The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-08-25

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VALUE OF Corn CoBS-Few farmers
stop to consider how much Of ftrtiliziS
matter is annually wasted about the farm,
nor of the expense incurred in purchasing
tho same materials in other forms Thus
in the apparently insignificant matter of
corn c,bs is an item worth saving. if the
accumulations of corn cobs were gathered
up and thrown into the hog pen they would,
by next spring, be reduced to manure. 1t
has been estimated that in the corn cobs
growA in this country last year were upwards
of two hundred million pounds Of potash.
Where corn cobs are used in lighting fires
at the farm house, the potash may be saved
in the increased value Of tbs ashes.
1t is we'll known that the 6iReccnt varie-
ties of wood, whcn burned yield varying pros
portions ofpotash. Attic head ofthc list in
the production of potash stands the willow;
hence its ashes are ofsupcrior value in this
respect, yet cora cobs contain double the
AN Dunt Of potash carried in thcwillow; so, IN
this manner, we may approximate the value
orthc ashes obtained in the burning ofcorn
cobs, and preserve the same for futurco use
in the fertilization of the soil Of the farm.
Successful ia: ming is commonly the re
suit Of careful attention to little things, T.
the economical use of the smallest clemc;
Of value. Hence even the corn cobs, wiz.
their products Of potash, arc worthy tho at
tcntion Of the practical and thrifty farmer.
The enormous cost to the farmer Of potash
whether in his bnrnyard manure, in Isl
commercial fertilizers, or in his more direct
purchases Of potash in one form or anothrr
renders the economical utilization Of cyin
cebs 4 matter of some Importance.
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SENATOR HILL.-The condition Of Senator
Hill this prnng is practically the same as for
two weeks past. lie is daily weakening j.,
strength and the end Of his sufferngs comes
nearer every hour. lic nndergoes almost in;nl
cradle agonicS, at times relieved only by opatc
with which his quiet slumbers can alone Uc in
duccd.
lie is now being treated w tn q preparation ~
erSot. or barley husks, discovered by St. Louis
physician. an 1 said to have performed some
raculous cures of seemingly hopeless cases ot
cancer. Whether tn, new medicine arrest
or cure Senator Hill g milaly is. however, NOT
considered even problematic, and it is being tric
for whatever good results it may produce.
WoNpERFUL REMEDY.-We learn that the
Senator has received nearly five hundred letters
from persons throughout the Union who clim
to have been cured Of cancer by the use of rel
clover tea and pouticcs. In addition to these
letters anu az n timely testimony to the elicac?
of the prescription the following, which
find in of our State exchanges this morn
ing
The Lumpkin (Ga) Independent states that
Mrs Green Is. Hurley, of tn 1T county, was cilc'
tually and pei mancntly cured Of cancer by
making strong tea Of the leaves and blooms OF
red clover, and drinking II in lieu Of water. She
occasionally made poultice of the leaves anil
blooms and applied it Iirec, to the cancer
Mrs Hurley was cured hy this treatment within
two months. and three years have passed and
no sign of n return.-AHanfa Herald
A Poser FOR Ills MornER.-Lit,ls
Eddie Il. was sick OF gastric fever pccvisll
and frellul, but he seemed to want the ide.
to prevail that it wasn't much trouble to
attend him His mamma, whilc batEing
his brow, snuthiugly remar ed: ''What is
h ,me without n mo her" The young
rascal imm daicly sn'pped out We'll
what would mother be without a home :"
The dead bark on the trunks and lnrgcr
limbs of trees is best removed during thaw.
\ wash of whale oil or soft soap applied
nth IA brush gives smooth, hc.lthy ap-
pcarancc
WHY SIZE PowDEns Miss Lilyphace
says she uses powder merely to take tho