The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1883-05-11

won't wait
On fellow who's left every cent in their till,
Anl hasIpawncd his last bed, their Golfers to fill
Oh the torments felt, and the pangs endured
Aud begged for one glass Just one would
have cured
But they kicked ne cut doors--I let that, too,
pass,
For I've drank my last glass, boys,
have drank my last glass
n Pcnnsylvan manufacturing company
has bought all the liquor liccnscs within
several miles of the establishment and
thinks it he's solved the temperance prob
lem for its employees.
At recent meeting of the Congregations
al Club Of Chicago, n resolution was passed
urging the State Legislature to pass high
license law as means of protecting public
morals and maintaining public order.
Omaha is trying the effect of a highs
license law. The price ola license has been
fixed by the city council at five hundred
dolars the State law, however, would
require it to be double that amount
The Budget presented in the British
House of Commons the other day shows
that last year there was u large decrease in
the consumption Of spirituons liquors, and
the revenue vas reduced S2G,0O0,O0O from
tat cause.
Said landlord Of public house, at the
verge Of death "If had my life 20 live
over, | would rather sweep crossings, or
beg, or even starvc to death, before would
again see the misery which and my trade
have produced"
The jury in the inquest on the victims of
the Ncwhall House fire have agreed to blame
the night watchmau, the night clerk, the
proprictors, and the owners everybody but
the shadowy bar keeper aud the darker in.
cendary of the fearful blaze. Why is it
tha, men cannot fiud it in their hearts to
blame whiskcy?
y recent issue Of the London Gu.cue
shows that public house property in the
large cities Of England is rapidly dcprccia-
ting in value. There were thirty public
houses within half mile of Liverpool Gus.
tom House closed within the year, because
they did not pay the cost OF rent, taxes, aud
license fees. 1t is to be hoped that this
state Of affairs is due to better public
opinion in regard to temperance.
Forty>hvc years ago, i young St. Louis
steamboat captain WAS converted by the
Washirgtonian movement to temperance
principles. He christcncd his boat The
Cold Water" and it made one trip between
his own city and New Orleans. On his
return the other steamers would not suffer it
to enter the harbor until he agreed to have
IA bar. lie had been the butt of all ridicue
and his business was exploded until he
o'l'os- i Ihro ..cnr eGt ;1l,r~ tr The -IarrGst
Atlantic steamship compani IS has decided
that nothing stronger than coffee shall be
served out to the crew. The world moves.
Ia days past have seen some drunken
ness aud the effects thereof | have seen
the dead bodies of women murdered by
drunken husbands ; have seen the best
men in America 90 down to disrraccful
graves ! have seen fortunes wrecked
prospects bllshtcd, and | have pcruscl a
great many pages Of statistics There are
crimes on tn: calendar not resulting from
rum but Were ruin eliminated, the cata-
loguc would b. 50 reduced as to make il
hardly worth the compiling. Directly or
indirectly, run is chaGscablc with good
ninety per cent. Of the woes that atfict
our country.-NasLy, III tie TDlcdo (O.)
BhuRc
LOADS IN COMPOST llEAp.-In a cubic
yard there are twcnty>Scvcn cubic feet
I'm ordinary cart dy Zone horsc) will hold
from nitcen to twenty cubic feet. 4 well
trod compost heap after it is cut down and
IoNcn"d mp. will about double, its bulk and
we infer. th"l cubic yarA of such compost
you'd therefore make about two loads Of n