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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-10-13

MURDER OF AN INJURED HUSBAND.
The details Of the murder by Ricalf Of
Fackler, at New Orleans on the 23rd inst,
brief mention of which was sent by the
Associated Press, shows it to have been one
of the most remarkable crimes on record
Facklcr was, according to the evidence in
the hands of the detectives, a superior mas .
ter mechanic, whose services were pro6tably
employed at plantation work. He was
sixty,five years old, but had young and
attractive wife. lie was employed by
McLucn, planter, and 6ually became his
ultimate associate. McLueu succeeded in
debauchins his wife, and 6ually induced
her to to run away from her husband
Fackler was indefatigable in hi search for
her, MclIuen apparently doing all in his
power TO assist him. Meantime McLuen
breathed TO Facklcr his suspicion that
young creole named Ricalf, whom he had
Incl icntally met on the plantation, was tho
seduccr Of his wife. Fackler, crazed by
Jealousy. met Ricalf and assaulted him.
Mcl.uen then told Rical6 to be on his guard,
as Fackler had armed himself and would kill
him on sight.
Ricalf was greatly exercised in fear of a
deadly attack, and armed himself with a
double ba.relcd shot gun. which nc carried
with him, and Was determined to take the
first shot and kill Facker McLucu inform.
So, ,AlAiAss a seEtaia hour Eael lsr would
be in saloon at the corner Of Exchange
alley aud Custom. House street. Ricalf
was on hand with bis shotgun. McLucu
meantime had agreed to accompany the un
suspectlng Fackler in search for his fugitive
wife and invited him into the salood'to take
drink. AS Facklcr reached the bar Ri
calf shot him in the back and he fell.
Stopping over him Ricaif discharged tn,
other barrel, and Fackler rolled over and
expired.
The post mortem disclosed the fact that
twenty two shots had entered his body, six
Of which Inflicted fatal wounds. Ricalfi,
who knew Fackler slightly, says he killed
him in defense of his own life on account
OF his unreasonable suspicion Of his conuec-
tion with the ruin Of his wife, and that Nc
Luen had been his informant.
McLuen has been arrested as accessory
before and after the fact. Ricalfi has here.
tefore borne blameless reputation, aud
since the crime has become derangsd, and
guards are watching him to prevent an at
tack upon his own life
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-10-13

Influential citizen - said the Deadwood
man of his friend IL sh"nid say ne is
Why, ne the surcst shot with revolver
10 towa."
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-10-13

He: My darling, | really believe nv
Rheumatism h's wholly disappeared" Sic:
81 am sorry! Now We shall never know
when the weather il going To change"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-10-13

WHAT GoD SAYS My grace is suffi.
c'ent ior thee; ior my strength is made per-
feet iu weakness. 2 Cor. 1919.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-11-24
She Wanted Mottoes.

A gentleman whose wife had instruct
ed him 10 purchase few nice, appro.
pirate notices, became inebriated and
forgot just what was wanted of him.
He had confused notion that his wife Is
request was in some way relative to his
purchase of something in the way OF
sign cards. SO he called upon a dealer
and purchased quite variety.
live got 'em (hic). my dear. He
he-here's a whole lot of nice un's."' he
said. as he triumphantly produced his
peg kage.
Niih sigh over his maudlin eondi-
ton. she opened the parcel and found
the following: " Hands OFF, ..Your
Choice for Five Cents Look Out
for the Locomotive. s'Keep of the
Grass; No logs Admitted" .sHam
Sandwiches Ten Gents Each.' "For
Rent .tOysters in All Styles
Then the lady went down town and
made her own selections, and when her
husband woke up one morning after a
spree that cost him four hundred; dol
lars a placard stared him in the face
from his bedroom wall: Rum Did It."
and when he tufhed over with groan
he noticed the warning: .sShun the
BOWL Shifting uneasily to the other
side he caught sight of death in the
Cup" He hasn't been drunk since. -
Detroit Post.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-11-24
A Bond Of Acquaintance.

