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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-03-12

The IEvEL-l{EADED FARMER The
level-headcd iarmcrs-and farmers who
succeed are level-hcaded-arc the ones
who do not have their smoke houses, corn
cribs aud hay and fodder stacks in the
West, nor their fertilizer piles in the wares
house Of some distant city, but are farmers
who realized the vast and varied resources
that are placed so near thcu,, and who use
natures abundant resources to make their
crops-we say crops, because they make
their own provisions regardless of the c1>
ira labor that may be cntailed upon them
but are ever mindful Of the terrible bug.
bear and incxoratlc master-debt. 1t is
useless to say wc have entirely cotton
prod icing country. 1t is proved every
day that there is money in farming, but
not in the all cotton farm. Raise all you
need on the farm, and then plant several
acres of cotton for surplus money. Cotton
must be the surplus crop. Reduce the
acreage of cotto? oue>half and manure aud
care for your land, and in three years you
will raise equally as much as before the re>
ductiou, and not work as hard 1t requires
more labor, care and attention to make
a poor crop than good one.
Make your manures at home. The vile
and fraudulent compound sold to you as
guano is not worth hardly the labor it takes
to haul it to your farms. Repleuish your
lands with grasses, pea-vincs and other
manures that contains living substantial
food-somcthing that will give bone and
sincw, so to speak, to tho land. Do not
milk your land without feeding it.
1t is absolutely certain that the all cotton
plan is humbus aud We mustdiyerge from
it. The lcvel-hcadcd ,fsgmer has seen it,
and is to-day in fair and easy circumstances
Do not plant more than yon can command
the labor to cultivate thoroughly and rotate
and diversity, prosperity will begin to draw
upon you.-Couon Plant.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-03-12

Where be 1? I should think you d ask
Go ask Tom Ryder Mebbe he'll tell you
that all you think on-and leave me 10 git
along alone
Where are you m otberi didn't hear you
call. was washing the green's
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-07-15

Lucky about queer wagers, said a
sporting man the other night, Il shall
never forget the time I won $1,000 on a
fast hog. Have / ever told You the story"
His auditors shook their heads and ask
ed for the tale, which he told as follows:
1T was in the summer of 1878. if | rec
ollect rightly. had been playing a pref
Is steep game in Chicago that winter and
spring and when June came my not over
strong system was pretty nearly broken
down Acting on the advice of a medical
friend, ! took 2 iaunt to a little country
town in Iowa, hoping that months So
iourn there might brace me up for the
fan and winter campaign. But to tell
You about the race. The town had pref
IS good course. and some of the boys
there owned some really good flyers, of
which they were very proud One of
them, whose name ] needn't mention,
possessed a mare upon whose heetness he
particularly prided himself. Talking
with him in a bantering way one day, ]
offered 20 produce a hog which could
beat his animal in a three hundred yard
running race. He became angry when I
insisted upon the matter . tell you what
III do l said to nina loosely IN bet
you any amount of money you name that
my pig can win the race. Do you take
meE The boys standing by grew inter
ested, and commenced to press around.
The other man, whose face by this time
was livid with rage, rOared: III bet you
$1,000.
This rather staggered me, but as l had
the money, / wasn't TO be buffed ] put
it up. The articles of agreement were
quickly drawn up and signed.
well to cut a long story short, | got
hold of one Of those long, lank hungry
scrub porkers and put him at once into
training. My method was TO feed him a
half bushel of corn once a day. The pig
would be stationedat one end of q straight
30O-yard lane. and over the line at the
other end the corn would be dumped at a
given signal. The moment the corn was
dumped the pig was freed, and away he
would scoot for the other end. This kind
of practice was kept up for one month,
and at the end of this time the hungry
hog could make the distance in a way
that would put Maud s. TO shame. The
day Of the race came, and every man,
woman, and child for miles around was
on hand to witness it. The race was run
on the boys own ground, according to
agreement The porcine racer was more
than usually hungry that day. He had
become so accustOm to finding his half
bushel of corn at the other end OF the
lane that when he was released. upon the
word Coy he shot off like q flash, lie
darted under the horses legs, and before
that animal and his rider could recover
themselves was at the other end. He
didn't get his corn. but did ret the ST.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-07-15

