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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-09-05

How TO INCREASE Eco PRoDUCTs. -
If an increase Of eggs be desired in the
poultry yard, before large sums of money
are expended in the purchase of everlasting
layers, we would recommend the system of
Keeping no hens after the first or at the
most, their second year. Early pullcts
give the increase, and the only wonder is
that people persist as they do in Keeping
up stock of old hens, which lay one day
and stop three, instead of laying three days
ana stopping one. In some parts of Eng.
land it is the invariabIc rule to keep the
pullcts only one year. Feeding will do a
great deal-a surprising work indccd-in
the production Of eggs but not when old
hens arc concerned they may put on fat
but they cannot put down eggs. The tale
is told, their work is over; nothing re.
mains to be done with them but to give
them smell Of the kitchen fire, and the
sooner they get that the better OF course
there are some old favoritcs whose lives
ought to be spared as long as they can send
forth their representatives,. Judicous mat
ing, 10y which we mean tho advantage Of Il
comparatively youthful cockcrcl, may be
the means Of even exhibition poultry mak
ing their appearance from the egg Of the
good hen, and here wc have the exception
Of the rule nthn which We insist.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-09-05
IscautiruIDrcss Goods!

fNiIE largest assortment, tho pretiest Patterns
aud cheapest priced Dress Goods to DO
found nj any market above Charleston, can be
seen At RICE & MCITRES.
May Q .lS f
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-09-05

COTTON SEED.-An estcemeI citizen,
and one of the best known men on Change,
meeting with Republican reporter ycstcr-
day, remarked with feeling of satisfaction
that st. Louis in some respects was pre-,
tcrrcd to Chicago as II place for establish
ing certain manufactures, and instauccd
the following case in point: He said a
leading firm, who were over twenty years
ago residents of St. Louis, but who were
now proprictorS Of Il cotton. seed oil mill in
Chicago, desirous Of cnlargiug and extend
ing their business, have come to the con
clusiou that Chicago is not the place for a
cotton seed mill and that ST. Louis is
The difference in the price Of freight alone
on the cotton seed settles the question in
favor OF St. Louis. The Anchor Line is
willing 20 make a contract with them for
the delivery of cotton seed in St. Louis at
the same rate as that charged to Cairo
The demand for cotton seed oil and cotton.
seed cake is greater than the supply. and at
the present time there are orders in our
city tor both seed and oil cake which can
not be executed for want Of stock The
parties above mentioned are nov scekirg
the proper place for the erection Of their
mills. The oil from cotton seed, as is well
known, is staple article, as much SO as
lard oil or any other kind Of oil, and is
largely used for lubricating purposes. The
oil cake is ordered from Europe for feed.
ing stock, one man having sent an order
for 200 tons for that purpose. The dis
covery has also been made that the refuse
which was supposed to be worthless trash,
can be worked up into 4 packing yarn, in
consequence of the adhering fbres, aud is
in demand for packing the boxes of railroad
locOmotivcs.-.S Lonis RepubHcun.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-09-05

SATURDAY NIGnr.-Saturday night
makes people human, sets their hearts to
beating softly, as they used to before the
world turned them into war drums and
Jared them to pieces with tattoos. The
ledger closes with a crash, the iron doOred
vaults come to with bang. up go the shut.
tcrs with a will, click goes the key in the
lock. It is Saturday night, and business
brcathcs free again. lIomcward, no the
door that has been ajar all the week gently
closes behind him, the world is all shut out.
Shut out? Shut in rather. Here arc his
treasures, after all, and not in the vault,
and not in the book-savc the record in
the old family Biblc-and not in the bank
May be you are bachelor, frosty and 40.
then, poor fellow, Saturday night is moth
ing to you, ust as you are nothing to any
body. Get wife, blue eyed or black
eyed; but above all, truc.cycd. Get a
little home-no matter how littlc-a sofa.
just to hold two, or two and q half, and
then get the two or two and half on it
of a Saturday night. and then read this
paragraph by the light Of your witc's eyes,
and thank God and take courage.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-09-05