A jolly crowd of commercial travellers
sat in the reading-roOm of q Chicago
hotel, cracking jokes and telling ghost
stories, when in came slab sided,
gawky Hoosier, who, thinking himself
unobserved, quietly sat down and took
in all the fun. One of the boys, with
out calling anybody's attention to the
countryman, casually remarked. as he
pointed to chum who was reading a
paper:
II shouldn' think Jim Bennett would
sit there and pore over that old sheet.
Why, if was as rich rs he I'd raise the
roof right off this house.
The countryman's eyes fairly bulged
out with wonder when he heard this
allusion to the editor of such big paper.
and he slowly gathered himself up and
shuffled toward the chair occupied by
the alleged Bennett. Gazing at him
curiously for a moment, he said, in a
faltering voice: .'Are you Mr.. Bennett,
the editor of the New York Herald?''
The drummer looked up in amaze
ment; but, catching the wink from the
rest Of the boys, he quietly replied:
That's what people say"
"Goshp' exclaimed the Hoosier.
swell, my lad" benignantly said the
pseudo editor, "what can l do for you?"
'.Why, SIR" murmured the almost
paralyzed youth. 'why, sir, my-my
brother takes the Herald. Do you
know him?"
The supposed Bennett tainted, and
the rest of the crowd went into hyster-
les. while the Hoosier didn't stop walk
ing until he struck the State line
BRAKES Travellers Magazine.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-11-24
About the Ostrich.

There is some prospect of ostrich
farming developing into quite an in
dustry in the Southwest, and it will
some time be cod day when the SIM
ple-minded rustic of that region will not
have ostrich on toast if he wants it.
Ostrich farming, however, will always
have its drawbacks. The hen ostrich
is not good layer as a rule, only lay
ing two eggs per annum, which. being
about the size of porcelain wash bowl,
make her so proud that she takes the
balance of the year for the purpose of
convalescing
The ostrich is chiefly valuable for the
plumage which he wears. and which,
when introduced into the world OF COM
merce. makes the husband almost wish
that he were dead. Erar
Probably the ostrich will not come
into general use as an article of food,
few people caring for it, as the meat
is coarse and the gizzard full of old
hardware and relies of wrecked trains
and old irons left where there has been
a fire.
Carving the ostrich is not so difficulty
as carving the quail, because the joints
are larger and one can find them with
less trouble. Still, the bird takes up 4
great deal of room ut the table, and the
best circles are not using them.
The ostrich does not set. She don't
have time. She does not squat down
over something and insist on hatch ny i.
out if it takes all summer, but she Just
lays couple of porcelain cuspidores in
the hot sand when she feels like it. and
then goes away to the seaside to quies
her shattered nerves. B0OB,-
eTdn9.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-11-24

might be expected, has been busy.
WHAT causes of malaria exist now which
were non-existent, or in allegiance, so
long prior to this hte dayp- Not only
is science shy of hasty conclusions, but
property, too. has its self-preserving in
stincts. and the mill owners and manu-
facturers are not unwilling to have a
part at least, of tie curse rest on other
shoulders than their own. What then
are the new conditions?
Railroads and tobacco culture are two.
The railroads are apt to open the sur
face on low ground. and if there were
enough of them itmight happen that an
unwholesome gas escaping would affect
of acres of old sod on building lots af-
fects the health of the people in the
upper part of the island OF New York.
But there are altogether too many rail-
ways where there are no chills and too
many chills where there are no railways,
to allow much plausibility to this theory.
1t fails twice over. Much of the same
may be said of the tobacco fields. The
idea that the sickness comes of fertil-
izers used for tobacco raising has even
less support, for that nuisance is of but
a very brief annual continuance. and is
far from being conterminous with the
So Tar as the great forces of
nature are concerned, not much can be
done in the way of remedy. If. as there
is some reason to think, there is con-
slant shrinkage going on in rivers,
brooks and lakes, with
rainfall throughout this
part of the country, all we can do about
that is to employ every personal efortto
remove or deOdorize the tench-breeding
and breeding matter along the
banks and to increase our forests by
planting or protection, as many thought
full landowners are now doing and as
the late forestry convention in Mon
treal leads us to hope may be done
more and more. There are thousands
of citizens who, with only moderate
outlay, can stanch, on their own
premises at least, the offensive sources
Of pain and death-for, though not re-
garded as ordinarily fatal, fever and
lgue sometimes takes a congestive
FOrm or otherwise overmasters the vital
power, in spite of the best treatment.
and the patient dies. Dwellers in bad
climates study the laws. of sanitary
safety and heed them. Out of door
night air can, to great extent. be
avoided. Fires can be built evening
md morning. The human system can
DC kept free, vigorous and protected by
light living. temperance and tlannels.
Some Psychologists think fine wire
yauze at open windows may keep or
he spores. A line of thick trees with
lnderbrush has been supposed to ar
est them. There is plenty of proof
hat good drainage counteracts this as
t does other kinds of sickness. Boston
Herald.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-11-24
THE DAIRY.

