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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-04-30

GE'. X. II. llEMrmILL C"NvEnrEp.-"Ric
L,nl, the widC-awakc correspondent of the
I"J"std Chroncic makes a prediction as to the
political situation at Abbc, illc in the following
pleasant paragraph in rcccrcnc" 10 our conten.-
r"rary, which will hc Appreciated hy host o;
friends, who will he giel TO give him their
votes "a election Iay:
GEN. liEnrmiLL M,nE 4 GrA~|rr.-Gcn
u. K. iIcmphii, who has pot been strong ad-
yDcaic of the farmers convention, was in the
city this week, attending railroad meeting.
While here he droppe! in 1T the Agricultural
, Department to hunt up ''souc statistics on the
the boys. Tie Commissioner took charge of
him anl soon had him initiate ed into the ancient
AMI honora bic order Of Graugcrs. Whcn lie
left the department building the small end Of
| New Hampshire corn nubbin rccpcd slyly out
of the upper breast pocket of the Generals
| linen duster, quart Of alabaStcr beans filled
| one Of his lower pockets, while large cluster
, of Spanish goobers ratified in the other pyckct.
| Ills hair was literally busted with hay sccl.
! The General wore his new honors with bccum-
| ing dignity, but learn that on lis arrival at
houc the dogs barkcl ut him, and his friends
| failcl to recognize him. But he created some
| thing OF n sensation by the visible evidences of
| his conversion. and it is said that lie political
effect will be suic lent TO send hiIl TO the State
Senate this year
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-04-30

S"rn MILT.-Pcuplc wonder why milk gets
sour. They cannot account FOR it. 1t has been
determined by scientific men that it is owing
to the presence Of foreign substances. These
are the reasons why cream spoils SO quickly:
Milk would keep sweet and cream also, if the
milk couli be absolutely protected from the air
in which is floating the germs which spoil it,.
Some Of these are vegetable and some animal
The last start tho souring aciIity. aud then
decay begins rs it does with the development
of the former. The mites arc known rs of the
gems bacillus. Thsc baclli arc not active in q
cold atmosphere or when it is heated, and they
may be killed by heating the milk up to ljS
degrees. I his will not prevent more getting
into the milk. nor vii! it destroy the spores.
Milk should be kept. to obtain the best condi-
tons, in separate room and with everything
as clean rs possible Dirt, sourncss and smells,
breed the enemies of milk and butter
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-04-30

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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-04-30

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FEDERAL MD TO ScHooLs.-Mr.
George Ticknor Curtis in letter to the
Sfn. printed yesterday, pointed out to the
Southern people one possible outcome of
the movement inauguratcd by the Blair bill
that demands their serious attention If
the federal government is to furnish the
money with which public schools are sup
ported, it will logically and inevitably come
to exercise a contro proportioncd to such
support. No possible barriers against this
can be erected, because the safeguards pro
vdcd by the Democratic Interpretation of
the Federal Constitution will be Ovcrthrpwn
by the passage of this very bill. The Dem
ocratic idea is that all matters rcatir- to
single locality are to be kept under the
c)ntrcl OF the people u: that locality. This
involves the converse proposition, that all
matters related to the federal government
must be under thc dncct control of that
government.
So long as the schooling of children is
paid for bv the ncoplc of the separate
States the local FEELINGS and prciulccs of
each State will naturally govern the man
aremcnt Of its own school system. Noo,e
familiar with public feeling in tho South
crn and border States can doubt for mo-
ment that the attempt t, educate white a d
colorcd children in the same schools would
result in the complete breakdown of the
public school system. One of two things
wonld surely happen. The white children
would be Withdrawn and the colorcl chill.
drcn alone enjoy the advantages of the
school tun,! raised by pubGc taxation. ar
else school taxes would cease To- be levied
and rublic schools no longer be maintained
So LONG as the control of their school s,s
tenn is in the hands Of the rcople of those
States no such ruinous experiment can nos
sibly be tried but irthc control Of the sys
tenn passes into the hands of Congress there
is not only no certainty that mixed school,
NAV not be established, but every reason to
fear that such an attempt may be made.
The dcscrtion of the Democratic princi-
plos by Southern representatives who have
voted for the Blair bill will unoucstionably
tend to weaken and dcmoralzc the demo
cratic party in the Northern States. Should
this decentralization 20 far enough, those
States would again be represented almost
exclusively by Republicans and that party
would thereby secure majority in both
houses of Congress and obtain control Of
the Presidency. Oncc more, then. n sec
tona party, drawing its whole strength
from the North. and influenced by the SEN
timcntal ideas Of those who have never lccu
brought into close contact with the nerro
race, would have complete command of fed.
cra legislation. 1t would find in the Blair
bill weapon fashioned TO its nurrosc -
destroying the constitutional limitations that
have thus far stood in the way of it's march
toward ccntralzation. 1t would be sub
iectcd to pressure from its own s,,pportcrs
in the North ard from the blacks. whom il
o,w,vs bos honcd wou)d .vo,,,,r,, hoo,.o
;.a 49, co.,
'' '"c'N' !" '"c ''ou'n' 10 put
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-04-30