The bogus violin trade is apparently
very profitable business, for in spite
of repeated exposures it flouri-hcs with
greater yigor than ever. There Is an old
Latin proverb, according to which peo-
Pile like to be taken in and accordingly
they have their wish gratihed. 1be
plUnest proofs are powerlcss To convince
those persons of their folly in purchasing
the extraordinary bargains that are con-
stuntIy being offered i'm the way of string
ed Instruments. The prices at which
yiolins labelled Straduarius or Amat
are. indeed, described as marvellously
moderate. In TRUTH if the instruments
were genuine they would readily fetch
two OF three hundred times as much q,
the worthless couuterfeits in which SO
much trade j, now being done. As the
prices commanded by instruments known
to be by Straduarius. a sale which took
place the other day in Paris shows pretty
clearly, 4 well-kuowu musical amateur
of that city, NJ. de Saint Senoch. was the
fortunate p05aessor of four instruments
by that unriyalled maker. and these were
brought under the BANNER. The gem of
the lot was a violin of the date 1877, be-
ing one of the last manufactured by
Straduarius, and this was knocked down
for the trihe OF $4,000 francs, or 5000.
Another fiddle dated l70t fetched 70oo
francs, or $4,000, A third instrument
q viola or "altog was sold for 10000
francs. or $3.50. Finally, there was
cello the oldest of the four as dated
from 1896 and for this purchaser was
found at the, che price of 10000 francs,
or - 0l0 MlfIa Erguphu1pu gre fhu-
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-07-15

water, marble two and three-fourths. and
granite and sandstone about the same.
and from these figures the bulk of n load
may be estimated. In drawing earth
gravel and clay at ordinary degrees of
moisture, seventeen or eighteen cpbic
feet may be reckoned as weighing ton
but much depends on their compactness
the bulk in their natural beds being in
creased 1T the rate Of from two To three
by digging, or eighteen feet increased 40
tWeuty-seven. Hay varies in weight
with the kind of hay. the degree or cur
ing. tile time of cutting whether early
and soft, or late, dry and stiff. and with
the depth of the hay or superintendent
weight and time in settling; but as a fair
average, well settled timothy hav Is
about 500 cubic feet, and clover 73O or
500 to the tom
The different substances which we have
mentioned will settle and become smaller
after driving over the road. and the inter
stlces viii be of less magnitude and more
or less filled: the measurements given us
ually apply to those freshly loaded. There
is much variation in the specific gravity
of some of them and more or less with All.
But by becoming familiar with the weights
of the different materials which consti
tute the loads Of teams, the owners may
often economic labor and time, and oc-
casionally prevent oyerstraining on the
part of their teams.
In giving these various weights and
measurements. if is not intended to super
sede the necessity Of being provided with
farm scales for weighing loads wherever
they can be accessible to use. They viii
aid IN the estimates here given, enable the
farmer to measure his crops approx
matcly. ascertain what he has TO sell, ana
TO weigh animals in connection with feed
70 determine their increase, and to ascer-
tain at what rates they can properly be
disposed of when alive. Without their
aid much of the operations are carried on
i'm the dark.
more careful attention to these var
ious estimates would lessen the frequency
with which we see reckless drivers whip
ping their overloaded horses, which are
already straining themselves to their ut
most in the interest of their owners
More work can be accomplished in the
/ long run by moderate, steady labor, than
/ by any amount of oyerstraining and ir-
regua, efforts.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-07-15
Life Ina ST. Paul.
ST Paul Globe.

A street car came up the Fourth ,trsat
line and turned to go up Wabasha.
2O0-pouud woman, dressed in black. with
a market basket on her arm and sum
burned umbrella in her hand, stood or
the corner and signaled the car driver Nm
stop. The car kept moving right un
Wabasha with majestic stride. and tha
woman in black came in behind. coo1
second, following the naughty street car
up the street, wildly waving her umbrella
and filling the ambient air with baritone
voice. After the driver had gone about
block and a half he pulled up. and. stick
ing his head around the corner OF his car
inquired OF the putting woman In black II
she desired to get on the car.
"Oh, no, she replied; 81 just wanted to
chase il up the street a few blocks, /
didn't want to get ON. Street cars weren't
made to ride oni they were made for
women to run after and admire Don't
stop on my account. ia like to chase IL
out a couple of miles just for fun"
BY this time the woman had gone into
the car and dropped into seat, and she
rode to the end Of her journey without
paying her fare, and the driver didn't
have sufficient amount of face toa.kher
for it in the presence OF the smiling.
Messengers
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-07-15

