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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-05-17
4 Camp of Grass HINTS

Osman Digna's camp at Handoub.
whence he recently rctrcated to Tokar,
was composed mainly of grass huts. It
was about one and half miles long and
three quarters Of a mile broad, and must
nave been capable of containing from
1900 to $1,000 people. Most of the
huts were enclosed by grass fences in
groups of from three to thirty huts.
rails taKisTifi f1hhe Rf1he entirely of sleepcrs and
NO attempts seem to have been made ot
iortihcatlon. The bush was cleared for
about mile around the camp. tbouob
prohably more for the purposes of fuel
ana matching than for any military
reason. Osman'S own home was a very
neat grass hut, and apparently he did not
care about being disturbed by unwclcom,
visitors, as between his salon and his but
thcrc was regular fence made of wire
"ntanglcmcnt through which there woa
only one entrance at tn side. The host
made hut belonged to a nephcw Of tbs
lat" Mahdi Mahomcd Ahmcn. Il was,
almost entirely of wood. tho
SIDES alone being of very neat grass mat
Ting.
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The Tail c MastiT.

/ was the owner of O mastiff about
as large rs yearling calf; but one day
he went the way of all dogs, end 1 en-
ployed a taxidcrmist to set him up in
good shape. While this was being
done the tramps began to put in an ap-
pearancc. While Jack" was living not
Dne of the fraternity got inside the
yard. He had not been dead two days
before we had callers. How they caught
Oh | don't pretend to say, but that was
the way it worked.
When the dog came home he looked
as natural as life. BY standing him on
the grass beside a rose-bush any one
looking over the gate would have sworn
that Jack" was alive and ready to
tackle an intruder. During the first
lay as many as five tramps halted at
the gate, took look, shook their
! ii.6.ihl"" ".pd :, nassed on, and three more
irst laid his hand on the gate the sec
ond exclaimed:
No go, Bill-there's dog"
Stuffed" replied the first, as he
opened the gate.
"How dye know?"
"By the turn of his tail. Ever see n
Dig dog like that with his tail carried
% the left? Course he's stuffed"
L gave the men a quarter apiece and
jhen went out to look ut the big dogs
n the neighborhood. Every one car
led his tail to the right. Indeed, nine
logs out of ten do, and that ragged
md penniless old tramp was closer
observer than the taxidermist who had
made life study of posing specimens
[ was so hit by it that stored the dog
n the garret and fed every tramp who
,ome for the next three months. ..-Ne,o
York Sun
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CARE OF CHICKS.

A little forethought saves much after
thought. When little chicks come out
they do very well in May and the earlier
part of June, but as the hotter days of
July and August crowd on us, they need
attention. In day time they want shade
and grass, and at night plenty of fresh
air. They should be kept in clean houses,
dry and freshly whitcwashed. They
should not he let out in the morning
until the dew is off the grass, and the air
i'm their houses at night should bc arranged
to not fall too keenly on their little bod
les, for we find these two evils bring on
roup, or species of what is known in
our race as ebay fever A little pow
dcrcd sulphur and charcoal in their soft
food in the incipiency of the malady, and
II pinch Of sulphatc of iron in their drink
ing water is preventive Farm, Fielci
anil St0chm0a.
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PLANTING TREES.

The trees being snugly heelcd-in. do
not plant until the weather is settled.
especially until the long wind storms are
over. These winds arc dangerous and
shrivel up the bark and destroy the yer
dilre of the buds, which the roots cannot
yet supply with moisture. If the trees
some to hand early this spring, is best
3,hGed them. il until the weather gets
back, and cut each branch back to a sound,
dormant bud. Then dig trench in suita-
BILE soil, and lay in the trees one by one,
taking care that in filling in every part of
the shrivclcd bark is in contact with the
moist soil. Cover all completely, root
and branch, taking care that the labels
are properly preserved. When the trees
are taken up at the end of week or
more, the bark will be found completely
restored. Examine the roots and prunc
the mutilatcd ones with a smooth cut
prunc the tops into proper shape. Some
nurseries give large head, while others
cut the young trees into shape while yet
in the nursery rows. A covering Of finely
divided, light soil over the roots is a
great benefit to newly planted trees
american AgricUhuriI
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UIaCk Sand Mines

