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

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Ditersiiy and liveS p18s,se one sxss,.
Eindpstfy aud die rand }os IN debt at that
1 I4@ pc{ chen. ed hsaca 1ibtton prices do
ceise oaf planters. ID fEem not neplec,
i thu bread and neat al sf(on, for the Wes.
Il tern speodaect has b4ff2hseSa t,ecess;tv cross
the water as well as Mes They will be NJ
the great exporters and they will ,Srend
upon the market abroad for their.apge IN
prices. The consequence wp,ee, they VIII
be forced into conflict wisa She protective
| system of the North avd the business Of the
eountry will hsSbrought 70 safe business.
like basis in which producsrs will got their
|sowhss II is bDg lane that has no turn.
We atrfhe Souyh can 10 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
ings on costly Western. provisions. a
burnt child should dread the fire, aud it is
timo our people should have learned this
thing down to the bottom, aud as, soon as
they are foot loose from their old debts turn
over new leaf in this regard We are
not IN hurry about the future ofthc South,
and W! do not care Il grot for the Blaincs,
and COnklings, and Chittcndcns, aud Hills
There are great business questions looming
up which, if VIC have sense enough to wait
for and heed, will take care of the country
and set aside the issues that arc sprung
upon us Of the South with chronic regular
ity. Let us be wise in our day nnd ccncr-
alton, and put our house in order not for
battle, but for better things. and they will
come--vcry surely they will comc.- Col.
Register.
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
bctokcn luuacy. He would stand with his
back against the large show window out
side for few minutes, thcl turn about and
carefully gaze within; then again plant
his back against the window. Curious to
solve what seemed to be case of idiocy in
bright looking boy, asked the cause of
his strange actions. Directing my attcn-
through Slass formed focus in the mid
die of a large aud valuable chromo, which
had commenced to smoke just at this idcn-
tical 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-
tect the picture from the sun $ rays.
A wcllknown Hartford adjustcr, while
sitting in his room in one Of our finest bust
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-
tlcctcd from his graphoscopc, innoccnty
resting on his table. Without Il doubt, We
do not understand many actual causes Of
fire. and numerous contlagrations are due
to far distant causes from those suspected
or guessed at. In the case mentioned had
the fire occurred during the absence of the
owner, and the block been consumed. as it
might easily have been, it would have re
maincd one Of those unsolvcd mysteries
which surround SO many fires.
Another strange fact he asserted was
that while the premium on ice houses is
something over two per cent, that on well
conducted powder factories was only three
fourths OF one per cent; and he explained
the apparent anomaly by saying that the
utmost care is observed in handling intlam-
maD.e material about the latter buildings
on account Of the great danger to the occu.
rcnts.
\ DOGS lMpLAcAnLE HATRED
Among some "reminiscences Of dogs. given
by writer in Forest on1 Stream, the fol-
lowing appears: In my early youth recall
dog owned by my grandfather who altor-
dcd an instance Of "A temper rcsentul aud
implacablc. Marquis was half hound and