MANY who are closely confined TO office
work -Jadie, as well as gentleman can
l,oep few stands of bees at their homes
In the citv or town. Oftentimes bees are
.ept in Tie garrett Of residence, which,
f. If easv access and in movable frame
hives yyouId be quite desirable. as well as
of much profit. ! have known bees 10
nav well when kept and managed in good
hives as above; but when placed ln "a
room 10 shift for themselves and let go
without proper attention, they are u7ual-
Iy II failure. A gentleman OF my ac1ualn-
tepce has been keeping bees for many
years I'm city OF $1,000 inhabitants and
has made them pay good dividends Ale
SD several ladies of my acquaintance ave
noy keeping bees in towns and country
villages. some OCwhom are making mon
az besides a good living in keeping bees
and producing honey for the market.
Some have become quite skepucal a %
k.epinr bees a- a permanent employ
mont. TO whom [ say there lsno danger
of overriding the bee business from the
fact that honey is finding its way INTO
MANY families who can not keep bees,
MS Wen IS I'm many parts of Europe Ou5
American honey is preferable 10 ihelf
own production and briug- better price.
II also used as medicine
and Is largely used in preparing many OF
tha cnugh .vrups In % word / hardly
believe thats an oyerproduction will ever
BE realized. Hence [ recommend an VINO
ran keen few stands of bees to do So
us ~ is much easier to thus procure d
nice dish of honey for your own table
HlrHFH
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-07-15

The common theory that clouds are
composed of vcsicles or hollow spheres Of
condensed yapor is now cOmbated BIS
French scientist. who assumes that every
solid body, whatever may be its diameter
retains around it by adhesion a special
atmosphere of the gas in which il is
plunged; that the thickness of this atmos
phere is nearly independent of the vol
ume of the solid body and that the att
traction which retains it is within the
domain of the molecular forces and is
manifested only within very short dis
tances. In this way the difficulty of com
pletely removing the mir from q tube
which is to be filled with liquid Is ac-
counted for. In the case of a vesicle sur
rounded by its atmosphere, the thermal
absorption of the water is much greater
than that Of the diathermanous air: the
atmosphere of the VISIBLE is consequently
expanded. and the particle with its atmo,
phere floats. by displacing an equal vol.
ume or the circumambieut air.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-07-15

fed and cared for, Will bring more profit
in year than if she calves in May, if
milk or butter is TO be sold.
THERE are fewer cattle in proportion to
the population of the country than there
were thirty-fye years ago. But the
average weight has been largely in
creased.
Fowls that must be fed in summer
should be fed regularly II fed only
twice day feed lightly in the morning
and give q full feed at night. If fed but
once a day, feed al night.
The iniquities Of the retail grocer's
Ice chest, onion basket and delivery wag-
ons are very apt TO be received by his but
ter. The consumer is very apt to Icy the
flavor to the butter maker
England buys S19.252,Gs4 out of the
s20,8O5,S24 worth of the bacon we export
of hams S2,454,9S0 worth out Of the So
23l,609; nearly half of the S3462,53 Of
of pork, and about one-third of our sur
plus lard
Charcoal is sometimes eaten by fowls
with great ayidity. 1t should always be
kept by them, pounded to the size Of
kernals of grain, for the varying need Of
animals direct their appetite, and there
fore what they crave viii be good for
them.
The calf born in the fan, fairly well
wintered and given the vigorous growth
that grass food gives the following sum
mer, makes a better COW than the spring
raised one, and she is two years old-the
right time for the birth of her first
calf.
The disadvantages of the ordinary sys-
TEN of setting milk in shallow pans for
raising cream are that longer period
elapses before the skimming is complet-
ed. too much space is required, and in
summer the milk becomes sour before
the cream is raised.
Separated early and raised up by them
selves pullets are worth at least quarter
more for use than if allowed to run with
lot of cockerels. In the large late ma
turing breeds the evil is less, though
even with them the practice of keeping
them separate is most profitable.
THE roof is the most important part OK
pig stye, as indeed it is of all buildings
for sheltering stock. The floor of a little
straw. In fact, many farmers object to
board or plank floors, which form harbors
for rats and other vermin. But the roof
must be waterproof.
An earthen floor is the best for the
poultry house. A cement surface under
meath possesses the advantage of perfect
dryness for the extra cost as it is not
diff nit to keep your earthen floor reason
able dry, provided you raise q mound of
earth for the house to stand ON, and sur
Il & srst 3,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-07-15

