-10
Chancery Sale Of a Very Desirable
House and Lot and tacanl Lot,
No. ?,241. 5GlsAs

No. ?,24l. a5a5@-s
@. P. Tenn pie VS.. F. A. Reeve and wife ct al.
PURSUANT TO A DECREE PRONOUNCED
Il IN the above cause at e the june
term, 1S79 of the Chancery Court at KNOX
VILE, Tennessee, 4 will sell at auction to the
highest oder, in front OF the court house dooh
ia Knoxville, &oe
ON SATURDAY THE 11TH DAY OF OCIO-
BEk Mkt, Ar II O'CLOCK n"
The house ard lot mentioned and described ~
tie e4dings, lying Ia tbs 1LCn civil dtstiicL y.
Knox ,couR y. Tenn, al bounded as IOno W.
Begiunieg at astake in TemDie avenue 100 leG.
north If N the nont of inter- eetIOn 81 IeMpiV
avrrue eod Motif street and in the Ga terry
line - side of va d avenue, taence an eastern
course at right angles with said avenue Ioet
RI cake tsfe ce y i al alley nortnefly par
sIlei With Temp e avenue l5U feet To sta 0.
| theT es az righ5 g'es with said avenue ~ iee'
| 10 a STAKE ia said ave ne theme vii sal ave.
rms l5U fre to the beginning. and being tDS
I property formerl> occupie by E A. reeve. a a
trict Of Knox county, Tenn. bounded on % ~
west by Iempte ayeBue. on the south by NOM
street. on t. east by an alley, ant Cd to n9[
| ny the lot above descri ed having a fro OF 20
feet on the. east side of Temple avenue anu
depth Of 29t fee. Comfortable dwell ing anu
ont houses, and a large number of iruit ana OF
namental.tre5s on the prem ises.
Afs~SsN TERMS.
Said Or perry will b. sold on acredit OF nin me
and eighteen months, and ia bar OF tns equtS
of redemption and homes;e cad taking IRON W
purchasers ores with approved security pSst PEA.
ing in crest Fl ON date, and retaining lien lui
ther security. Ahis. 0,h of s. ptemoer. A'Tu
| sept 0wtt -, M. L, PATTE@s SO. r1C q.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-20
treatment OF crime and Criminals in
the Future.

Basing his opinion on what he re-
CARDS as the legitimate teaching of the
doctrine of heredity, a writer in the
Journal of Science believes that the
criminal legislation of the future-un-
less dominated by those who pander to
crime will do something like this:
The lineage and connections of every
offender, especially of every habitual
criminal, will be carefully scrutinized,
and all surviving members will be SUBJ
jected to an unobtrusive but penetrat-
ing scrutiny. The younger members
of the race will be, as far as possible,
surrounded by such moral and religious
influences as will most effectually check
and counteract their probable inbred
tendency to crime. Courts of Justice,
he says, will have their criminal geneolo-
gists, whose records will shed a new
and most valuable light on not few
unsolved problems both of biology and
of mental science. It is to be hoped
that, when @the future" comes, it will
be able to use such power wisely and
without malice. But the author is
more radical still. GAS for the man.
he continues, "who has once formally
declared war against society, hoisting,
so to speak, the black flag, care will be
taken that he shall neither repeat his
offense nor, after its commission. be-
come parent"
A DIssIPATED and unmannerly noble
man, presuming upon his mobility,
once asked Sir Walter Scott, who sal
opposite to him at a dinner, what wa.
the difference between Scott and sot
Just the breadth of the table" retort
cd Sir Walter.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-20
Etiauette Of Letter. Writing.

As rule every letter, unless insult
ing in its character, requires an answer.
To neglect to answer letter, when
written to, is as uncivil as to neglect to
reply when spoken to.
In the reply acknowledge first the
receipt of the letter, mentioning its
date, and afterward consider all the
points requiring attention.
If the letter is to be very brief, COM
mence sufficiently far from the top of
the page to give nearly-equal amount
of blank paper at the bottom of the
sheet when the letter is ended.
Should the matter in the letter con-
tinue beyond the first page, it is well
to commence a little above the middle
of the sheet, extending as far as
necessary on the other pages.
It is thought impolite to use half
sheet of paper in formal letters. As a
matter of economy and convenience for
business purposes, however, it is Gus
tomary to have the card of the busi-
ness man printed at the top Of the
sheet, and o single leaf is used.
In writing letter, the answer to
which is of more benefit to yourself
than the person to whom you write,
inclose postage stamp for the reply.
Letters should be as free from
erasures, interlineations, blots and post
scripts as possible. It is decidedly
better to copy the letter than to have
these appear.
A letter of introduction or recon-
mendation should never be sealed, a.
the bearer to whom it is given ought tc
know the contents.-HilPs Manual
Social and business Forms,