HARD ON EDIToRs. cditoy got
shaved in a barber shop lately, and offered
the darkoy dime, which was refused, be.
cause, said he, i understand you is an cdi
COR" Wei, what Of that 2 We never
charge editors muffin but such liberal
ity will ruin you.' oh, ncbbcr mind, wo
makes it Up UiT tho ecmmen "
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-09-05

lr a man really wants to know Of how lit
tie Importance h" is, let him 60 With his
wife to the dfcssmakcr's.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-09-05

How TO RAISE Dew IN THE Noun
TAINs.-A tourist among the mountains of
North Carolina is,not only struck with the
grandeur Of the heights, but with the way
whisky is bought. lie writes: "Chickcns
four cents Il iCce eggs, two cents per doz
en- Mountain Dcw,' fifty cents per gallon
To obtain the above chickens and eggs, you
have only to knock on the bark of a tree
and they will be brought to you. The
Dew is obtained by placing jug at the
root of Il tree with half dollar on the cork
leave it n short time, go back again, and
you fud til: cash gone and the jng filed"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-09-05

The st. Louis, Republican, after keep.
ing stiff upper lip since 1873, breaks out
as follows:
"Oh, give me bed on chunk of ice,
Way down in Il thousand foot well,
And fan my brow with thrcshing ma
chine,
For I'm sick of this hot, hot spell"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-09-05

CHAMBERS IN MAN-We cannot re-
}rain from emphasizing what We have
already said on this subject by the fol-
lowing quotation from u recent English
journal: This frightful plague has
long been known to be in London, and
its effects too. 1t is not above year or so
ago since an English country gentleman,
whose life was n precious possession, not
ssly-to himself, but to his servants, tenants,
friends and family, suffered in the same
way and from the same cause. He found
himself suddenly attacked, after he returned
from town, by symptoms which he could not
explain, aud to which his country medical
advisers hcsitatcd to give name. "A re-
turn to London to consult prominent ply
sician became necessary, and the interview
elicted the following statement: Your
disease is the ganders | have had half a
dozen similar instances in the last twelve
months. You cannot possibly recover,
though you may live till winter n most
searching review of all the occurrences of
the previous few weeks revived a recollection
of drive in handsome cab to the mail train,
and of some offensive foam having been
driven in by the wind from the horse S
lips to the face of the passenger How
could this contagion have possibly been
avoided? and what terrible, far reaching
misery, and how many broken ties, ensued
from an occurrence which, but for combined
Srccdincss and neglect, never could have
taken place TO allow mad dogs to roam
the streets would be a monstrous wrong to
the community, and to prolong the exis-
tcnce of glaudcred horse is even worse. "
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-09-05
ESGLIsH GOLD COMING TO AMERICA

EyGLIsH GOLD COMING TO AMERICA.
THAT possession which is deemed indis.
pcusablc to remarkable national prosperity,
| the balance Of trade, is Enthusiastically in the
hands of the United States. For many
years we bought of other nations more than
we sold to them, and gold has flowed across
the Atlartic to balance our accounts At
length point was reached when our pur-
chascs were just about equal 20 our exports,
and little later we are selling more than
we bought, and now we are able to review
the transactions Of considerable time with
much satisfaction, because our exports have
been increasingly in excess Of our imports
To-day there is atloat upon the Atlautic
81 800 900 or more of gold, which is com
ing to the United State. Saturday 81 ,OO0,-
900 in gold was received from abroad. 1t
is an interesting study to watch the move
mcnts Off gold as it floats about in the world,
and estimate the causes by which the move
mcnt trom country to country is produced.
Speculation has something to do with the
movement at times. The demand for our
bonds sent from S15,0O0,O0O to $40, ,OOO,-
600 in gold to the United State. about the
year 1873. Legitimate investments in va
rious securities, aside from the ordinary
transactions OF commerce, arc one cause Of
the internal movement of the precious myt-
ais. But the balance Of trade between two
nations is exactly measured by the ship
mcntS of gold, when there is no speculation
and no investment in the securities of either
nation by citizens OF the other. The gold
which has been coming, and which is likely
to continue to come, from Europe TO the
United States is an indication that we are
growing rich, that We are buying less than
we sell, and that our industries are in a
hcalthful condition. While We hold the
balance Of trade gold must continue to
como from Europe, and onr prosperity must
increase c-NctC IOrH .WpH
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-09-05

