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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-11-12

DEFECTIVE COTroN SEED.-Three was
a wide. spread complaint last spring of bad
stands on account Of damaged cotton seed
The trouble grows out Of carelessncss in
handling the seed after ginning. The Gus.
tom Of seeding cotton before ginning has
gone almost into disuse, and the result is
that the seed are green and frequently damp
when they fall from the gin. Allowed to
lie in a heap as is generally the case, they
are heated and damaged. This may be
obvatcd either by thoroughly drying the
cotton before ginning or by moving and stir
ring the seed after they are ginned This
precaution should always be taken
with those seed which are intended for
planting AS a rule, first pickings should
not be taken for planting unless they are
selected Diseased and injured bolls arc the
first to open BY taking pains, however
to make selections of fully maturcd bolls
the seed NAV be such improved if the first
opened bolls are picked by themselves
The early maturing qualities of the seed are
thus incrcascd-an important consideration
in protecting it from the worm.-N. Y. C0t-
tOn
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-11-12

BRAIN WoRKERs.-P President Eliot; OF
Harvard University, sshus sindicates-th the
claim Of the brain WORKER to recognitisD
among the sons of toll. Referring TO the
mott IN that study and thinking are not phys
ical exertions, so that after prolonged study
man may be just as fit for manual labor
as'il he had not worked with his braiss,
he says This is profound mistake, which
has real danger for conscientious and ambi.
tious youth; such young persons may easi-
ly be betrayed by this false opinion into dis
astrous over.exeytion. What is called men
tai labor is really the most cxhaustins con-
tinuous physical exertion which man can
make, although the sense Of fatigue from
an excess Of what is called brain work is
generally not so irrepressible atthe moment
as the fatigue caused by too much hammer
ing hocing or walking" There is no small
degree OF encouragement to hard working
professional men in this opinion of Prof.
Eliot. No man likes to be considered lazy
or to be counted as q social drone. In the
universal prevalence of this sentiment, at
least in the United States, is found an em-
phatc, because spontaneous, testimony 10th
dignity Of labor. In oil this broad land
IueTelS no WOTtnler miSSlOn tnan InaC OI
industry and no nobler parsonage than he
who bravely accepts life Of toll. Courage
aud tortitudc combine to make up his char
acter. He is tho true hero of our modern
chivalry. In labor there is manhood, sac,
rifce, worship. Tho toiler, whether with
hand or brain, illustrates the real greatness
and glory of humanity. The more of a
drudge he is while foregoing Incidence and
ease, in obedience to the duty he owes to
himself, and to those dependent on him, the
amplcr should be his award of praise. One
of the best achievements of an advanced
and advancing civilization is the American
workngman. His is the grandest igurein
our history. A wonderful transformation
has been wrought on this side of the Allan
tic within single century. We see great
cities with their happy homes, great railways
and canals, immense and widely diversified
industries mechanical and agricultural
and all the material appliances of a magnifi-
cent national life. And at the bottom Of it
all is work.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-11-12

How GoLD MAKES WEALTH.-Gold
costs much more labor to extract it than
it can be exchanged for, and yet it's discov-
cry in any country is the surest means of
that countrys sudden enrichment This
comes from the fact that it attracts popula-
ton with an irresistible force, aud in this
way developes every form Of industry.
Thus, the British colony of Victoria, in
which gold was discovered abous 1854, had
in 1850 population of G7,G62, exported
1891 ,2O7 pounds Of wool and had 50 ,341
acres Of land under cultivation. In 1855,
with gold product of 2,793. .065 ounces, it
exported 22,5S4 ,234 pounds of wool, and
titled 115, 155 acres, while its population
had increased to 3G4,324. In 1878 the
population was S79, 9,442, the wool exports
were 1O1 800, 800 pounds, and there were 1 ).
G09,27 acres under cultivation, while the
gold product had diminished to IT'S ,272
ounces. These figures afford plain proof
that the gold attracted the population and
their labors created the wealth. Nothing
tends to people the wilderness so rapidly
as the discovery Of gold or precious stones
in it, and when once populated the inhabi-
tants remain and naturally turn their at ten
ton from the unproduciivc pursuit of gold
hunting into more certain and more profit
able channels.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-11-12

