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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-07-12
Texas yack,s GrAyo.

"Not far from Charlie Vivian's grave
In Leadville's cemetery began the
old actor, ais the earthly tenement of
nuoh her man whose reputation was
worldwide. A rough pine slab, upon
which are inscribed the simple words,
John Omahundra,' marks the spot
where the once famous Texas Jack is
Inferred. When the pneumonia scourge
carried him away he was the dime
novel ideal Of q frontiersm&n. Tall
and muscular, with long raven hair
and mustache and features Of Grecian
beauty, twas no wonder that the first
time Morlacchi met him she loved him.,
Morlacchi was Parisian danseuse who
came 20 this country with one of the
French opera companies. She saw
Omahundra one nightin Anew Orleans
cafe, and o week later she married him.
She was blase woman of the world
his life had been spent'ap the plains.
She was gifted with all the graces
ultra refinement could bestow--he was
a.beautiful brute.
"The gueerly assorted couple drifted
into Leadville with the rush Nor
lacchi's talent was in demand. She
danced divinely, and the prinoely sal
aly she received from the management
of the Grand Central Theater was only
an insignificant portion Of the emolu-
ments showered upon her. Golden
coins were flung upon the stage every
time she graced 1t. Meantime her be-
loved husband drank and gambled with
the many kindred spirits he found in
tho new camp. The woman danced
and made money, and the man spent
her earnings in the widest sort of
dissipation. She never complained OF
his conduct. Stories of his marital
infdelity reached her ears, but she
| dismissed the gossips with a shrug OF
her shapely shoulders and snap OF
her fingers. Pouf, she would say, &c
| enfant enjoy heemself-why notP Yet
10 him she was true as steel. Perhaps
her love was mingled with fear, for
her spouse had playful habit of pub
licly proclaiming his intention to COM
init double crime if his wife should
ever forget her vows. And so he drank
and gambled and clustered until King
| Pneumonia cut him down and hurried
him away from the world in which he
was less useful than ornamental. Nor
lacchi was with him when he died, and
remained with the corpse until it was
buried with all the tinsel honors heI
professional associates could bestow.
Yet not tear did sho shed. She 81
lently stole away from the city in
which the last net of her life romance
was played, and in a quiet Vernon,
village shut herself up with her memo
ries until death claimed her, about 9
year ago. ."-Omahd Htrdld.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-07-12

TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
SALT FOR BLACK wEyyu.

oALr roh BLACK WEEvIL.
will state for the information of all
interested, says Texas farmer in the New
York Herald, that the common black vice.
VII can be kept out of corn after it Is
gathered, or killed il already in it, by
mixing salt through the corn as it is put
IN the crib and occasionally sprinkling
the corn with water to cause the salt to
dissolve. 1t is not necessary to dissolve
all the salt at the time of cribbing the
corn as it will continue to dissolve, ex-
cept in dry and windy weather, and will
DO so even In dry weather if It is very
warm. Do not throw the water on in
quantities, as is the custom of some per-
sons in this section. This causes the water
and salt to run through to the bottom in
large quantities, resulting in damage to
the corn at the bottom, also to the floor
Ing and foundation of the crib; beside,
1t may not leave enough salt in the upper
portion of the corn. Some years since I
noticed here a small brown weevil in cot
'tonseed meal. The same wcevil, or one
very much resembling it, is now to be
found in corn here. The salt and water
remedy does not entirely exterminate the
Drown weevil, but lessons their numbers.
This wecvil damages corn very little. I
also lad mites in my corn the past fall,
which the salt and water cxterminated rs
well as the black weevil.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-07-12
TREATMENT FOR HORSE TRICKS.