| hear tna' ,ou are to iuarr. wel Lhy
American girl. SAIL one Lrtish nyblcunan to
another. Va as. replied hl5 Iu lshir. YOU
must allow mo TO congratulate you. Are there
incuInbranccs ON her property: Ia as-,hc
lady.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-02-03
Crape.Weaying in Japan.

A correspondent of the Globe Democrat
writes from Japan as follows: Grape
weaving is carried on by scores of men
and women working in long, open build
ings, and from the reeling of the silk to
the finish the whole process can be seen.
When the Grape is on the loom it is only
thin silk tissue, fimsy-looking sort OF
material, such as they use for painting
the panels for screens and kakemonos.
It has perfectly smooth, glossy surface,
and the threads each way are drawn tight
and even. From the loom the piece of
Grape, which is generally made in lengths
of fifty or sixty feet, is plunged into vat
of boiling water and stirred about in the
steam for few minutes, and this process
shrinks the threads and gives the Grape
its wrinkled, crinkly look. When dried
the Grape is tossed in heaps, each length
of mussed, yellow stuff twisted and tied
like skein, and but for the silky lustre
it looks like so many ragged and badly
handled pieces of unbleached muslin.
After this the Grape is bleachcd or dyed
and stretched on bamboo frames to dry,
when it becomes the smooth, soft Grape
with "a wrinkled skin like scalded milk"
that every woman raves over. The twcn-
ty-yard lengths of wide Grape are sold at
prices ranging from $13 to $25, depend
ing on the weight of the silk and the fine
ness of weaving.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-02-03
Potatoes as Pig Food.

Much of the value of potatoes as hog
food depe nds upon the cooking. If fed
largely raw they produce securing and do
not all digest, thinks a writer in the Ma
tionul Lie Stock Journal. This is due
to the fact that potato is composed
so largely of starch as to make cooking
an almost indispensable aid to digestion.
A little raw potato is beneficial to the
hogs stomach when fed largely upon
corn. 1t is laxative and cooling, allaying
the feverish tendency arising from the
heating effects of corn. When fed to
realize the most benefit from them fol
fattening, they should be boiled soft, and
If grain be fed with them, they should be
boiled together. Potatoes and corn 60
we'll together, the former giving bulk and
the latter concentrated nutriment. The
potatoes have more value, judiciously
fed, as promoting health than for nutri-
mcnt. Although more nutritious than
any other roots, the potato, nevertheless,
is rs per cent water. so that its nutritive
value is far below that of corn. In fact, ii
takes 1888 pounds of potatoes to be cquiva'
lent in nutriment to 100 pounds of dry
corn.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-02-03
A COnYict's Career.