WHAT SECRETARY SHERMAN WILL Do
"A Washington dispatch to the Boston
Aerald says; Secretary shermaa's deter.
mination to leave the treasury department
at the end of the present administration,
which is announced in the Herald CORES
pondence, is absolute, and is not likely to
be changed. He wishes to leave Garfield
absolutely untranmollcd in making up his
Cabinet, and believes that his remaining in
the Cabinet might enlbarrass Garfield He
also believes that his own political future
should be in the Senate rather than in the
Cabinet. AS a Senator, after the 4th Of
March next, ne will be restored to his old
place as chairman of the committee of f.
nance. The secretary of the treasury for
the next four years will be compelled to con-
tinue the funding operations which he has
begun, but this cannot be done until Con-
gress passes the necessary law, which the
Democrats refused to do last winter Mr.
Sherman can render quite as valuable SER
vices in the Senate as in the treasury de-
partment."
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-11-12
In closing up bis pastoral service, an AZ

In closing up bis pastoral service, an Af-
rican divine thus scnsibly cxtcmporizcd
SIN scattcrin' dis meeting let me say to
you, dat some Of dc biggest un' bcs' lGokin
watormilyons in market am fraud. when
You come to sot down to enjoy 'cm. It's dc
samc way wild men. Dcy look putty an day
talk squar but git 'em down to the pinch
au' dcy go back on you. Bcto' you put
faith in man watch if he am wiIin' to
crowd long in street kyar-if he'll
sheer his umbrella in a rainy day-if
he kin wait two minits at the post Office
windcr wdout sw warin'-lf he wants all
dc clothes in de family on his own back if
he kin h'ar dc cry Of lone chile as quick
ms de voice of man akin him to drink
OATS all, an VIC will now softly rcccdc home
wards"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-11-12

TEXAS TRAGEDIEs.-Galvcst October
PA dispatch from Dallas to the News
says "W. L. freeman, son Of cattle man
at Wcathcrford, was shot and mortally
wounded near Arlington on Monday by q
man named Painter, whose house he had
entered and was engaged in pillaging.-
Freeman was drunk"
A special from Whitney, Texas, says
"ln quarrel in baguio Gus Burney was
shot in the breast and mortally wounded
by Fred. McClown, who fed from his pur
suers."
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-11-12

APPLE CUsrARD.-Two eggs, six table.
spoonfuls sugar, cream ; beat the mixture
thoroughly and flavor strongly with lemon,
unless-some other havoring is preferred.
Then take a teacupful of ste we'd apples,
mash them, and add them to the other in
gradients make crust and bake same as egg
custards. They are delicious.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-11-12

JOSH BILLINGS NO MARRIAaE.-By
awl means, Joe, get married, if you hev a
fair show. Don't stand shivering on the
bank, but pitch rite in and stick your head
under and shiver it out. Thar amt any
more trick in getting married than there is
in eating peanuts. Many man has stood
shivering on the shore until the river has
run clean out. Don't expect to marry an
angel-they have been picked up long ago.
Remember, Joe, you hain't saint yourself
Do not marry for beauty exclusively beau
ty is like ice, awfully slippery and thaws
dreadfully easy. Don't marry for luv, Meth
er luv is like cooking stove, good for
nothing when the fuel is out But let the
mixture be, some beauty, becomingly
dressed with about $3.50 in her pocket, a
gud speller, handy and neat in her house,
plenty of good sense, tuff constitution and
bylaws, small feet, q light step; add to this
sound teeth and warm heart. The mix.
ture will keep in any climate and will not
evaporate. Don't marry for pedigree nnless
it's backed by banknotes. A family with
nothing but pedigree generally lacks sense.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-11-12
Thus plaintively ma.v grieve,