inc TACT that the black sand of the
ocean beach contains gold has been
nnown Tor years, but all attempts at get
tlng II ont in paying quantities have been
,''i"reS' The San Jose (Cal) Herald,
"o~evfr' "','S' reports that an experienced
colorado man named Kent has found nm
ih"XhauStible deposit, from two feet to
ten feet deep, lodged in the hills nd,
lnceh' !" the coast and about 100 feet
'""'' the level of the sea. He claims to
nave process, known only to bimsclf
"ncrrwIth ne can extract the particles nf
E""' ;" as I" pay from SO to $40 pcr
ton P''
a party is also at work in Sont, R,r
.,a'a county. near the mouth of the Santa
! "'I klvcr, who claim To be m,L;r,,m
goo" profit by working the black s,nS
l"H h"n"i" thirty tons of sand daily .anh
''''" !" save $40 I" the ton IL this is
-" ''cA ih"y have struck bcnqnla.
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MEAT As 4 FERTILIZER.

What arc called animal manures are
far more powerful than vegetable
manures on account of the large amount
of nitrogen which they contain. The
flesh Of all kinds of fish and QuadrupcdS
makes excellent fertilizers, and usually
contain about fifty per cent. of carbon
and ten to fifteen of nitrogen, besides
salts of potash, soda, etc. But fresh
animal substances should not he applied
directly to the soil, but first be decom-
.,ns1d 40 nv mixing with muck or loan,
VIII prc'rnt the escape or ammou,s au1
sllphurctt'| hydrogen, generated as tho
mass fern, mtS. In Il few weeks the hear
should be turned over and broken III
fne, adding fresh earth to cover the
whole when the mixing is completed
There is no doubt some loss of valuable
fertilizing elements by boiling the meat
-sthff,yt the refuse matter, if properly com.
posed, is worth much more per ton than
the very best stable manure. -Neo, Yoyk
Sun.
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That Offer of $4,000.


Our readers will doubtless call to mind the
ofYer SO widely advertised for the past ten
years by II. II. Warner & Co., the proprie-
tors Of Warmers Safe Cure and Warmers Log
Cabin Remedies, that they would pay 5000
to any person who would prove to an impair
t~l referee that they bad ever published
uuu,- snis, that was not genuine so far as
THIS offer had the ring of honesty about it,
and as tho matter hos an especial interest just
now we give q copy of the offer as It appears
in the Messrs. II. III. Warner & Co.'S PAM
phlet:
tS-AN OYER OF $4,000 -H
Ereru Testimo moniaI published by us Is Bona
Eide, and, 60 far as zoe Enotc, is absolutely
true. To any ono ,cho 'eiu prore the con-
$1,000 H. III. WARNER G co.
Rochester, N. r., Jdnuary2 1883.
We ask tho readers careful attention to
the following testimonials bearing on the
offer, nnd their unbiased opinion Of the same
with reference to tho $4,000.
Iowa CITY, H., Juno 30, 1sss.-Some
weeks since my daughter had q severe attack
of Rheumatism. She was persuaded to take
ono bottle 0s Warmers Safo Cure, aud one Of
Warmers Safe Rheumatic Cure, md has en-
tirely recovered. We think il wonderful, as
twice before she had been conflnedto her bod
for months with it.-MRs. SYLvANUs JOHN
SON.
CAMP VERDE, Arizona, Oct. 81, 1SSS.-For
nearly a year 1 suffered from Gravel, and
was under the treatment of doctor. | took
a great deal of medicine but it all seemed to
fail. l then began with Warmers Safe Cure
md after using one bottlo Of it began to get
better; got another bottle, md took half OF
1t. The gravel stone left me, and began tc
mend am now feeling rs well rs ever did
| in my life.-MRS. DOLLY MASON.
23l Myrtle Ave, BUFFALO, N. Y, Nov
16S8.-In 1865 1 was attacked with kidney
disease, and suffered for twenty years, ap
| plying often for advice to medical men OF
high standing, without any apparent rolief
| In 1885 was advised to try Warmers Saf,
1T was completely cured, and am happy K
state that / have never felt the disease sine,
in any form.-P. b. MCMULLEN.
NEWARK, N. ", juno 20, 1S8S.-Las
winter L was attacked with severe kidney
difficulty, which incapacited me for work
severe pains in the small Of the back, ATTENDED
with almost constant aching on the leas
exertion. / suffered much pain, the passag
of water was a severe trial, accompanies
with much scaldinG and rcdncss of the urine
| Ifelt was suffering from premonttory symp
toms Of Brights Disease. procured a bot
tic of Warmers Safe Cure and after taking
the first bottle felt 80 much improved tina
l continued to take it to tho extent of fou
bottles. am now n new man, ablo to do
good hard days work, with no recurrence O
any trouble with tho kidneys ys.-MANDEv1LL
w. PLAsS.
There is 10 getting away from such test
mony as the above, The oifer is genuine, Il
fact Messrs. III. ii. Warner Sc Co have a
ways requested that doubters should writ
direct to persons giving testimonials (enclo:
ing stamp), and who are of necessity, in tn
great majority Of cases, totally unacquainte
with the firm.
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they often fail to take root. The plants,
however, bear abundantly, and may be
grown for propagation in partially shaded
positions, such as the north or west sldes
of the fences.
"Twenty five varieties have been grown
for three years in the horticultural grounds
of this station, upon high sandy soil,
with results showing that the red vari,
cites and some of the hybrids propagate
as readily as briers, bear as abundantly
and endure our long summers equally as
well. This is especially true of the Tur-
ner and Cuthbert, two exceedingly
hardy and productive varieties, prodnc-
ing berries of exquisite beauty and deli.
cious flavor Golden Queen, hybrid
variety of superior quality, has given
entire satisfaction. Schaffcr's Colossal, Il
cap variety, propagates readily 10y cut
tings, produces abundant crops of very
large berries of an unattractive purple
tinge and is especially desirable on nc
count of it's latcness in ripcning, com
mencing just as the earlier varieties finish
bearing and thus prolong the season
The red varieties propagate by root cut
ting and hence should be planted no
nearer than four feet each way
"Thc soil should be made rich for bes
annual top dressings of well rotted com
post or n mixture of cotton-seed meal
phosphate and kainit, applied in carl.
spring and forked in.
"The old canes which have borne frui
must he removed in winter from all types
The canes grow one year, bear fruit TIM
next, and die.
"Thc red varieties should have th'
new canes cut back to two feet in June o
July to cause them to branch and becom
storky and self-supporting. The cul
varieties must not be cut back until win
ter if plants are desired to be formed a
the tips of the vines"
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Poets. English and AmerkI 3