Cr. III. Reynolds maintains that the
minor vice which impairs the value and
spoils the STABILITY of an otherwise ex-
cellent horse is, likely enough, traceable
to bad management or severity in the
treatment of the animal, and, certainly,
| harshness tends to confirm the evil way.
He mentions balkiness rs an illustrative
instance, and adds in the New York Er-
oniner suggestions for humane and effec-
tive cure of this and similar tricks:
cit is no use to whip the balky horse
That only makes him worse If a horse
refuses to go, let him stand and think of
it for few minutes. Oftentimes he will
soon think better of it and start off of his
cwn accord. If he does not, get out
and pat him, speak kindly, give him a
bunch of grass, a potato or an apple, un-
hitch the checkrein-do something just
to take his attention off the baking, and
generally he will go along without fur
ther trouble. The horse is very suscep-
tible to kindness, and there is ten times
the chance to break up the habit of balk-
ing by kindly treatment that there is by
abuse or violence; or, at least, harsh
means should not he resorted to until all
devices prompted by kindness have been
thoroughly exhausted.
"Some horses have trick of running
back when you want to start them. This
is worse fault than refusing to go at all,
as it is liable to smash the carriage or injure
those In it. In such cases the same means
rs are recommended for balky horse
may be tried. If those fail, take the horse
into the middle of an open level field,
start him, and let him back as much as
he wishes, keeping tho wheel turned so
rs to make the circuit of the field rs many
times rs he wishes. Then make him keep
backing until he is heartily sick of it,
and dizzy. Then he will sec that he has
been beaten at his own game, and will
not be likely to try it again.
"Some horses by lying down in the
harness break shafts and do other mis-
chief. The best way to break them of
that trick is to give them an overdose of
it. When one lies down get upon h;s
head and neck and make him stay there.
He will soon want to get up, but hold
him down, head fiat on the ground. If
you are strong and determined you can
keep him down, although it will be lively
work for awhile. But don't give up.
Keep him there till he is tired out and
gives up if it takes all day, and night,
too. When he gives up he knows he is
conquered, and that you are stronger
than he. He will not be likely to put
himself again In n position that will give
you chance to hold him."
The thought is emphasized that what
ever the trick or vice, whipping or other
harsh treatment will generally do no good !;
it exasperates the animal, makes him more
obstinate, and perhaps, even furious.
Only by kind and intelligent management
can you hope to reclaim him.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-07-12
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.


Toads are the gardeners friends.
Glover stubble is good chicken pas
ture.
The cedar bird is great devourer of
canker worms.
Excitement reduces the milk flow.
Don't let the cows be hurried from pas
ture.
Insect remedies are of little avail un-
less applied promptly, with due persist
ence and care.
A beckeeper says he knows of no other
single plant from which the bees gather
so much pollen as from the box elder.
A quart of oilmeal and bran day
will make marketable lamb out of
poor one in a month or two, affirms Farm
journal.
A crop of beans will ripen in time to
escape the late frost if planted June 30,
says w. III. Bull in american Garden
then string beans are assured to Septem-
Der 10.
Unless you have some choice birds
from which you wish to breed next year,
dispose of all cocks as soon as the breed
ing season is over. They are only an ex-
pcnse and an annoyance.
Steer clear of leaky roofs, broken win
dows and drafts generally, and all other
conditions that generate roup, unless you
are studying for the veterinary profession
and want lots of practice.
Feed your fowls systematically two or
three times day; scatter the food, so
| they can't eat too fast or without proper
| exercise. Do not feed more than they
will eat up clean, or they will get tired
of that kind of feed.
The public taste, it is said, is being
steadily educated to demand fresh butter
AS result it each year becomes moro diff
iicult to handle held summer stock. The
farmer who keeps abreast with the pop,-
lar taste is most likely to reap the pecu-
mary benefits arising therefrom.
Snails often prove great pest to the
gardener. Popular Gardening says that
the only sure method of dealing with
them is to lay traps, and recommends for
this purpose orange peel, of which the
slug is fond that instead of returning to
its home at daybreak it clings to the peel
and may be found underneath. Pieces of
board are also good traps.
For slugs on pear trees Orchard and
Garden recommends, as the simplest
remedy, and one that may be most easily
applied, to throw up among the branches
in the morning, when the leaves are wet
with dew, fine, dry, air-slaked lime, coal
ashes or dry road dust, so that both sides
of the leaves will be coated. White
Ehellebore is also an efficient remedy, but
more costly.
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TO GET RID OF SHEEP TICKS.