Eastern dairymen are beginning to
feed quite largely of cotton seed meal,
mixinglit with their hay or fodder. The
cows relish it and keep up their flow of
milk.
An Ohio dairyman, who claims to
have weighed the SKINNED milk fed to
swine, and the gain in flesh thereof, says
100 pounds of skinned milk will produce
three pounds of pork.
Most of the cows in the country are
actually worth more than their milk and
butter record would indicate Feeding
ON hay and straw in winter and upon
dried-up pastures in summer does not
give the cows a fair chance. 1t is well
enough to get the best breeds as fast as
possible, meanwhile making the most of
those we have, by good feeding at all
seasons.
AN Iowa exchange says: Paradox
ical as it may seem the most creameries,
the less butter in the home market and
the higher the price. The complaint is
general all over the State. The reason
is obvious. The cream is bought up and
our people viii not pay the price that the
creamery butter commands and it goes
out of the country. But, stranger still is
the fact that since the advent of oleomar-
garine, butter commands higher price
than ever before. Since its advent.
dairymen must make good butter or it
will not sell at all. With good butter,
the demand doubles and trebles. Moth
ing goes as fast from the table as good
butter; and poor butter is good slayer"
People are becoming educated so that
they demand fair article of fresh but
ter, and the better the article the greater
the demand. = iHij-t'Fi
American cheese is making such a
Roadway in the English market that the
Pail Mall Gazette feels constrained to
write it down. 1t starts with the adj
mission that the Americans can per
iectly initiate the English article in ap-
pearance, but declare that, they cannot
its flavor. 1t is, only common
people to whom cheapness is a copsid-
Grafton, and who like mild rather than
sharp and singing cheese, who desert
the home product. The uniformity of
cheese is also draY-
back. 1t lacks the pheasant individu-
atty" of the different English varieties.
Yet it proceeds to admit that the En-
glish makers have not advanced at all,
in generation, and that their clumsy
methods render the quality of any kind
very uncertain. 1t, then gives up its
case by advising farmers, instead OF
keeping separate diaries, to club to-
gether. This is the virtual adoption of
the factory system, in rather clumsy
form. The fact is that American cheese
is supplanting Cheddar, Stilton, ETC.,
among all classes but the epicurean
rich. Chicago Journal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-11-24
Dairying as q Farm Renovator.

Dairying is undoubtedly the best sort
of farming for the land, and yet dairying
with the improvements most commonly
accepted thus far is not likely to make
our farms what they may and should be.
This belief, long entertained, has been
strengthened by a review which l have
just read of dairy farming in Bucks
County, Pa, adjacent to Philadelphia. 1t
is one of the richest counties of that
State or of any State; is admirably 10
Gated. having the second city of the
American continent for its chief market,
and having thirty-eight creameries in
operation. The farmers are generally
well-to-do, and their farms are very pro-
ductive as compared with farms else
where, and have gained largely as COM
pared with themselves during the last
thirty or forty years. And yet compared
with ten or dozen years ago they are
practically at standstill except as to
wheat growing, and that in spite of the
advantages of improved dairying during
most of that time. 1t is in spite, also, of
the fact that these farmers, in addition
to their more abundant crops, buy and
feed large quantities of western grain,
bran particularly. The writer is citizen
of the county, and claims to be,
and no doubt is, well informed,
and he says that progress, for ten
years or so, with the exception
noted, is at a standstill, and that
no further advancement can be made
without a change in the system. The
changes needed are two, first from past
urage to soiling; and second, in the
more abundant use of such commercial
fertilizers as will soon restore to the soil
the vast amounts of the elements which
uring he shows is wasteful of pasturage
crops and of animal manure. and, be-
sides, in dry or ordinary seasons soon
leaves the ground denuded of covering,
exposes it to the burning sun for many
weeks and also causes it to be trodden so
hard as to injure it most seriously. Soil
ing would enable many more animals to
be kept per acre. and thus increase the
of manure to be returned,
while it would secure a covering to the
soil at all seasons which would be of i'm
mense value. The long course of past
urage and the sale of milk and milk
products has drained the soil largely of
the elements of dairy fertility, even
though the practice is about the best that
the pasturage system affords. If the
number of cows now kept $500 in
the county, were doubled, the land
would suffer still more by longer expos
ure and treading down; but. relieved Of
these features with more commercial
manures applied to meet dairy require
ments, then the number of cows might
be doubled or trebled TO advantage
Cor. N. Y. Sun.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-11-24
The March Of Malaria.