Thus plaintively mav grieve,
The loved ones, now so lone; &
Nor can we chide, nor bid them leave
Their mournful minor tone;
Their Oak of strength, their Tower,
Has fallen at their feet,
No more to guard in dangers hour,
Nor shield them from the heat.
Yet friendship fain would try
To find some healing balm,
The mourner's bitter tear to dry,
The broken heart to calm.
Sny net, "Our Tree is dead,
Cut down in ripest years.
But proudly think of one instead, :.
Which, amid its forest peers,
Has by an inward might,
So risen O. 'er the rest,
That in the heavens purest light,
1t wears its tranquil crest.
Think, rather. of Tower,
Which lifts its brow sublime
Above the clouds that darkly lower
Above the sea of Time,
And sends its guiding ray
Afar through upper air:
Though hidden from our sight away,
We know il shineth there;
And trust it yet may lead Alright
Some sailor, struggling in the night.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-11-12

a Texas man said he preferred to fight a
duel rather than act as judge Of Il baby show
Ho saw chance to dodge bullet, but how
could no escape from thirty nine indignant
mothers 2
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-11-12

n. 2 T.. l.
Every year the sSoutherri
Ppeople find the trouble greater to obtain ser;
wants. 1t is evident there is a growing dis
inclination with the negroes TO hir@tof ser;
wants, Many ladies are doing then kits,S
en- work who are not only un1std to itA ~
are able and willing to pay competene ssy
wants. In atfewNinstances, however, fanif!
lies are to be found WHO have never had any
trouble in obtaining the very best servants
and on the most reasonable terms Chronic
servant hunters should reflect on this.
Those who have always good servants merit
them and those who have to shoulder their
own work-well, we by no means say that
the converse of this proposition is true, for
there be men and women in the world SO
constituted that they could no more gil q
servants bosom with kindness for them than
could wild Kangaroo discourse sweet mu-
sic from first class instrument. The hired
servant parts with liberty but not with ma
ture when he contracts. The sous and
daughters Of servants are flesh and blood.
They have their wishes and whihs as we'll
as their task-masters No one will deny
that their desires are often very unreasona-
bic, but a wise master or mistress will re-
member that it is in their power . to
grant or deny them and often humor
them.
The appearance, the dress, the mannera,
the spirit of a servant indicate the manner
of women she has for mistress. We have
a great admiration for the mistress of o
house who can gil the place of first class
cook and is vigilant and painstaking in ad-
ministering to the table comforts of a family
No less highly do We rate that capacity in
a woman which will enable her to get along
with good servants and retain their services
for life time. One or the other of these
capacities must be preserved in some meas
ure by every mistress of house, if happi-
ness, health or prosperity is expected of it's
inmates.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-11-12

Hogs are sometimes troubled by disor-
dcred stomachs. The best antidotc is char
coal. Aside from charcoal, charrcd cobs
or charred corn have good effect
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-11-12

Rev. DIR. Hall said every blade of grass
was asermon. The next day he was anus
ing himself by clipping his lawn, when par
ishioner said: That's right, doctor Cut
your sermons short"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-11-12

q rtf4
: Taken away at o blowf
Full well may Friendship weep
Ger stately. form laid low,
|, And kindly eyes asleep,
And earnest accents stilled,
Which In the House Of Prayer,
The list'niDg cor Oft thrilled
With tones Of pious care.
Taken away at q stroke,
When Life was in its prime
Should a strong stea,lfast Oak.
In the green summertime,
Fall. meath cloudless sky
Would not n shudder run
Through oil beneath the sun,
To see IL PROSTATE lie,
Its great life NIL undone?
Taken away In an hour!
Leaving % blank and void,
As though some noble Tow'r,
BY secret foes destroyed,
Should sink, a ruined Fort,
An in the dust recline
While clinging flower and vine
Which loved its firm support,
Lie round it, crushed and slain,
On the unguarded plain.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-11-12

SOLID SENsE.-A newspaper and a news.
paper man that people don't talk about and
some times abuse, are rather poor concerns.
The man and business that an editor some.
times feels it a duty to defend ut u, risk Of
making gcncmicS of another class sare often the
very first to show ingratituds3 The editor
who expects to receive m4fh charity or
gratitude will soon find out hB mistake but
he should 90 on and do what he conscien.
ticusly thinks right without regard to frowns
and smiles Exchangel
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-11-12

If you know a tree by its fruits, how are
you going to recognize an axle tree.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-11-12
NOTICE EXTRAORDINARY.