Though Chaucer isstill ress9 colin
guists and students, he ID NO ,,,-
living force in EnglishIiteratur, MS
s. w. Foss.
Spenser produced oneApat o.% are
that has survived In Gteiis coming y
doubt IL single professor SfnteaesuA
in an American college can be found
who has read sThe Fsery Queen,
through without'skipping. Spenser Is
much more geReraily eulogized than
read. E
Shakespeare is pre-eminent in the
solitary isolation Of his genius. The
flower of the human intellect burst
into fullest bloom in The brain Of VIM.
Shakespeare.
Milton was one Of the immortals; but
1t is doubtfulif he has said more unfor-
getable things than Emerson.
Dryden Is not gigantic enough fig
ure to pedestal in a worlds pantheon.
Popo was an elegant, finished artis.
tic writer, a master of q mechanical
meter, q prince of epigrammatists, poi
ished and cold as an icicle. But it Is
matter of dispute among the critics OF
the present day whether, in the highest
sense of the term, he was O poet at oil
Gray was an industrious writer, but
cannot be ranked among the great
spontaneous, native, original geniuses
| of mankind. a-.a
Burns was real pooS, assd with the
true instinct of poets ure'eppeal-
ed directly to the hearts of men. His
words were understood by the heart
before they filtered through the intel
lect, and hence they possess an immor.
tai significance.
Wordsworth produced much unwin-
moved wheat, pretty well concealed in
chaff. He did some truly great work
but many of his poems are still read
from sense of literary duty.
Coleridge, the fragmentary, lazy
purposeless, was man of infinite liter
ary promise, but of very meager and
unsatisfactory accomplishment.
Byron is no longer literary force
He wns brilliant, dazzling, meteoric
but the world no longer regards him al
great poet.
Shelley was great poet for certair
kinds of imaginative minds. But ht
was far from universal in his genius
Emerson did not permit him in hi
"Parnassus."
Keats had the making of grea
| poeo III uiHl, Dut uc itiSu uSiolc Vie lui
maturity of his powerST
Such are the flowers of Englisl
poesy that have bloomed during tn
last six hundred years.
Ralph Waldo Emerson is as certainl
booked for Immortality as any of thes
vaunted thirteen, except Shakespeare
He will surely be remembered as lon
as Milton. It seems almost sacrileg
to compare him with such compare
lively second-rate men as Dryden an
Pope. How substantial seems the gran
ite of his fame beside the yeasty frot
of Byron.
| Poe has certainly done as good wor
; as Coleridge, and both worked in tn
same vein.
!, Longfellow should certainly b
ranked as high as Gray, and it woul
E: seem that the cool judgment of the fl
ture must place him on higher pede'
, tai than Pope.
In our one hundred years of exis
ence we have produced poets that con
pare favorably with Epgland's six-hul
], iBS ii1SffaSE.sssy ssyop with the single excel
a ,,,a
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SHEEP LOSING THEIR WOOL.