The recent reports of commissions and
scientific bodies, like the Board of
Health. giving the results of careful and
extended Investigations, notably the
papers of DR.. Chamberlain, of Hartford.
and DR.. Adams, of Pittsfeld. though
marked by the habitual caution in gen
eraliZation and inference which charac-
terizes the scientific mind. make it plain
to common sense that the fever, in its
several special types. whether dumb or
shaking, whatever may be its patholo-
gy, or nature, or origin, is due as an
existing evil here to decomposition or
exhalations and all the morbific and
malefic influences engendered about
marshy or wet regions and impure
water beds. The best authorities are
not sure or agreed on the question
whether the disease is indigenous or
imported, or on the question why
it is brought into activity at one time
rather than another. They generally
concur in the opinion. on both sides of
the Atlantic, that ii germinates or sprouts
in the human body from very minute
spores, measuring, perhaps three thou
sand to an inch. But how these seeds
are transported about, or what the con-
ditions of receptivity and susceptibility
are under which they are developed,
nobody can yet tell. There is evidence
that sporadic cases occur in dry upland
regions, but the disorder loves marshes,
clings to artificial lakes or ponds, riots
by the banks of sunken streams and
works its burning and shivering dam
age most Indignantly where the nor
NAL mutual relations between soil, veg
etable matter and stagnant or moving
water have been unsettled. Mention is
made of some compact rural popula-
tons near foul mill ponds, where half
the inhabitants have been down at
once, Speculation Is to causes, as
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-11-24
WIT AND WISDOM.

Keep trouble at arms length. New
'er turn blessing around to see wheth-
er it has dark side to it.
1t is possible that the, world owes
every man a living, but his best claim
for what is due is that he has earned it.
N I. Herald
Mistress What a time YOU'VE
been about that egg. Mary" Mary
YES, ma'am; but the new kitchen
clock has such large minutes"-Punch.
sH The best way to catch grizzly
bear is to let him lick salt from your
hand while a second party slips around
ard ties his hind legs toa tree.-De-
5reit Free Press. ssstH3 l
An Iowa farmer bet new hat that
he could cross the railroad track with
his team before the train came up He
lost by ten feet The distance was
measured by his heirs Chicago Herald.
Young lady writing love letter for
the kitchen maid" That's about
enough now. isn't it?" Kitchen maid
s-..One thing more. Miss; just say
please excuse bad spellin' and writin'. y
j women govern u.s." said Sheri-
dan: .slet US try to render them more
perfect The more they are enlight-
ened, SO much the more we shall be.
On the cultivation of the minds of wom-
en- depends the wisdom of man.
-Orpheus drew rocks by the all-com-
pelling power of his music. The music
of the harmless. necessary cat is still
more potent. 1t not only draws rocks.
but pokers, boot-jacks and all sorts OF
movable furniture. Boston Transcript.
1t does torment a railroad restaur-
ant keeper frightfully to have custom
er ask: How much will you charge me
a thousand for such sandwiches as these?
I'm going to build house. and l think
they'd be more durable than brick. -
Boston Post
= A Boston editor bounced the cook,
-cufed two children, left his wife in
tears, and made Decline for the office,
and wrote: IF you want to make the
world brighter and better, begin by be-
ing kind and loving to those in the small
circle of your own family, and from that
as center work out as you are permit
ted TO go."-Dctroit Free Press.
= lyon needn't put on no airs, VOC
yaller-face piece. We keeps COW and
has got a pew in the Blue Light (Austin)
tabernacle BESIDES" were the words of
Miss Matildy SNOWFALL. who is as black
as night, to saddle-coIored friend.
81 don keer eff we hadn't got no COW.
We keeps a goat, and my mudder is
gwine to hab carbuncle on de back of
her neck. Tezas Siftings. 5 a
& -. Talk about your ice machines.
said New Haven woman to her neigh
Dor over The fence, "why, if Mrs Rob-
inson. round the corner. didn't treat me
cool enough to freeze ice-cream this
morning. why. what did she say"
"Say? She didn't say anything, and
that's just what's the matter, and after
had taken pains to send her word
that she was an impudent hussy."
Aren t women curious critters?--Ne,o
Hdren RegisteT. s...
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-11-24
How Maine Lumbermen Live.