III AVING opened for the public at Jonesville
Il L s. G. full assortment of
Wines. Liquors, Lager Beer, Oysters,
Sardines. Salmon, Crackers, Pickles,
Candies, Powder. Shot, Cigars, Tobacco.
Coffee, Sugar, and leo in any quantity.
| would be pleased to meet at NIL times my
old friends and the community at large.
Iced Lemonade A Speciality.
Drummers will find my stock the Ne Plus VI.
ira. Give me q call
HUGIIEY BENTLEY.
Jonesville, July 1st, 1880.
July . 81 ems
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ay on A PROvERB-The Bostont
frpt answer to correspondence |
FefsPs NC seigin ofthe rhyming old |
nore,6 many q slip, -
s Tween the cup aud the lip.''
of. our subscribers who have studied

Greek readers =. = - :. 4. IS
king Of Thrace had planted ayiQsyArd,
whenoone of his slaves, whom he had much
oppressed in that very work. prophesied that
be should never taste of the wine produced
In it. The monarch dsregarded the pre-
dlction, and when at an entertainment he
held glassful of his own wine, made from
the grapes of that vineyard, he sent for the
slave and asked him what he thought OF
his prophecy now. To which the ether re-
piled
MANY things fall out between the cup
and the lip" and he had scarcely deliv.
cred the singular response, before the
news. was brought that monstrous.
boar was laying waste che favorite vine-
yard.
The King, ina rage, put down the cup
which he held in his hands, and hurried
out with his people to attack the boar but
being too eager, the boar rushed upon him
and killed his, without him having tasted
Of the wine.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-11-12

FALLING FROM A BALLooN.-New
York, November IA dispatch from Paris
says a frightful and probably unprecedent.
ed balloon accident occurred last evening
at Courbcvoic, near Paris. A large crowd
had assembled to witness the novel and
perilous ascent Of a gymnast called Auguste
Navarro, who, with inexplicable tool-hard
iness, had volunteered to perform numbe.
of athletic feats on trapeze suspended
from Montgofiere balloon named the vi
douvillaise. Rejecting the ADVICE of bystan.
ders, Navarro refused to allow himself to
be tied to the trapeze. There was no Car
attached to the balloon. At about five
o'clock the Vidouvillaise was let loose from
its moorings and rose majesticaly in the
air. Navarro, hanging on the trapeze, ap.
peared quite confident, and repeatedly salu-
ted the spectators. When, however, the
balloon had reached height of nearly one
thousand yards the crowd was Mortified to
see him suddenly let go the bar and fall
The tragic descent was watched in breath.
less excitement. AT last the body reached
the ground, striking with such force that it
made u hole in the earth two feet deep and
rebounded four yards 1t was crushed and
mangled almost beyond recognition. Mean
while the balloon, freed from its human bal
last, shot up with lightning speed, and soon
disappeared from sight Late in the even
ing it burst and fell at Menilmontant, much
to the CONSERVATION of the inhabitants oil
that busy Partisan quarter.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-11-12

1t is not whskcy that makes man drunk
it is his inability to carry it,
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-11-12
TAKEN AWAY.

hines in memory of E, C. Dupning, NJ D.,
.Sans'7th. 1880. He was mol, for God atook
aim for before his translation he had this tes-
timony that he pleased God"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-11-12

As strcet-car conductor took rural
passengers money che other day, he called
it an agricultural fare.
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III

Twas thus, in ancient days,
One who had "walked with God"
Was taken from these earthly ways
Which he in faith had trod;
And those who missed him then,
Said, mid their tears of love,
"lle served his Master while with men,
And serves Him now, above"
Aye, though no more on earth
He gladden. all your gloom.
In heaven another soul has birth,
Another son finds room;
Though hushed his rev rent voice,
Amid the church below,
Where the celestial choirs rejoice
Ills songs Of praise shall flow.
Though minist' ring no moro
To human pain or i'll,
His loving soul may gladly soar
To works of mernv still II
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Then weap not in despair,

-Iheh weap not in despair,
Fond hearts by sorrow torn,
The Christians hope. his hope and care,
Can comfort all who mourn;
Yet, if we needs must weep,
Still hear the soothing strain
"They who in Jesus fall asleep,
With Him shall come again."
And lie who said of old,
"Thy Brother shall arise"
Shall him restore, when Tin is DER,
Unto your longing eyes.
A MEMBER OF ST. ANDREw's CHURCH.
WILMINGTON, June 9th, 1880.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-05-20

1t has been calculated that a single
grain of wheat produces fifty grains in
one years growth, and as these and
succeeding crops are planted and yield
proportionately, the product Of the
twelfth year would suffice to supply
all inhabitants of the earth for a life
time; in twelve years the single grain
will have multiplied itself 244, 140. :
100000 times-fgures beyond
the comprehension OF the average
mathematician.
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-THE-
Lookout Mountain
ROUTE
Central Short Line

