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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-07-12
TREATMENT FOR HORSE TRICKS.

Er. III. Reynolds maintains that the
minor vice which impairs the value and
Spoils the STABILITY of an otherwise cx.
Cclleut horse is, likely enough, traccahle
tn bad management or severity in the
| treatment of the animal, and, certainly,
| harshncss tends to confirm the evil way.
| He mentions balkiuess rs an illustrative
instance, aud adds in the New York E,r-
ominer suggestions for humane and eifcc-
| tive cure of this and similar tricks:
at is no use to whip the balky horse
That only makes him worse. II horse
refuses to go, let him stand and think of
it for few minutes. Oftcntimcs he will
soon think better of it and start off of his
own accord. If he does not, get ont
and pat him, speak kindly, give him Il
bunch of grass, potato or IN apple, I'M
hitch the ChcCkrcin-lo something Just
to take his attention off the baking, and
generally he will 20 along without fur
thcr trouble. The horse is very s,iSccp-
tiblc 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, mt least harsh
means should not be rrsortcd to until all
devices prompted by kindness have been
thoroughly exhausted.
"Somc horses have n trick of running
back when you want to start them. This
is worse fault than refusing to 20 mt nll,
as ii is liable to smash the carriage or in lure
those In it. In such cases the same means
rs arc recommended for a balky horse
may bc tried. Ii 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 the wheel turned so
as to make the circuit of tho field Us many
times as 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 ut his own game, and will
not he likely to try it again.
"Somc horses hy lying down in the
harness break shafts and do other mis-
chief. The best way to break them of
that trick is tn i've them an overdose of
it. When one lies down get upon his
head and neck and make him stay there
He will soon want to get up, but hold
him down, head flat on the ground. Ii
you are strong and determined you can
keep him down, although it will bc lively
work for awhile. But don't give up
Keep him there till nc is tired ::it aud
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 ina position that will give
You a chance to hold him.
The thought is emphasized that what
ever the trick or vice, whipping or other
harsh trCatmcntw will generally do no good;
il cNa>pcratc> the animal, makes him more
obstinate, and perhaps, even furious.
Only hy kind and intelligent mana cement
can you hope 10 reclaim him.
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DEPTH TO CULTIVATE.

There is wide difference of opinion
Us to how deepit is necessary or best to
stir the soil in cultivating the growing
crops, says writer in the Prairie F1r-
mer. There are three items to be secured
at least; the destruction Of the weeds.
avoiding the unnecessary robhinG of The
soil of available plant food that will he
taken up and used by the weeds; mellow
ing or looscning up the soil - that the
roots can penetrate readily; and render
ing available plant food that is already in
the soil, but needs the action Of the light
and air to make it available.
If the cultivation is commenced in good
season, the weeds are very easily dcs-
troycd, without the necessity of disturb
ing the soil more than two or three in
ches. If the soil has been properly
brought into a good tilth, as should be
done before the crop is planted, it should
be sufficiently loose and mellow for the
roots to penetrate, without the necessity,
after the plants have commenced to grow,
of loosening up so that the roots can per-
meate. To a greater or less extent the
natural course of all manure is down
ward, and, if applied on the surface and
thorough cultivation is given, it will in
corporate well with the soil, and the rains
will usually carry the soluble portions
sufficiently deep, so that the roots will
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hay MAKING AND CARE OF MEADOWS.