When Adam aud Eve began to talk to
each other one word brought on another.
That was the origin and growth of lam
guagc
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-09-05

Brown-"Can you break me ive.dollar
bill?"
Joncs-;'I should like to break it, but
unfortunately I'm broke myself"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-09-05

ADDRESS OF SISTER SKINNER.-Thc
following are the opening sentences of an
address by Mrs. Skinner: Miss President,
fellow women, male trash generally: | am
here today for the purpos of discussing
woman's rights, recussing her wrongs and
cussing the men. l believe that sexes were
created perfectly equal, with the women a
little more equal than the men. also be-
lieve that the world to-day would have been
happier if men had never existed. AS a
success man is failure, and bless my stars
that my mother was woman. Applause.
[ not only maintain these principles, but
maintain shiftless husband besides They
say men was created first. Aint first ex-
perimentS always failures Z II was bet
ting man, would be; S3 50 they are. The
only decent thing about him was rib, and
that went to make some hing better. Zap
plause.] And then they throw into our fa-
ces about taking an apple. I'll bet So Ad-
am boosted her up the tree and only gave
her the core. And what did he do when
he was found out? True to his masculine
instincts, he sncaks behind Ewes Grecian
bend and said 'Twant me, twas her, and wo-
man had to father everything aud mother it
too. What We want is the ballot We arc
bound to have it, if we have to let down
our back hair and swim in sea Of gore.
HURRAH For GoD "A Western gen.
tcman brought his little girl into the High.
lands Of the Hudson, where, for the first
time i'll her life, she saw mountains. They
were sitting on the piazza of the West Point
Hotel, looking on the beautiful mountain
and river yinw Tho l;ttln rir RI had hoon
standing revcrcntly, with her hat in hand
for some Misunderstanding now at the river,
now at the mountains. now at the clouds
when, with Sudden inspiration, she waved
her hat above her head an cried out,
''IIurrah for God !" 1t was an act of gen
uine worship; true answer to David's call
on every soul to make a joyful noise unto
the Lord.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-12-03

give US sucll.a magnificent wedding
present.
"No dear, he is not. In fact, be is
yet what he calls a struggling man.
He has great ventures on hand; he
may become rich, or he may lose all
he has made. II is something about
indigo, dear, know not what, and
] don't care. / am going now wher-
ever he goes, and | am a very, very
happy woman"
Then Eloise Whispered, slyly,
"Auntie, do you remember saying a
year ago that girl was a little fool
who married for loye2"
81 remember, dear, / am wiser
now, and I say the girl is a little
fool who marries without it is the
most foolish and wretched Of women.
On the whole, Eloise, I am rather
proud Of my good sense-eh, my dar-
ling2a
Others, however, seemed to think
differently; for Lizzie Bruce, meeting
her friend Selma James one morning,
said: Selma, what do you think2
Harry Torrens has come back, and
Cousin Eloise has actually forgiven
him everything and is going to mar
~ himl never would have doneit.
Would your"
Certainly would not; but then
Eloise Bruce was always on thatsub-
jcct-a little fool" -Harpcr's Weekly.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-12-03

hollow cane. To the bark of the tree
he fastened with mud shell of the
terrapin, or Of a large clam, to catch
The liquid. When it drips from the
cane it is white as milk, but thicker,
or with more body. A trough dug
out Of a log is stationed in central
point, and when the trees are all
tapped, the man goes his rounds,
watching the shells ana pouring
the contents, when full, into the
trough. Toward sunset FIRE is
made of leaves and twigs, upon
which is thrown the fruit of GER
tain kind Of palm, which gives forth
dense smoke. A small, round.
bladed paddle, like those used in the
canoe, is dipped into the milk and
turned over once or twice. It's then
drawn out, covered with a coating Of
the liquid gum and held at once in
the smoke of the fire, which hardens
and also darkens the coating. 1t is
again plunged into the milk and
again smoked, and the process is
kept up until the blade of the pad,
die is covered an inch to an inch
and.a half IN thickness. A knife is
passed along one edge of the blade
and the mass removed. 1t appears
in shape like shoemaker's lap,stone,
with sort Of nozzle on one side. In
this shape it is shipped. From one
of these Jumps of commercial gum
the different coatings may be readily
detached"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-12-03
IncTURn.
a Lecture to young Mem.