An interesting souvenir comes from
the lumber woods OF the North in the
form of Communication written very
legibly on fine sheet of birch bark and
incased in an envelope composed of the
same material The letter is dated
Mattamiscontis, No. 2, range z, about
fifteen miles from any settlement, in q
lumber camp where MIR. John McGreg-
or has crew of men engaged in cutting
spool wood for his factory. The writer
gives some idea of how men live in
logging camp: "Our camp is built OF
rough logs of poplar laid up ON the
sides about four feet and running UP to
a pitch in the center of about ten feet,
the roof is covered with cedar splints
four feet long and laid the same as
shingles, making a very good covering.
though not very tight. The floor is
made of poles laid on the ground. We
have two stoves, one large heater,
three feet long, and the other cooking
stove. For sleeping apartments we
have berth made the length OF the
camp, which is nineteen and one-half
feet. and accommodates fourteen men.
In front of this and on range with the
stove is the deacon seat of the same
length as the camp. Our living con-
sists of pork and beans, bread and cook
les. gingerbread and old-fashioned
doughnuts. dried apples, beef. Goldfish.
mackerel, tea and moIasses. For break
fast we have pork and beans hot from
the oven, with gingerbread, cookies and
tea. For dinner, which is eaten in the
woods. we have beans, doughnuts and
bread, with tea. and occasionally beef.
For supper we have Goldfish or macker-
ell and potatoes, with fried pork. We
get any amount fresh perch and pick
erel close by the camp, in Mattamiscon-
It's Lake. Fish forms prominent item
in our diet. "-Bangor one. Wing.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-11-24
Flat Feet.

The chief surgeon of the Swiss Federal
army declares that the Swiss examining
surgeons are compelled to reject every
year 800 recruits-the strength of a bat
talion-for malformation of the foot re-
sulting from wearing badly-fitting shoes.
The human foot is in reality bow so
elastic that at every step it expands and
contracts, lengthens and shortens. A
line drawn through the center of the
great toe should interSect the heel. But,
despite all the books which have ever
been written on the anatomy of the organ
in question, those whose business if is to
cover it act as if the foot were solid
piece of mechanism. They cabin, crib
and confine the big toe, which requires
room for lateral expansion, until it is
forced against its neighbors and is tor
tured by corns, bunions, and sometimes
painful inflammation of the joints.
Flat-footedness is due to MANY causes
connecte with improperly shoes;
yet, if people would insist on their foot
gear being constructed so as to allow the
toes free action and the instep its due
play, it would be quite possible to cure
the mischief. -.--
A pair of perfect shoes, the Swiss
Medical Colonel contends, should. when
placed together. touch only at the toes
and heels; the soles should follow the
sinuosities of the feet, and to give room
for their expansion, should exceed them
by about one '.size." The peculiar,
awkward running gait of women and
big girls is due to weak-kneedness
characteristic of the sex, owing to the
different way the upper supports of their
limbs grow as they approach to matur-
ity. This condition is well seen in pict-
ures and statues, and forces the woman
in running to move the knees around
each other, and throw the feet out in sue
cession of small semi-circles. In men,
on the contrary. the knee-cap looks
little outward, instead of straight for
ward, and their knees are quite free.
The result of the high-heeled, high
legged boots now in vogue for women
is to render the natural condition de-
formity, and by throwing the weight of
the body on the inner ankle, to break
down the arch of the foot and produce
flat-foot, or complete evenness of one or
both feet.