Silas McCloon, one of the four Deer
Island convicts recently pardoned at
Boston for heroism in rescuing the rem
nant of the crew of the schooner Juliet,
wrecked off Winthrop's Point, is we'll
known in the West. His father was
wealthy ship builder at Rockland, Maine,
and left $500,0O0 to his son when he
died few years ago. Young McCloon
was induced to purchase an interest IN
valueless invention to utilize steam with
out allowing an exhaust, and on it lavished
thousands of dollars. He went to France
and it is said spent $500, 900 in trying to
sell the patent. His relatives at length
succeeded in inducing him to return to
the United States, when he entered on a
career of dissipation and his remaining
property soon disappeared. Various
efforts to reclaim him were made but for
time he seemed to be hopeless case. At
length, on promise that he would re-
form, his mother gave him $40, 900 with
which to purchase cattle ranch in the
West. He started and remained sober
till he reached Omaha, when he drank a
bottle of ole. Then he started on q de-
bauch, and in four days all of his $40,
900 had disappeared except 5000; His
next effort at reformation was made in
exile in the Medicine Bow mountain
range, where for four months ne re-
mained searching for gold in region
where human beings are rarely seen, and
intoxicants could not be had. At the
expiration of that period, having suffered
the adverse fate of most gold hunters,
McCloon returned home to his W ife and
two children in Maine, sure that circum-
stances had redeemed him and resolved
to recover by hard labor the fortune he
had so recklessly squandered. His re-
lease from convict's cell for bravery is
the first that has been heard from him in
the West since then.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-02-03
Watch the Stock.

Keep close watch of the stock, and
be quick to notice if any Of it is not
thriving. The good farmer should be
able to tell at a glance when any Of his
stock are not doing we'll. A dull eyer
staring coat, an unnatural position in
standing or lying sluggish appearance,
loss of appetite, Or an appetite for un-
natural substances-any of these are usu-
ally symptoms of something wrong, and
it is not often that severe illness will
commence among any of the farm stock
without one or more of these evidences
of ill-health, or at least of that unthrifty
condition which predisposes to disease,
having been manifested for some days
previous. Taken in season, some simple
remedy, with little extra care and nurs-
ing, may do more to effect cure than
can be done by the best veterinary sur
geon few days later. It is usually bet
ter to separate such animals from the
rest of the herd, so far at least as to pre-
vent them from being tyrannized over by
their stronger mates, as they are too apt
to be- This is more important with sheep
and swine which feed together, and
where the stronger can rob the weaker Of
its proportion Of food. A feeble sheep
or a weak pig will die of starvation in the
midst of plenty, simply because it is
crowded away by others. And a sick
COW or calf, turned loose in the yard with
others, is too frequently attacked by
them, even as wild animals, when
wounded, are said to be by their mates.
-Culttrator.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-02-03
Good Fruit Pays.

The value of a crop of fruit depends
more upon its quality than its quantity.
No matter how large the general fruit
crop may be, nor how heavily the mar
kets may be "glutted," good fruit will
always sell readily, and at fair prices.
Nor can there be surplus grown. If
not sold Immediately the crops may be
dried, cvaporated or canned, for there
will arrive time when such will be in
demand. Too much fruit has not yet
been produced during any season.
When the blackberry was made cul-
tivatcd crop it was predicted that, as
the fence corners and abandoned loca-
tions had always afforded n supply, the
introduction of large quantities of the
cultivated kinds would render prices
too low to realize profits, but as the
crops were increased the berries were
improved, and demand was created
that grew with the supply, the conse-
ouence being that although carloads
are shipped to our large cities during
the fruit season, the prices have been
higher than at any previous time. The
same rule applies to other fruit crops.
AS the supply increases fruit growers en-
deavor to advance prices by improving
the size and quality OF the fruit. In
venturing upon fruit growing, the varie-
ties selected should be those best adapted
TO the climate in which they are to be
grown, the prolifcacy, hardness and
Quality being the chief considerations.
And it must not be overlooked that som
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-02-03
Tie Big.Healed Boy.