Dell Bankson, an oil-well shooter, went
SO the new Kane OIL field to torpedo the
Craig 4 Cappean well, which had just
reached the sand, writes an clean, ~ Y,
correspondent of The New York Times.
He had lowered a shell containing twenty
quarts of uitro-glycerine, to the depth of
about 100 feet in the we'll when he dis
covered that the Well was about to make
a flow. He knew that the force Of the oil
would carry the torpedo out at the top,
and if il were thrown upward with the
flow it would be exploded in contact with
a derrick beam. If it escaped from the
volume Of oil it would fall back to the
ground and explode. In either case
Blankson knew that certain destruction
awaited him and the property Of his en-
ployers unless the torpedo could be SEE
cured. With remarkable presence of
mind he placed himself at the mouth of
the well, and as the shell shot up on the
stream of oil he threw his arms about it
and held it.
Even then undue haste and lack of
Judgment might have proved fatal, but
Blankson held the torpedo until the flow
of oil had ceased before he removed
it from the well. although be knew that
only few seconds would elapse be-
fore the oil would be followed by vol
ume of gas and a mass Of rocks from
the depths
The instant the oil ceased lie lifted the
shell from the well and walked carefully
and steadily away carrying the torpedo in
his arms. He had scarcely turned his
back when the gas and rocks came out OF
the well with a roar and rush. When AM
was over Baukson replaced the torpedo
in the Well, lowered it TO the bottom ami
finished his work. When the owners OF
the well heard of the wonderful nerve and
Judgment displayed 10y Baukson they OF
once presented him with check for 500
Bankson's conduct In his perilous situa-
tioa is said by old wen shooters to be the
most courageous in the history of nitro
glycerine operations in the oil regions
work that necessitates the exercise Of
constant vigilance, cool Judgment and
steady nerves ON the part Of the opera
tOr.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-07-15

lous expedients to which Mr. pi..
eminent resorted in order TO csr. ~
union. This work was published '.e
30 years ago, ana it was revived -, '-eg 3t
Quarterly review by Mr.. Haywardip 1s-a
LORD CORVALLIS was lord lieutenant ~.
ireland and he was entirely behind w.
scenes; but the two persons who mans.,-5
the legislation were Lord Cestlorearb 7,s
Lord Glare, both of whom reveIed Il. t--
intimation and corruption which wa-s.,l.,.
rife. When Lord Clare was dvir-. .l
years afterward, he said TO his Wiz,
have one request 10 make To yor.. 7.
that you will at once burn an nv ns-....
let every scrap be destroyed bv varL..,t
Should they be LETT when I am 90
hundreds will be fatally comrro,,i 5..I.
a more remarkable 'uniou" store
often told by Lord Cardwell. who lss-5 :.
from the late Sir Robert Peel. and 4 I.-
never seen it in print. Lord Castleraa.,
was in treaty with an influential mer,l-..
Of the Irish parliament for his vote. yri,,
was to carry several others with II AMI
terms had been settled, when the layi.l
tor was seized with dangerous iI7...
and repenting Of his iuiquities when
thought himself on his death-bed bs..
quested an interview with his Iordsbi,, o,
his recovery, when he announced that fl.
negotiations were nc an end; that he ii,
terly repented his part in them. and ~.
he would take an early opportunity of n
yulging q he whole story to tile house. il
you please calmly replied Lord Cas+ls
reagh, "but if you do I shall give Won H..
lie direct ON the instant and the new.
/ Sd, o.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-07-15