nay 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 aud dis
cOlOred. 1t has been my observation
that the best way TO harvest hay is to
cut early, so rs to secure n good, green
color. Let the hay lie and have plenty
time to dry; use the tcddcr 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 SO only on the outside.
1t 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 well to use cNtr,l efforts to
will bring two dollars per ton more than
that cut later and allowed to become
yellowish.
Though hay-making is important, the
care of the meadow is equally if NO!
more SO. II is best To seed with fall
crops at the time Of sowing or in the en-
suing 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 PaS;uring will cause June
grass to start and there will soon he no
timothy. l know Of meadows ten or
twelve years old that yielded from one
and half to two tons per acre last
year. They were never pasturcd, hast
spring we're narrowed, and where thin,
new seed was Sown. Every two or three
years quantity of phosphate was sown,
ut the rate of few dollars worth per
acre. This cnrichcs the land aud gives
a good growth of grass. If the fall is
wet there will be quite growth af,cr
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 rakcd up and spoil the sale of the
hay. The ashes act as II fertilizer.
have been speaking of timothy mead
ows. With clover good crop Of seed
can often he secured as Il 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 coarScr and longer the better
while clover makes the best pasture. II
is better to put hay in barns or sheds
than in stacks. us stacked hay is liable to
become dusty. There cannot be too
much care taken in raising and harvcst-
ing hay. Human beings want their food
to be well prepared, and 50 also DO the
dumb beasts. 1yricuiturist.
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AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
SALT FOR BLACK wEEyIL.

I will state for the information of all
interested, says Texas farmer in the New
York Herald, that the common black wee
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 |
noticed here small brown weevil in cot
tonsced meal. The same wcevil, or one
very much resembling it, is now To he
found in corn here. The salt aud water
remedy does not entirely cxtcrminatc the
brown weevil, but lessons their numbers.
This wccvil damages corn very little.
also had mites in my corn the past fall,
which the salt and water cXtcrminatcd rs
well as the black wcevil.
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Texas Jacks Grave.

"Not far from Charlie Nivian's grave
In Leadville's cemetery began the
old actor, ais tho earthly tenement of
nno 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 tho dime
novel ideal Of O frontiersman. 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 to this country with ono of tho
French opera companies. She saw
Omahundra one night in Now Orleans
cafe, and week later she married him.
She was blase woman of the world
his life had been spent IN the plains.
She was gifted with all the graces
ultra refinement could bestow--he was
a.beautiful brute.
"The uuccrly assorted couple drifted
into Lcadville with tho rush Nor
lucchi's talent was in demand. She
danced divinely, and the princely sal
w Sile TSCtlNeu HldudSeilitnJ
of tue 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 graccd it. Meantime her be-
loved husband drank and gambled with
tho many kindred spirits he found in
tho now 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 n shrug of
her shapely shoulders and snap of
her fingers. 'Pouf, she would say, 20
cnfant enjoy heemself-w not?' Yet
10 him she was truo 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 Eamblcd and clustered until King
Pneumonia cut him down and hurried
him away from tho 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 tho tinscl honors her
professional associates could bestow.
Yet not a tear did sho shed. She ST.
lcntly stole away from the city in
which tho Inst net of her life romance
was played, and in n quiet Vermont
village shut hcrselfup with her memo
ries until death claimed her, about q
year ago. ."-Omdhd H,rdld.
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TO GET RID OF SHEEP TICKS.

The ticks which arc so numerous on
lambs after the ewes are shcarcd arc the
cause of the lambs nibbling themselves
and of their failure to do well. These
insects annoy the young animals exceed
ingly and should he got rid of Mt once by
the following means: Procure tight
box or vat large enough to hold II lamb,
and another with n 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 i'll the first vat to cover the
lamb all over but the head and put the
lamb into it, taking care to get the
liquor thoroughly into the wool, put the
lamb into the draining box aud squeeze
the liquor out of the wool. So proceed
through the flock. Keep some of the
liquor hot in kettle to rcplcniSh the
vat. Sometimes buttermilk is poured
on the back of the lamb and spread nll
through the wool for the purpose of kill
Ing these pests. Where there are but II
few lambs the ticks may be killed with
pair of sharp pointed scissors, as thcyarc
found 10y parting the wool on the sides
OF the animal.-Neio I0rk Times.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-07-12
Farm AND GARDEN NOTES.