J,et Pu5liJIai, II dsealed epnlope. Price &c.
MaALecture ON the Nature, Treat
SSSS ineIit, and Radical cure OF Seminal
w Weakness, or Spermatorrh@, induc-
ed by kelf- Abuse, Involuntary Emissions,
lmpoteney, Nervous Debility, and Impede
ments 10 Marriage generally; Consump-
ton, Epilepsy, and Fits; Mental and Ply
steal Incapacity, &c.,-by RobertJ. Culver
well, NJ. b., author Of the Green Book, !"
&c, &c.
The world-renowned author, in this adj
mirable Lecture, clearly proves from his
own experience that the awful consequent
ccs Of Self-Abuselnay bee6ectually remoy-
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Gus surgical operations, bougies, instru-
ments, rings or cordials, pointing out a
modeof cure at once certain and effectual,
by which every sufferer, no matter what
his condition may be, may cure himself
cheaply, privately and radically.
B1 This Lecture will prove boon to
thousands and thousands.
Sent free, under seal, in plain envelope,
to any address, on receipt OF six cents or
two postage stamps
Address the Publishers,
THE 0ULVERWELL MEDICAL co.,
Al Ann Street, N. ";
July Ply. p. o. Box, 1886.
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TRUTHS.
Hop Bittcrs are the purest and
Best BllterN ever Made.

II They are compounded from Hons,
Bucha, Mandrake and DdndeI-
Boin, the oldest, best, and most valua-
Eble medicines in the world and contain
Fall the best and most curative properties
lof all other Bittcrs, being the greatest
Blood Purifier, Licer Regulator
Eand Life and Health Restoring Agent on
gearth. No disease or III health can pos
Rsibly long exist where these Btters arei
Fused, so varied and perfect are their Cpl
Eeritions.
They give new life and vigor to the
FACED and infirm. To all whose employ
nents cause irregularity OF the bowels
Tor urinary organs, or who require an ap-|
epetizer, tonic and mild stimulant, these
eBitters are invaluable, being highly cu-
Brative tonic and stimulating actthottt
Intoxicating.
No matter what your feelings or SYM
toms are, what the disease or ailment is,
Fuse Hop Bitters. Don't wait until YOU
ARE sick, but If you only feel bad or mis-
Eerable, use the Bitters at once. 1t NAV
save your life. Hundreds have been sa-
Eyed by sodoing. B6s" $500 HdSa will be
Rpaid for case they will not cure or
help.
Do not suffer yourself or let your
friends suffer, but use and urge them to-
use Hop Bitters.
Remember Hop Bitters is no vile,
6drugged, drunken nostrum, but the Pu.
Erest and Best Medicine ever made; the
h"IncdttGs Friend and Hope,
sand no person or family should be with.
Rout them. Try the Bitters to-day.
TRy Hop Couen CURE AND PAIN RELIEF.
For sale by Point Pleasant Drug Store.
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Mars Two Moons Again .'

The ruddy planet Mars, now near
ly at its brightest, is under close tel
escopic scrutiny. The two moons,
which for so many years escaped tel
escopic detection have TO be newly
timed and rated. The astronomers
ut Washington hoped to rediscover
these minute bodies about the mid
die of October, but, Mr.. Common, of
London caught sight Of them as ear
ly us September 81, when Mars was
far from being at his brightest. He
used telescope Of the rehectingsort,
having mirror three feet in diana.
ter and regarded by some despite its
inferiority to the Ross telescope in
size) as the most powerful telescope
in existence. The inner satellite
has since been rediscovered. Phobos
Qor so the little moon is called was
about three-quarters Of an hour be-
fore its computed time, judged by
the rating of 1877. OF course, as
tronomers infer, as it is easier to sup
pose, that the Washington astrono-
mers calculated period of revolu-
ton few seconds too long, not that
the little moon has really been accel
Grated in its motions.
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How India Rubber is Obtained.

A correspondent of the Boston Bul-
letin, writing from the Amazon river,
Brazil, gives the following account of
the method of gathering rubber
"At last we arrived at the encamp.
ment, which seemed to be on an
island in a vast archipelago. There
were abundant groves of rubber
trees in all directions, and men, wo.
men and children engaged in collect
ing the rubber, with more method
in their labors than I should have
expected among such a rude and
savage people. Each one had a GER.
tain number of trees allotted to him,
which he bored with an auger. He
then inserted in the hole IL piece of
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-12-03
The River Railroad.