Oldest sheep are apt to lose wool from
their bellies if grain fed, especially in
feeding with corn. The cause is indigcs-
ton from over feeding. This produces
fever, and the extreme heat under the
sheep when lying down destroys the fibre
of the wool, and looscns it from the skin.
MrtifoYcry hard to feed old sheep corn
clumps of wool are loosened from all
parts of the body. Such sheep arc utter
ly worthless for keeping. After lingering
through the winter their owner has their
hides and some very poor wool in the
spring for their keep. The experienced
sheep breeder will not keep any sheep
longer than six years, and he will not
feed any sheep with corn except those he
is fattening, and even then with great
caution. .-Baston Culico'or.
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wHITEwAsH FOR OUTBuILDINGs.

There are several preparations of lime
crpt forMashiDg outbuildngs The prin,
the same, viz. To make the lime in
soluble so that it will not be washed off
ihe particular receipt referred to is rs
follows; flalf a bushcl of ulicklimc s
SACKED with boiling water i'm u barrel
the barrel being covered while tbc sI.ck
ing is going on. The Stacked lime is
STRAINED and peck of salt dissolved in
warm water is added to il; also thrcc
pounds of ground rice boiled to Thin
paste, half u pound of Spanish white,
ana pound of powdered glue dissolved
in warm water. The whole is mixed and
lett for four or five days; when used il is
made hot and kept hot. This is ouitc
weather proof and will last for three or
TOUR years. If color is desired. burnt
'mher VIII give light brownstonc tint
"hich ~ very agreeable. Another wash
consists of half II buShcl of lime sI,ckcd
WIN ooiling water enough to cover il
fVc inches deep; when the lime is anita
SACKED 1t is diluted with water. in which
TWO and one-half pounds of sulpbotc nf
zinc and one pound of common salt orc
"isso''ed. 1t should be of creamy con
sistence Three pounds of yellow ochro
will give it a rich cream color, Ms,o yanL
Times. ''"
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rosyccckcd DELI
have boomcd beautiful plump hale hearty strong
Favortc nvg"ing restorative tonic and as
grlhood womanood it is perfectly safe remedial agent ana can
delicate organization
in OF
For oeworked
mlnerS
feeble
earthly
1t the
in
faithfully years.
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AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
sHARP-KNIpE THE SUCKERS.

Suckers from plum and apricot trees
are frequently produced by digging the
borders. Wherever the spade strikes
against a root wound is made, and then
suckers form, and the habit, once ac-
quired, it is very difficult to stop. The
best course, as the trees are too large to
remove, would be to clear away the soil
around the suckers, and trace them to
their source, and cut them clean away
with sharp knife Hardening Illus
trdted.
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RASPBERRY CI,I.rl,nE

