The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-01-21


leakage Of the night keeps the day forever
euip,y Nightds sins haryes,ing timc.-
More sin and crime arc comn,atea in one
night than in all the days Of. the week.
This is more emphaticaliy trae of the large
towns aud cities than those Of the country.
The street lamps, like file of soldiers with
torch in hand, stretch away in long lines on
either sidewalk; the gay colored trauspar-
encies are abaze with attractions the sa-
loon and billiard halls are brilliantly illu.
minated music sends forth its enchant.
ment; the gay company begin to gather to
the haunts and houses of pleasure the
gambling dens are afame with palatial
splendor; the theatres are wide open; the
mills Of destruction are grinding health,
honor, happiness and hope out of thousands
of lives. The city under the gas light is
not the same as under Gods sunshine. The
alluremcnts and perils and pitfalls of night
are q hundredfold deeper and darker aud
moro destructive. Night life in our cities
is a problem, whose depths and abysses and
| whirlpools make us start back with horror.
All night long tears are falling, blood is
streaming.
Young man, t Ill me how and where you
spend your evenings. aud l will write out
the chart of your character and final destiny,
with blanks to insert your name.
1t seems to me an appropriate text would
be: "Watchn,an, what of the night ?"-
"Policeu,an, pacing thy beat, what of the
night ?"
What are the young men Of the city do.
ing at night? Where do they spend their
evenings? Who arc their associates p
When do they go in, and what time do they
come out? Policeman, would the night life
of young men commend them to the con.
fidcucc Of their employers Would it be
to their credit?
Make a record of the nights of one week
Put in the morning papers the names of
all the young men, their habits and haunts.
that are on the street for sinful PLEASURE
Would there not be shame and confusion
Could they approach the presence of their
fair associates Some would not dare to
90 to their places of business some would
not return home ut night some would com.
nit suicide
Parents, remember the responsible duty,
obligatory upon you, Of training up your
child In the way he should go.
CHIMNEYs AND FUEL.-Chimueys ought
to be built with separate flues for each prin-
cipal fire. In that case the chamber fire.
places need never have their fues bricked
up. but constantly open, thus affordng the
very best ventilation all the time Ofcoursc
open fireplaces are not economical of fuel
but in the chambers fire is seldom wanted
and stoves may be set if preferred AS to
economy of fuel builders, as well as archi,
tects and proprietors, either frequently over
look one important fact, or they do not know
10, that is, that the warmcst part Of any
room is farthcst from the floor so if we
make our rooms ten or eleven feet high, we
must heat the air in all that upper part be-
fore person sitting at table begins to feel
at all warm, unless he is where he gets
direct radiation from the stoye nr oncn- fire.
1uei, and even make open fires cconomical
as compared with stoves and high ceilings
Notwithstanding that open fires always make
good ventilation, while rooms or houses
warmed with furnaces and stoves usually
have poor ventilation, and often are oppres
sive, with stale, nauseous odor, like the
dormitory Of ar orphan asylum. Nine fee,
Is: l think, an extreme hight for the ceilings
or an ordinary country house, say one in
which the largest single room is not more
'''''n '"Ehty ieet square, or OF equivalent
area. For houses with rooms of medium
size, eight feet is high enough.
Besides, there arc numerous other consid.
eratlons which tend to saving Of fuel and
at the same time increase the healthfulness
and comfort of home. Some of these are
the material Of the walls, their imperme
ability to air and moisture. "d"afenine" of
the floors which adds greatly to their warmth
good joincr-werk about windows and doors
etc. american Ayricnhuist.
How TO TREAT Frost -BITEs.-If anv
part Of the body gets frozen, the very worst
thing t. do is to apply heat directly. Keep
away from the fire. Use snow if you can get
1t; If not, use the coolest possible water.
Last winter our little boy of five years froze
his feet while out coasting at considerable
distance from the house He cried all the