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


empty Nights sins harvesting timc.- |
More sin and crime are commhtcd in one
night than in all the days Of the week.
This is more cmphatically truc OF the large
towns and 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 colurcd transpar-
cucics are abazc with attractions the sa-
loon aud billiard halls are brilliantly illu-
minated music sends forth its cnchant-
mcnt; the gay company begin to gather to
| the haunts and houses Of pleasure; the
gambling dcns are aflamc with palatial
! splCndor; 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
allurcmcnts aud pcrils and pitfalls of night
are Il hundrcdiold deeper and darker aud
more destructive. Night life in our cities
is Il problem whose depths aud abysscs and
whirlpoos make us start back with horror.
All night long tears are falling, blood is
streaming.
Young man, t IL me how and where YOU
spend your evenings. and will write out
the cnart of your character and final destiny,
with blanks to insert your name
1t seems to me an appropriate text would
be: "Watchman, what of the night -
'Poicculan, pacing thy beat, what Of the
night ?"
What arc the young men of the city do
ing at night? Where do they spend their
evenings? Who arc their associates =
When do they 90 in. and what tim. do they
| nn nut Dali h, ,,, ht f.,
of young men commend them to the con.
tilcncc of their employers Would it bc
to their credit?
Make a record of the nights of one week.
Put III the morning papers the names of
all the young men. their habits and haunts,
that arc 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
20 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 i'll the way he should 20.
CHIMNEYS AND FUEL.-ChimucyS ought
to be built with separate hucs for each prin-
!
places need never have their tlucs brickcd
up. but constantly open, thus atfordlng the
very best ventilation all the time. Ofcourse
open frcplaccs 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,
trcts and proprictors, either frequently over
look one important fact, or they do not know
it, that is, that the warmcst part of any
room is iarthcst 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 a person sitting at table begins to feel
ut all warm. unless he is where he gets
direct radiation from the st0yc or Qpcu fire.
, 1uci, ana even make open fires economical
as compared with stoves and high ceilings
Notwithstanding that open fires always max kc
good ventilation, while rooms or houses
warmed with furnaces and stoves usually
have poor ventilation, and often are opprcs
slvc, with stale, nauscous odor. like the
dormltory Of az orphan asylum Nine feet
Is. | think, an extreme hight for the ceilings
OF an ordinary country house, say one in
which the largest single room is not more
than twenty feet square, or of equivalent
area. For houses with rooms of medium
size, eight feet is high enough.
besides, there arc numerous other conSid.
cratlons which tend to a saving Of fuel and
ut the same time increase the hcaithluncss
and comfort Of home. Some of these are
the material Of the walls their imrcrmc.
ability to air and moisture "l"afrnn-" of
the floors which adds greatly to their warmth.
good loincr-work about windows and doors.
etc 1D)cyj,JyU 1,rtcu//,,.;J
How TO TREAT FROST BIrEs.-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 .,ct
1t; II not, use the coolest possible water
Last winter our little boy of five years iroza
his feet while out coasting ut considerable
distance from the house lie cried all the
way home, and the case seemed pretty bad.
| brought big painful Of snow and put his
feet into It, rubbing them with the snow.
But my hands could not stand the cold. |
was alarmed to see him keep his feet in the
snow So long. bnt he could not bear them
out OF 1t. 1t was half an hour before he
would take them out, and then the pain
was all gone. and when | had wiped them
! dry and rubbed them Il little he was entire.
~ comfortable, put on his stockings and
shoes, and went to play. lie never after
wards had any trouble with his feet on nc.
count of this freezing. His sister got her
iGct extremely col /, aud put them at once
| to the lire. Her case at first was not so b,d
as her brothers, but the result was much
worS1. Her feet We're very tender all winter
and she suffered from chilblains. Ilcr toes
hai swollen purple look. and she had to