bulletin No. 4 from the Agricultural
Experiment Station at Auburn. Ala in
ciudcs in its contents the FOLLOWING nm
The culture Of raSpbcrrics
"Thcrc is some difficulty in GROWING
tn" black cap type ON account of IiohiIitT
~ IN" canes I" be sun Scaldcd where
they bend over. and their C,ilurc IN f,I,i
'"',''' |" propagate. They propagate
H INc'Ih% at fhr tips of the new rrnc,
~ -" late fall. II our seasons are dir,
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MY dear, although our daughter
liked Mr.. Blank well enough to get en-
gagged to him, I'm really afraid she
doesn't love him. Wise father-O. well
that doesn't matter. Mr.. Blank is a
morning newspaper man and she'll
never see enough of him to get tired of
him. m.--Phiiudelphia Record.
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EXPERIENCED Hello! we're
in luck. / hear husband and wife
quarreling in this house. I'll wait until
he comes out" Fresh tramp "Wot
good IL that do?" I'll tell him I'm
a wanderer over the face Of the earth
because can't live with my wife, and
he'll give me- dollar. '--Philddelphid
RPH0rI
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Strength to vigorously push business.
strength to study for a profession, strength to
regulate n household, strength to do days In
strength? ~ yo.: are broken down, have no
energy, fed as IL life was hardly worth living
health and strength by taking Browns Iron
Bitters. a sure cure for dyspepsia, malaria
weakness and all diseases requiring true re-
liable to7c. IL acts on the blood, nerves and
muscles, and regulates every part Of the sys-
en-.
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49, 70 me Editor-Please inform your readers
tnat havsa positive remedy for the above
named disease which warrant TO cure the
worst cases. So strong is my faith in its yir
tuee that will send free q sample bottle md
me fis j. .. ard Express address. Resp'y.
h.G. ROOT, NJ. c.. 1S3 Pearl ST.. New York,
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Catarr1, Cured.

pIescrlptlon wnITn c,nrpEs, 6y suFerins from
MN nh from death. Any sufferer from this dread
iuI disease sending a self-addressed stamped
snVeiope to Prof j. A. Lawrence IS WarIen
st' N. y, Will receive the recipe free Of charge
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Paine's
Celery Compound

F. G. SrICKNEY, Druggist, Havana, Ala.
Moral: Use Painc's Celery Compound and stop
running the intestinal tract with harsh purga-
Tive pills. sl.0O. Six for $500. Druggists.
WELLS. RICHARDSON & Co, Burlington, Vt.
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a Radical Cure fer Eptlep,,o R,,:

II animals had kin s, we won d know VIII I
"reigning cats and dogs" meant.
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Hamburg Figs should be kept in the nursery,
where they are particularly useful i'm case OF
constipation or indigestion, aS they are liked BY
children, and are prompt and etficaciOus in aC-
ion: 2,cents. Dose one Fig. Mack Drug Co.,
n % O''
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When man * lost in thought he really
doesn't care to have anyon" look for him,
slaa Micted with sore eyes use DrIsaac Thomp-
= :: :. aln ~ Do -n,.r hot la
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The worst form of writer's cramp is being
craml ed for funds.
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What the fast young man who has inberite
money reeds is an neir brake
The Republican journal., 1889-07-18
Fish and Fishing.

The Salmon fishery Of ALASKA is extending rap
idly. In is~3 the number Of cases packed wa iG
OO0 last 49,. 4!5, and th- wear it will hr over
1000 900. rlle li~h Is much smaller than the Con
umlia River salmon ranging trum tiye to FORTY
polutIs bat of excellent flavor and color.
The catch landed bythc New England fleet up to
turtiaN last amounted tu only ulI barrels against
> Sam time last year and IT, l0G halcle i'm ls~
The shore lcct continue To make small catches by
hook and drag and there is still a chance that the
stintr9 will be able to do something when clear
weather comes hut the North BAY ntrt far a~
heart from, have caught nothing to speak Of.
Advice, received by the fisheries Department at
Ottawa are to the effect that the machcrel catch
along the Canadian ,ea-hoard i, proyiuEa failure
this season. The catch has been decreasing since.
ls>4 and this is attributed 70 the extensive u~,. of
purse scincS, Commander Gordon Of the Cana
ijau Fisheries Protection Service hH~ presented to
the Government the necessity Of adopting rc
stricUvc measure.
\ special to the Boston Herald from Tie PIPER
Dam, Richardson lake, Maine, SAYS that the ny
fishing Is good. Within 10 days the following Hlgc
trout have been taken ON the fly Seven and one
half pou It,, Ga poun ;, 3-s pounds, b, pounds
auC : "a pounds. The -sl pounds tishN taken iy
L. y. Parish Of MunteyIiie. Ct,U. - on the morn
ing before the Fourth. The 'atch ut small trout ON
h,. is unusually large