Oh, the big-headed boy! who knows more
than his pa,
And gives advice free to his ignorant old
ma;
Who the whole tree of knowledge has robbed
of its fruit
And.torn up it's withered old stump by the
root;
Oh-the goddess of wisdom smiles blandly
and coy
On the deep, spacious brow of the big
headed boy!
The big-headed boy, though he's scarcely six
teen,
With octogenarian wisdom is lean,
The wealth of his knowledge he gives without
price,
This munifcent singer of generous advice!
From his fountains Of wisdom he raineth with
On the s0S Just and the unjust-the big-headed
boyl
Oh, the gl big;headed boyl what a darkness and
Should thelightof bis knowledge be quenched
from the earth.
How we should be left in the darkness OF
doubt,
As Moses was left when the light went
at!
That the world wobble on without further
Nay he i've to direct 1.-THE big-headed
boyi
Lynn Union.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-02-03
FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS.

Drowning by the tide was once
method of Furnishing criminals.
To cry "havoc' appears to have been
signal for indiscriminate slaughter.
In India the devoted wife formerly as
cended her husbands funeral pyre and
persisted in the flames.
A tree at Tampa, Fla, yielded II, 463
oranges. which is said to be the largest
number ever known to be taken from one
tree.
The Russians place in the hand OF the
corpse paper certificate of the character
of the deceased, to be shown to Peter at
the gate of heaven.
Scorpions, spiders and various insects
have been observed to remain motionless
if any person blows strongly upon them
in vertical direction.
Frank Ritter, of Gait, Cal., reports a
prodigious growth Of tomato vine IN ms
garden during the season. The vine
reached thirteen feet high and produced
$50 tomatoes.
Paupers are still sold at auction in
Nova Scotia to the lowest bidder A
very good article of distinguished family
in reduced circumstances can be had there
for few dollars.
The sea turtles toes are united In the
form of paddle. 1t makes long voyages,
sometimes across the Atlantic. The sea
turtles are immense, some of them attain
inc O weight of 1900 pounds. They
Craze in the grasses at the bottom OF the
sea.
The hedgehog is a favorite food of the
gypsies, and those who have eaten OF 1t
as as cooke by them in their travelling
caravans in England say it is excellent.
Hedgehogs are incest in the fall months,
and are said to be more delicate than pig
lings.
An English paper gives the following
curious notice, found in the marriage
reeister of the Church of St. James,
Bury St. Edmunds: 1882, Novem-
Der Christopher Newson, Charity
Morrell. Charity Morrell being entirely
without arms, the ring was placed upon
the fourth toe of the left foot, and she
wrote her name in this register with her
right foot.
A writer in medical journal says that
the medical idea of a teaspoonful is one
fluid dram. This is, in fact, about the
measurement of that article as used by
our grandmothers. But this and the des-
sert spoon are now made so much larger
than formerly that they hold nearly two
drains, and people who measure medicine
by them overdose themselves. The table
spoon remains as in the old days.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-02-03
Recipes.

BOILED BEETs.-Boil whole, without
breaking the skin. Winter bects need
at least three hours of cooking to be eat
able. scrape and slice into deep dish; :;
pour over them three tablespoonfuls OF
vinegar scalded, with two tablespoon
fuls of butter.
SPINACH ON ToAsT.-Wash and pick
the leaves from the stalks; boil for
twenty minutes in hot, salted water,
drain dry, rub through colandcr into a
saucepan; heat and add liberal table
spoonful of butter, q teaspoonful OF
sugar, pepper and salt to taste, and a
pinch Of nutmeg. Beat until it bubbles
all over, put in two tablespoonfuls OF
cream, heat again, and heap on squares
or rounds of buttered toast, slice OF
boiled egg on each hillock.
A BREAKFAST DIsn.-Mix half pound
of cracker crumbs with an equal quanti-
ty of finely minced lean boiled ham;
moisten this mixture with little stock
or water and butter, adding salt to taste.
Put the mixture in baking dish, make
deprcssions in it the size of an egg and
break an egg in each hollow. Bake q
delicate brown in good oven.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-02-03
Feeding Lambs.