We have talked with several of
our prominent citizens upon the
subject of building the Wheeling
and Parkersburg railroad, and find
that the project is received with no
small degree of favor, but there is
not that interest manifested in this
enterprise that there should be. 1t
is admitted by all that it would be a
benefit to Marshal county, and great
ly stimulate the industries of our
town. We are of the opinion that
it will do more. II would increase
the manufacturing interest of this
community. There is no cause for
any one to be scared about the ques-
ton of issuing bonds for the pur-
pose of constructing this road. One
hundred thousand dollars can be raj.
sed in Marshall county by this
meansswithout taxing those portions
of the county not directly interested
and benefited, one single cent.
We find by examining the records
of the taxable property in the dis
tricts of Union, Washington, Clay
and Franklin, which lay along the
Ohio river, that the amount for
which this county will be asked can
be raised in these four districts by a
taxation SO light as TO scarcely be
felt by the people. The amount Of
taxable property in these districts,
taking the assessed value, is $780,
334. Say these districts issue bonds
to the amount of 100000, covering a
period of five years. These bonds
can be met by an additional assess
ment, if our calculation is correct, of
only seven and half mills upon the
dollar per annumn. Now we are not
disposed to say that our people have
not sufficient enterprise to take ad-
vantage of an opportunity to secure
SO valuable a public improvement as
this one, as to refuse to take this
amount of stock by means of issuing
district bonds. There may be some
more satisfactory means Of raising
this amount of stock suggested, and
il there can be let the man who can
make the suggestion speak out. No
one will deny the fact that West
Virginia is further behind in her
railroad communications than in any
other kind of public improvement
The material interests of no State in
the Union are suffering so much for
the want of cheap transportation as
are those OF West Virginia. We
have just enough railroads in the
State to kill it, so far as its future
progress is concerned. The country
below here is rich in agriculture,
timber and minerals. The products
OF this section cannot be brought in
70 market in competition with SINH
lar products Of other sections because
the cost of transportation is too great.
We believe that the necessity for
this proposed road will be so keenly
telt by the people living along the
Ohio river, us to make its construct
ion certainty. We would suggest
the propriety of the people of the
districts interested of holding a
meeting at as early day as possible
in order to take some steps towards
raising the proposed amount of stock.
-Moundsville Commercial.
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A woman up in Scott county nam
ed her first baby "Pinafore." Be-
cause she never had one before
We guess it's a perfect "little Butter.
cup"
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Saved" as the editor said when
he ished a piece of copy out of the
spittoon witha pair of shears-the
editors friend in times of adversely.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-12-03

1t is mean man who would fool a
fish by wearing white choker and
clerical coat when strolling along the
banks Ola brook on sunday.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-12-03
.HELMB0LD's BUcHU
Invigorates the Stomach,

And stimulates the torpid Liver, Bowels,
and Kidneys to healthy action, in cleans
ing the blood of all impurities, and i'm
parting new life and vigor to the whole
system.
A single trial will be quite sufficient to
convince the most hestating of its valua-
BILE remedial qualities.
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A Specific Remedy for all
DISEASES
OF THE
Bladder & Kidneys.

For Debility, Loss Of Memory, Indispo-
sition to Exertion or Business, shortness
OF breath, Troubled with Thoughts Of Dis
ease, Dimness Of Vision, Pain in the Back,
Chest and Head, Rush Of Blood to the
Head, Pale Countenance and Dry Skin.
II these symptoms are allowed to go on,
very frequently Epileptic Fits and Con-
sumption follow. When the constitution
becomes affected it requires the aid of an
invigorating medicine to strengthen and
tone up the systcm-which
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-12-03
LIGHT T.EHICLEs!
My work is all home made and warranted
to be Of the very best quality. .

Special attention given to the repairing
OF buggies, carriages wagons, &c.
Mandatory adjoining Capeliart's Store
House, Front street, POINT PLEASANT,
WEST. VA. Give me trial before 60
ing elsewhere. [sept. 90 IT,