The ticks which are so numerous on
lambs after the ewes are sheared are the
cause of the lambs nibbling themselves
and OF their failure to do we'll. These
insects annoy the young animals exceed
lngiy and should be got rid of at once by
the following means: Procure a tight
oox or vat large enough to hold lamb,
and another with a shopping floor, from
which the drainage can flow into pail :;
make decoction of tobacco stems, one
pound to gallon Of water; pour boiling
water on the stems and steep them until
the heat is reduced to 12O degrees; add
two ounces of sulphur to the gallon of
water with the tobacco. Put sufficient
OF the liquid in the first vat to cover the
lamb all over but the head and nut the
Lamb into it, taking care to get the
liquor thoroughly into the wool, put the
lamb into the draining box and squeeze
the liquor out of the wool. So proceed
through the flock. Keep some of the
liquor hot in kettle to replenish the
vat. Sometimes buttermilk is poured
on the back of the lamb and spread all
through the wool for the purpose of kill
Ing these pests. Where there arc but a
few lambs the ticks may be killed with n
pair OF sharp-pointed scissors, as they IRE
found by parting the wool on the sides
OF the >animal.-Me,o York Times.
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NOW THE LARGEST CITY,
Chicago Anncxcs Hyde Park and
Other Suburban Towns

Chicago Anncxcs Hyde Park and
Other Suburban Towns.
The question Of tho annexation to Chicago
of tho closely adjoining suburbs of Hyde
Park, Lake View, Cicero and Jefferson was
voted ON Saturday. The campaign which
has been conducted for several weeks past
was spirited one, and both sides have been
making a tremendous struggle. The autis
were generally headed by tho present Office
holders in the suburban government, who
made bitter fight against coming into tho
city. While tho official vote from all the
points has not yet been announced, there Is
no room for doubt, from figures received
that all the suburbs named have been car
ried by the nnnexationists. Tho various
towns give to Chicago an additional popuia-
tion OF nearly 100000, bringing the total
up to probably L. 100000.
The territory annexed will give Chicago a
total area, approximately estimated, OF
about ia square miles making It the largest
city, In area, in tho United States. All Of
the suburban towns annexed are built up
solidiy for miles, radiating from the old city
limits. A person unacquainted with the
boundaries OF Chicago would not know
where ony of tho towns began, the dividing
lines being the center Of boundary streets
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-07-12

Every third person you meet is troubled moro
or less with biliousness, and don't know how
to ge, rid of II. The causes are ea fly recorded
by persons Of sedentary habits, indulgence in
too rich food, sluggish torpid liver where tho
blood does not do It's duty, and bile is allowed
to accumula' Q; theee cause the whites Of tho
eyes to turn yellow, the skin to look thick and
coars :, and the com 'lexion yellow or dark.
These are sure indications Of biliousness,
Browns Iron Bitters Is the remedy you want.
1t acts directly upon the blood, cleonse and
Purifes 1t, and sends II on Its journey through
and clearing out the bile. 1t will remove the
yellow tinge from the eyes and the complexion
leaving tho latter fresh and clear.
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Hay MAKING AND CARE OF MEADOWS

Hay MAKING AND CARE OF MEADOWS.
In making hay, farmers are apt to
become too much hurried with drawing
In, so that they do not give the hay
time enough to cure and sweat; hence
1t becomes mowburnt, musty and dis
colored. 1t has been my observation
that the best way to harvest hay is to
cut early, so rs to secure a good, green
GOio:. let tic nay lie and have plenty
time to dry; use the tedder and then
rake and cock it. Loading from the
windrow is bad practice. The hay
may appear dry after the hot rays of the
sun have poured upon it five or six
hours, but it is 30 only on the outside.
It should be cooked up and have time to
sweat before it is put in larger masses.
The markets demand hay of good color,
and it pays we'll to use extra efforts to
secure such. Hay that is cut early
will bring two dollars per ton more than
that cut later and allowed to become
yellowish.
Though hay-maling is important, the
care of the meadow is equally if not
more so. 1t is best to seed with fall
crops at the time of sowing or in the en-
SUNG spring. Do not pasture much, and
If the meadow is seeded to timothy, don't
pasture at all, or the meadows will soon
"run out" Pasturing will cause June
grass to start and there will soon be no
timothy. know of meadows ten or
twelve years old that yielded from one
: and half to two tons per acre last
year. They were never pastured, last
spring were narrowed, and where thin,
new seed was sown. Every two or three
years quantity of phosphate was sown,
ut the rate of a few dollars worth per
acre. This enriches the land and gives
a good growth of grass. If the fall is
wet there will be quite a growth after
cutting. In spring where this autumn
growth dried it is burnt over. This
warns the ground and gets rid of the
old dead grass, which would otherwise
be raked up and spoil the sale of the
hay. The ashes act as fertilizer.
have been speaking of timothy mead
ows. With clover a good crop of seed
can often be secured as second crop
after haying. AS to which is the better,
clover or timothy, it depends upon the
soil, etc. Timothy brings the best price
the coarser and longer the better
while clover makes the best pasture. 1t
is better to put hay in barns or sheds
than In stacks, as stacked hay is liable to
become dusty. There cannot be too
much care taken in raising and harvest
ing hay. Human beings want their food
to be well prepared, and so also do the
dumb beasts.-Anaerican Agriculturist.
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Beat the O.d Man.