Feed little grain daily, commencing
as soon as the lambs are separated from
the ewes, when raised; and as soon as
brought home, when purchased. No
matter how early this may be, or how
good the pasture, little extra feed in
the shape of corn, oil-meal and bran, will
keep up a growth and thrift that, with
the increase of fleece produced, will pay
well for all the food consumed The
practice will, at the same time, accustom
the lambs to the presence of the feeder,
making them tame, and at the same time
it will.get them used to the dry food so
they will not much mind the change
when taken from the pasture to the barns.
For convenience in feeding, troughs
should be provided; they can be made of
boards of any convenient length, and
eight inches wide nailed together, and to
V-shapcd end pieces. They are to be
supported on legs made of one and one
half inch planks, ten inches wide and
sixteen inches long, having notches
cut in the upper edge into which the
troughs are to be nailed. A trough six
teen feet long, if placed where the lambs
can eat from either side, will afford room
for feeding twenty-five. A good food is
made by mixing two parts Of corn, one
part of oil-meal and four parts Of bran,
by measure; one bushel Of this to one
hundred lambs is fair ration while at
grass. They should be fed but once a
day, and the best time is just at night, or
after a days run into the pasture; but
whatever time is selected as feeding
time" it should not be changed, but
should remain the same, day after day,
otherwise, not knowing when to expect
their food, they will be constantly watch
ing instead of grazing as they should
Rural .Neao Yorker.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-02-03
A Lion ON q Locomotive.

The engineer and fireman of the train
from the south had an extensive scare
near Butte, Montana, recently. John
Else is the engineer and Joe Davis is his
assistant. The train was running along
at a forty-mile-an-hour gait rounding the
curve near the cliffs below Silver Bow.
Else was as usual at his post and it was
growing dusk when he noticed dark
object spring upon the cow-catcher. He
naturally whistled ''down brakes" but
as there was no disturbance he concluded
that it was rock or lump of dirt that
had been in some peculiar way thrown on
and off, and the train resumed its ordi-
nary speed.
About this time Davis had occasion to
90 out on the footboard and oil some of
the machinery, but before he had COM
pleted the job he rushed back into the
cab, more dead than alive. The dark
object that Else had seen spring on the
cow-catcher proved to be q full sized
mountain lion. How it obtained foot
ing in its perilous position will never be
known, but it is certain that it clanlbered
from the cow-catcher and reached the
footboard just as Davis was finishing his
oiling.
AS soon as he saw the ugly object the
man naturally retreated to the cab, to
which point he was followed by the
beast. The pair entered the cab to-
gether, Davis speechless and the lion
growling. John Else is man of nerve
and expedients. He took in the situa-
ton in second. He had no weapon,
but as quick as thought he opened the
valve and there was piercing shrek from
the whistle. The scheme proved a good
one. The animal was then more fright
ened than the men, and he took head
long plunge from the cab. Singular to
relate, in the jump he fell headforemost
and his neck was broken by the fall.
After the train had been brought in Else
and party took teams and went in search
of the brute and found him. The carcass
was brought to Butte, and found to weigh
800 pounds.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-02-03
FARM AND HOUSE.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO FAX
MER AND HOUSEWIFE.
Secret of Large Round CabbaSes.

secret OIL Large 1tOunu S"oo"SN
James H. Gregory, the well-known
Massachusetts, herdsman, lets his patrons
into the secret of growing good, Large
round heads of cabbage every time. ne
builds his practice on the theory that the
cabbage plant absorbs its nourishment
through its stump, hence the manure
should be put where the roots and stumps
can get at it. Mr.. Gregory puts his
plants three feet apart when he wants to
get a good drumhead, cultivates them
three times at least, and gives plenty OF
good manure. He advocates plowlng a
forrow and filling it up with manure:
Plow it we'll under, but do not scatter 1t
over the land. Put it where the roots OF
the plants are going to be.
To prevent cabbage heads from burst
ing, Mr.. Gregory advises going over the
ground often and starting every cabbage
that appears about to mature, by push
it over sideways. Heads thus started, nc
claims, will attain to twice the size they
were when about to burst.