Between the Northwest and Southeast. 1t is
by far the shortest and most direct route 70 he
celebrated Springs and Summer resorts OF Viz
Riuia and East Tennessee. Connections are
made with all points. Pullman Sleepers run
on all night trains, Through Sleepers from
Memphis 10 Nashville without change. Double
daily connections on all through trains. Bus
iness men and pleasure seekers. bear in mind
that the
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Agents at all stations can give you full and
reliable in formation as TO time and connection
10 all points, and will procure you rates and
through tickets on application. For further
information, address
c. P. ATM0RE, Gent Pass: Ag't
Louisville, Ky.
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RESURRECTION.
The Grave of a Recently Buried
Woman is opened by
Robbers and She is
Found to be
Alive.

OuuO 10 DC
Alive.
CHARLOTTE, N. C. IT b e
following extraordinary story is pub
lished here from Franklington, over
the signature of Mr.. j. w. Weaver
of that town. He says that Mrs.
Martha Smith, of Chatham, reports
remarkable case of suspended anima>
ton, buriel and resurrection in the
person of married lady in that coun-
ty; who possessed gold watch and
finger rings which she often expressed
a desire to have buried with her when
ever she should die. Finally she was
taken i'll, and her life seemed to grad
ually ebb away until her attending
physician pronounced it extinct.
At her burial her previously ex-
pressed desire was complied with, and
the second night after the interment a
white man and negro went to the
grave and exhumed her for the pur>
pose of obtaining the buried jewelry.
As they took the lid off the coffin and
the negro began pulling off ring
from her finger she raised up. At
this both men took fright and ran
away. Finally the negro went back
and she asked him what he wanted.
He told her he wanted her rings and
the white man her watch. She re-
quested to see the white man, whom
the other soon found and brought to
her. She requested him to go home
with her. He did SO, and when she
reached the door she knocked. Her
husband opened the door, but tainted
when he saw her, thinking it was his
dead wife's ghost. Mrs. Smith says
the lady is now living and bids fair to
attain a good cid age, and that she
visits and is VISITED by her quite fire.
quently.
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NEURALGIA

DR.F W. GREENHALGE. Nashville,
~ Tenn, Dear Sir:-'Ilaying suffered all the
horrors incident TO neuralgia, in an aggravated
form, for eighteen months, indeed, at times,
was wild, delirious writhed in agonies of pain,
was unmanageahle; my family having to watch
me in the loom during the. paroxysm, to pre-
vent my doing harm to myself; and having eX-
pended hundreds of dcllars in travelling and
seeking relief to no purpose, and finally having
become so debilitated as to necessitate my with
drawal from and ceasing TO attend to
any business at all, Invent to Tullahoma with
my family to spend the summer and try to re-
cuperate little. While there | net Mr.Samuel
NJ. Ament, from Nashville. Tenn, who advis
ed the use of your cure" by the use of which
he had been cured of terrible case. ! had re-
ally lost II hope Of ever being cured, but or
dered by mail a dollar package from Nashville,
more for the purpose Of proving to the gentle
man that there was one case it would not cure.
than for any relief expected TO derive from its
use; but took it according to directions. and,
to my own amazement, and the surprise eff eve
~ one else, il cured me. j am now well and
fully restore to comfortable feeling. The cure
was effected betw, en- the 8th and 2Oth of July,
1875. Yours truly, WM. Is. MARLIN.
Having knewn Mr. VIM. B. Martin a number
of years we take pleasure in vOuching for any
statement he may make. Respectfully,
Berry, Demoville * Co. Gray. hir kman x Co
Morris K Stratton, Evans, Fite, Porter & Co.
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NASHVILLE, CHATTANOOGA
q Sr. LOUIS r. L.
Offers better accommodations. better time and
better COMPOSITIONS than any other route be-
tween the Northwest and Southeast.

For information. timetable, and list of
Gmmer resorts, reached by this line. call on or
3dress,
W. ATM0RE, Jr. or W L. DANLY,
NeeenEer Agent, Gep'l p. 4 I. Agent,
'emphis. Tenn. Nashville, Tenn,