This is most palatable dish. Take
tho head, heart, and any scraps of lean
pork, and boil until the flesh slips easily
from the bones. Remove the fat, gristle
ead bones. then chop fine. Set theGquor
in which il was boiled aside until cold,
take the cake Of fat from the surface and
return 20 the fire, When it boils put in
the chopped meat, and season wen with
pepper and salt Let it boil again. then
thicken with corn meal as you would in
making ordinary corn meal mush, by let
ting it slit through the fingers slowly 20
prevent Jumps, Cook am hour, stirring
constantly at first, afterward putting back
ON the range in a position to boil gently.
When done pour into q long square pan
not too deep and mould. In cold wealth
en- this can be kept several weeks Cut
into slices when cold and fried brown, ms
you do mush; it is cheap aud delicious
breakfast dish.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-07-15

Ii any one IF my readers would obtain
some idea % the thoroughly hagHiou-
manner in which the ratification Of the nm
torted from the Irish parliament, | would
advise such persons. writes Labouchere
10 procure the CORVALLIS Correspon
denee which contains tho most ample
proofs of the high-handed and unscrupu-
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-07-15

old gentleman to tramp Now if ]
should give you a nickel my friend would
YOU spend that money as il ought to be
spent, or would Won squander It for IN
toNicating drink
Tramp How much didyou say
ola gentleman nickel
Tramp sadly Well I dunno.
dsnno. wouldn't like to make amy
rash promises. Ineyer vet have been
able 10 stand perity
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-07-15
Fine old Indian Gentleman.

In person and character the late Prince
Tukaii Rao well represented the sturdy
race of Mahratias from which he sprang.
They are not fine gentlemen, like the
Kajpoots, nor have they the pride and
punctiliousness of the best Hiudoo tribes
of the northwest The Deccanee, even in
the days of his greatest military success
es, always carried with him the rude and
simple manners of his early rural life;
but he has always possessed excellent
qualities, among which industry patience
and frugahty are prominent. Iukaji
Rao, amid all the splendCr of the middle
and later years of his reign, remained a
thorough Mahratta, blunt of speech,
crafty, self-willed. and independents but
but generous and priucely on proper oc-
casiou-. Perhaps two more different men
never met than Lord Dutferin and the
Maharaiah during the viceroy's tour in
India last Autumn. More than one char
acteristic story is current OF the some
what amusing collision between the per
feet and good breeding and easy dignity
of the yiceroy, and the plain, oldfashion-
ed Deccauee simplicity and almost boor-
ish directness of the Naharajah of In
dore.
IL suppose" said his highness on one
occasion To- the governor general that
you mean TO annex Burmah.'
This was at moment when the plans
of the government at home and at Cal
cutta We're by no means settled, and the
question was embrassing as well as
brusque; but Lord Dutferin smilingly re-
piled:
There is nothing l am so anxious az
this present time to annex as the good
viii and friendship of your highness.'
At subsequent interview, when the
viceroy and his outspoken host were sit
ting together in the guest chamber at In
dore, the latter turned roudd to ask Mr..
Mackenzie Wallace for photograph
which he wished 10 show the prince.
Is that your PHOTOGRAPHIC asked Tu-
kaii Rao, pointing discourteously TO the
secretary.
1t was necessary to reprove such want
of pect for high and accomplished
officer of government. but yet not desir-
able to yex tine ruler of Indore, and the
viceroy's reply recouciled these condi-
tion5 very admirably.
"Oh, no. higL.ess,' he said this gen
tlemau is the keeper of my conscience.
My photograph-in-ordinary is Lady Duff
ferin"
Her excellency being. indeed yey skill
ful with the camera.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-07-15

Let amy one who has an attack of lock
jaw, says am exchange, take a small guam
uty of turpentue. warm it and pour It ON
the wound, no matter where the wound is.
ana relief viii follow in less than min
ute. Nothing better can be applied TO q
sever cut or bruise than cold turpentlne;
it will give certain relief almost instantly.
Turpentiue is almost q certain remedy
for Group. Saturate piece of flannel
with it and put it ON the chest, and in a
Very severe case three or four drops ON a
lump of sugar may be taken mwardIy.
Every family should have a bottle ou
hand
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-07-15

A blind man attracted considerable at
teutiou playing whist on a New England
railroad train the other day. Cards with
raised spots were used, the three players
who had their eyesight naming their
cards as they played them. The blind
man snd his partner easily beat the
other two.