Pauline (pausing in her excruciatiug
scales Papa, 1 must have new piano.
IL will buy you tho finest piano in
town on ono condition"
"What's that?"
"That you won't play It,"
"It's n bargain, pa. 1t will be an
elegant piece of furniture for the par
lor, and 1 can still play this one."-
Chicago Herald.
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4PERANCE.
] OLD TxnPERANcr PoEn.

mfr. 0liasn 8. Proudfit, OF Edinboro,
fenur nding the Pioneer the following
poesn panies Il with these remarks;
In tho deys4 the Wasbingtonians. Iiearnej
them Whe9k boy, probably ifty years ago.
Thinking t)l6y might DO appropriate for these
times, 4 h8ve written them from memory."1
oh, bag nd listen to the sorrow and weep
wbici issa from the hovel whore misery
To the abwi Of the Wind. Wild harmony
SDis thS warm life-blood that speeds
thfcugh our veins.
Sad, sad are the stories those accents are
Iiksthe vsil Of tho dying i.pierces the air.
Oh. whet has 50 blasted that oomfortiess
The monster intenperance is rtoting there.
The wife worse than widowed, forlorp and
While hunger and want make her little
ones cry
all trembling and pale. hears her terrible
or anguish--tho steps Of her husband are
Those sounds she once caught with unspeak-
able gladness,
While, lif with affection. her eye brightly
shone
Now sink on her bosom o'erburdened with
sadness
Like tho funeral knell or the dirge's low
moan.
/ He comes, see he comes. but no fond salu-
tation
Breaks forth from his lips which once muir
INJURED ct love;
Those eyes once accustomed 70 smile appro-
:, baton t
Look dark as the storm-cioud that mutters
above.
with oS:hs and reproaches no vents his dis
a6d s&isss the frail form he ha. vowed to
protect;
Her tears and entreatics avail In no meas
he treats them with sccrn or with cruel
neglect.
His babes, who once crowded around for
protection,
And sas Gayly prattling for Joy on his
Familiar with blows in tho place or caress-
Away from their father instinctively flee.
Ah, the whitening curse-the ruin appalling
Which alcohol wrecks on q suffering
worldl
Let the peoples rebuke, like hot thunder
bolts falling,
Shower fierce ON tho tiend till from earth
be be hurled
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Mrs. WARD-Where is your husband
working nowP Mrs. Precinct-He ain't
working. He has got an Office in the
City Government.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-07-12

DR.. Pierce's medicines outsell all others bo-
cause OF their possessing such superior cura-
1.-Two properties rs t. warrant their Inanufac-
turer5 Ia supplying them TO tho people (as they
arc doing through all druggists) on suoh CO rdE
lions as no other medicines are sold under, viz:
that they shall either benefit or cure the pa
dEqsSS gs'9 tsf sPeD Dscorel S1i &
specific for catarrh In the he1d and all bron-
chia, hrOlt and lung diseases, IL taken In
time and given q fair trial. Money will b, re-
funded IL II docs not benefit OF cure.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-07-12

THE President ana directors OF the Cnesa-
peake and Ohio Canal have been authorized
TO restore the chanpol to O navigable ccu,
ditiop, The cost will be about 100000.
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For "a years Dobbins's Electric Soap has
Fhpf Because Il is best 1f all and has an i'm
mense sale. Be sure and get Dobinnss and
taSe no other. Your grocer has It, or will get
IL.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-07-12

A Wis to grocery Ia re neral the leg' n
ming OF u now crder OF things.
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DR.. Pierce's Pellets-gcntly laxative or 90.
Ively c0thartic according TO doee. Is cents.
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Why Thoy Lead, +,

The successful farmer has to be sharp as q
raiser.
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Fa!l fashions can never b. popular with an
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Heir may lie plated and yet be golden.