Tuads are the gardeners friends.
Glover stubb!c is good chicken pas
turc.
The cedar bird is great devourer of
cankcr worms.
Excitement reduces the milk flow.
Don't let the COWS be hurried from pas
turc.
Insect remedies are Of little avail un-
less applied promptly, with due persist
cncc and care.
4 hcckccpcr says he knows of no other
single plant from which the bees gather
ST. much pollen uS from the box elder.
\ quart of clinical and bran u day
will make a marketable lamb out Of
poor one in a month or two, atiirms Faru,
J2"rHal.
A crop Of beans will ripcn in time to
escape the late frost ii planted June 20,
says W. III. Bull in .imCrirm G1i,i,n ::
then string beans are assured to Scptcm-
Der Is.
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 cx-
pcnSc and an annoyance.
Steer clear Of lcaky roofs, broken win
iows and drafts generally, and all other
conditions that generate roup, unless YOU
are studying for tn" veterinary profession
| AID want lots of practice.
Feed your fowls Systematically two or
three times Il day; scatter the food SO
| they can't eat too fast or without proper
exercise. DO not feed more than they
will cat up clean, or they will get tircl
of that kind Of feed.
The public taste, il is said, is being
steadily educated to demand fresh butter
! Asa result it each wear becomes more diff
7 iicuIt to handle held summer stock. The
! farmer who keeps abreast with the popu-
lar taste is most likely to reap the pccu,
MARY benefits arising thcrcfrom.
Snails often prove great pest to the
! gardener. Popuk,T G0r,icWing 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 ut daybrcak it clings to the peel
and may be found underneath. Pieces of
board are also good traps.
For slu9s on pear trees Orchard and
G"rdn recommends, rs 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-s!akcd lime, coal
ashes or dry road dust, SO that both sides
of the leaves will be coated. White
helleborc is also an efficient remedy, but
more costly.
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NOW THE LARGEST CITY.
Chicago AuncNcS Hyde Park ana
Other Suburban Towns

The question of th" annexation to Chicago
Of the cl's'ly adjoining suburbs of Hyde
rnrk, Inl<o View, Cicero AMI Jefferson was
voted on Saturday. The campaign which
has been conducted for several weeks past
was "A spirited one, and hoth sides have been
making II tremendous struSGlr. The nutis
were generally headed hy tho present office
holders in TN" suburban government, who
made q hitter iiSht against coming into tho
city. Whil" tn official vote from all tho
points has not yet been announced, there is
no room for dOubt, from figures received
that oil til" suburbs named have been car
rind 10y tn" ann .NIt,oniSts. Tho various
towns give to Chicago an additional popila
ton OF nearly 2n,Nm. bringing tho total
up To probably l,l0O,OnD
The territory annexed will give Chicago n
total area, approximately estimated, OF
about Ia square miles making IL tho largest
city, in nr"n, in the United States. All OF
tho suburban towns annexed are built up
sOiidiy for mloS, ratlIating from tho old city
limits. \ person unacqurintCd with the
boundaries Of Chicago would not know
whcrc pny of tho towns began, tho dividing
lines hcing the center Of boundary streets.
THE President ana directors or the Chesa-
,rake and Ohio Canal have been authorized
10 restore the channel to Il navigabln con-
dition The cost will be about SjtO,OVO.
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be able to secure the necessary supply tc
keep up vigorous growth.

bS auic W SSCute tIic HcSeSSdfJ supply "
keep up vigorous growth.
There is another point that should also
be considered, and that is, if the soil is
stirred deep, there must of necessity be
more or less disturbance Of the roots.
The roots furnish good per cent. of the
food that enables the plant to grow, and
il these arc disturbed or broken, there
must of necessity be lcssening in the
supply.
1t is true that plants, like animals, as 0
rule, heal all cuts or wounds naturally,
and if in cultivating the roots are cut OF
bruised, the damage will be repaired.
There Is, in addition, an outlay OF
strength that is unnecessary, and could
be avoided. Fully rs good growth and
yield can be secured by stirring the soil
deep and thoroughly in blowing, then
working into good tilth and planting
the seed, and then, as far as possible, com
mencing the cultivation in good season,
so that only the surface is stirred. This
will he sufficient to keep down the weeds,
and this is one principal point in cultiva.
tion. The work, too, can be done easier
and more economically than to stir the
soil deep at every cultivation. There may,
indeed, be times when it is necessary tc
stir the soil deep, but it is the exception
rather than the rule.
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Every third person you meet Is troubled moro
or less with biinusncss, and don't know how
to Rc' rid Of IL. The causes are ca lily recorded
by persons of sedcntury habits, indulgence in
too rich food, a sluggish torpid liver where tho
blood does not do its duty. and bile is allowed
To accumuln' g: these 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 bliousness.
Browns Iron Bitters IL the remedy you want.
IL acts directly upon the blood, clconscs and
purii.cs IL, and sends II on its journey through
tho channels of the liver, giving to il activity
and clearing out the bile. il will remove tho
yellow tingc from the eyes and the complexion
leaving the latter fresh and clear.
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go delightful To the taste arc Hainburg FIT
that they could bc placed upon the table 10
we're more than very superior crystaIizei iruit
This property is what makes them 40 p2ruia
stiration, piles indigestion, sud sicS-hc ada, hr
70 cents. Dose one Fig. Mack Drug Co.. \. \
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liam 'cted with sore eyes use DrIsaac ThomI
tons EyeWater. Druggists scll at DC per bottl
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MRs. WARD-Whcrc is your husband
working now? Mrs. Precinct He amt
working. He has got an Office in tho
City Government.
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The Mothers Friend. used a f"w "'""fs h'
fore confinement, lessons the " r-..,y vyi
labor quicS aud comparatively easy. g
all Druggists.
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For % years Dobhins's Electric Soap Ia.
been initiated by nnscrupulOus soap makers.
WINE Because IL is hcd Df al and has an i'm
mensc sa,e BE surc and get DoiInnss and
ta-e no other. Your grocer hr, IL, or will get
IL,
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DR.. Pierco's medicines outsell all others, bo-
cause OF their possessing such superior cura-
tive properties ns t. warrant their m0nufac-
turcrS 4 supplying them to the people (as they
arc doing through all druggists) on such co .di-
lions as no other medic arc sold under, via:
that thoy shall either benefit or cure the pa
fnnded. Thc !ifofdtn AicdicaI Discovery" /.
CHA ihrou and lung diseases. IL taken in
time and given II fair trial. Money will bj re-
funded II it does not benefit or cure
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Successful soronauts are built from tn
ground up.
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Even small barber may DO called u btraI
ping fellow.
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Oregon, tho Paradise OF Farmers,
Mild, equRblc climat-, certain and abundan
crops Best fruit, grain, grass and stock coun
tYy in the world. Full information free; Ad
dress OREGON Imigrnt'n Board, Portland. ORE
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Beat the O.d Man.

Pauline pausing in her excruciating
scales Papa, | must have new piano.
81 will buy YOU the finest piano i'll
town on one condition"
whats that?"
"That you wont play it."
"It's bargain, pa. 1t will be nm
elegant piece of furniture for the par
lor, and ] can still play this one. y
ChicdgO Herald.
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The lady who never marries should b
named Ida Kline.
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DIR. Picrccs Pollcts-gcntly laxative or &c
uvOly cat hartiC according to dose. 25 cents.
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Wis to grocery is General the lcS n
ming Cl IL new order of things.
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Fn'l fashions can never h. popular with an
Trnnnut.
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Fo-,tivciy Delicious.

Tho groom Is likely TO DO q moro stat
character than his master.
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newspaper Readers Atlas

Tho w;dow'4 might is greatly underc:
iimntCl
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eyE TO $3.50 A MONTH can ,e made workIr
CIV for Agents preferred vino can fnruit
q horse and give their whole time to the businee
A few vacancies IN towns and cities. u Il. JOHi
SON CO., 1909 Maiu St, Richmond, Va. NJ H.
Please state oUS and business crpcrfrnce. Men
mind q boMf ,endf 20 stomp for rrPIp. u.
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WHY TIiOY Lend.

The successful farmer has to be sharp as a
raiser,
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IIs r may lcpiahed and yet be golden.