BsniIc with core eyes use DrIsaac ThomI
IONS EyoWater. Druggists soil at 25c. per bolt
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Successful wronnuts are
ground up.
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q, Tor Eggs and also for fatteninst
~ which Fowls TO Save for Brscdin9
~ PurTos. /: aud everything indoeds
ron should know on this subject to MAKE ~ Rr9ht
sble. Scnt postpaid 70 YJc. HOOK fVBs
HOUSE, ia Leonard Strcots N. " Clsy,
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Newspaper Readeys' Atlas

Tho widows might is greatly undcrc'
timated.
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A 1oc. smoke for o.-"Tans'n's Punch"
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eTE TO $3.50 A NIONTH can be made workr
CIV for us. Agents preferred who can fnrnis
O horse and give their whole timc to the busine6
Sparo moments may DO probably employed ais
A few vacanciesin towns and cities. H. \. JoHI
SON CO., 1000 Mniu st., Richmond, Va. ~ y.
Ffeass ssofe 90. aud businees experience. Nee
mind r6owf seRdfa0 stamp for reP,v. %. ~ q c
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The groom Il likely TO DO moro stal
character than his master. sg
re,,tlvclv DelIcIous.

Even small barber may bo called a stral
ping fellow.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-10-05
TAg BOG sTIALER.s STORY.

Fam willin' to talk II you're all on the square,
An Il isn't some kline Of a sham.
] IN the best hand with dogs thar is in the
line
Better hang for a sheep than lamb.
Yes to mean trade, so lay out to be
Bout as mean as they make EN-, yer knowi
But only Jest once hev 1 ever Jeh mean
Well. II happened long time ago.
Twas down on my LUX, with nary dog,
When passed by bone-yard one night,
The sun goin down over back OF the hills
Maxim things sorter shiny an bright.
Iheard long howl an looked over the fence
An in thar on a grave that was new
Sat dog jest mournin' away like man
Feelin' worse than the most Of 'em dol
Yer see, it's my trade, so went fur that dog
But 1 didn't git on very fast;
Though I've tackled all kinds that cur was
the worst,
An had to play trumps, sir, at last.
One dodge never fails, an he came gin his
will,
But tell yer, felt like hog.
For somehow Il seemed low kind Of trick,
A-persuadin' dead feller's dog.
An he never got sot up agin.
was good to him. Mister, treated him well,
But he pined hisself sickly an thin.
Months later come to the very same place,
An that night SIR, the dog run away,
So / started out fur to go look him up
I'd weakness fur him, must say.
He'd never forgot, nor took kindly to me,
But kinder respected his sense,
An so padded after him, all in the dark,
Till ran myself into fence.
Bus the moon jest then wiggled out O. the
clouds,
An saw the old place straight ahead,
An that cuss OF dog He crawled on the
grave,
Gave low sort OF moan, an lay-deadi
Well I'm never soft-hearted but somehow
thought
He had stuck pretty well to his game,
An II that dead Teller was all that he thought
/ guessed he'd hev wanted the same.
So thar in the moonlight dug him grave
'Twould take q good sexton to beat
An come away glad to be leavin' him thar.
Down, at last, at his old masters feet.
Well my trotters will stop some day like the
rest,
lsuppose, an I haven't friend,
But sometimes 1 think I would like to lay
down
Alongside O. them two in the end
Thank yer, sir You 'er the sortl TIL drinl
your good health.
Must be gettin' along while it's light.
Your dogY A real Gordon! Huml IT'S getti n
late
Lemme sleep in your barn over night?
Maria Brown Chaplin, in Century Magazine.