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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-10-04
Fierce and rIck,e.

When John Snowden was boy he
always had o hobby. One winter il
was coins, and he daily tormeuted
every sbopkeeper in tho village for odd
specimens: in the spring it was pigeons; |;
he cold all his coins, begged and bor-
rowed money from all of the family to
buy tails and rare breeds for his
dove.cotes.
Then he suddenly took fancy to col-
lect autographs. The pigeons were
neglected, and either died or were
stolen. John was busy in mailing
piteous appeals to every man or WON
an of distinction in Europe or America
to write their names on blank cards for
him.
He was succeeding very well when
the pursuit lost oil interest for him,
He bought printing press. Now he
besieged oil his friends for orders
"Bill-heads, labels and cards, executed
with neatness and dispatch" Before he
had executed the orders, however, the
delight of type-setting palled upon
him, and he gave it up.
When John grew to be a man he was q
violent hsNlitionist for few years.
Then he lost oil interest in the slaves
and became an ardent vegetarian, who
tormented all his friends md acquaint-
ences by appealing to them to give up
meat and live with him on fruits and
vegetables. This hobby lasted but q
year, when no took up the cause Of
woman suffrage, and quarrelled with
evcry one who did not agree with him.
Since that ho has been, by turns, q
leader among the Spiritualists and the
Theosophists, and is nowEfor tho mo-
ment5-a vehement Ritualist.
He is q good, sincere, we'll moaning
man, anxious to find the truth md to
draw all men with him to find it.
But he draws them with such vehem-
cnce that his friends avoid him in
terror.
a rational man does not object to be
pulled by steam-engine, provided he
is pulled in one direction and that the
right ono. But he will not consent to he
jerked hither and thither as by the
vagaries of restless wind.
John Snowden's temperament and
habit of thought are very common in
the world. The life and usefulness of
many a strong, conscientious man have
been paralyZcd by them.
If any of our boy-readers find that
tjleJ ure alfeuuy lnciineu 10 mount
hobby and ,ide it rough-shod owe,
other people, let them take warning. II
will not be possible, perhaps, for them
to curb or cool their zeal. Let them
indulge it, remembering, however, that
their brothers and classmates have O
right TO hobbies of their own, and
should not be forced to mount behind
theirs.
When their zeal begins to flag, too
Let them spur it and force it to continue
in the same path. The man who is ar
dent in the pursuit of one object is sue
| cessful. The man who is Jealous in the
pursuit of a dozen soon ranks as ,
feather-headed fool among other men
| = Eouth'S COMPANION.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-10-04
rAsruR1Na OF MOVING LAn,.,..

1t is bad practice to pasture moving
lands at all in our climate, and although
there is strong temptation to do it
where pastures are short, the prudent
farmer will resort to almost any shift to
keep his cattle in condition and the flow
of milk good, rather than pasture the
moving fields.
In the first place the sod becomes
trampled by the cattle to its injury, then
weeds have a good chance to grow and
thrive, and the grass is apt to be hurt
in consequence of being cropped too
closely in dry weather or left without
sufficient protection to the roots in
winter.
II is far better practice to let the now
ing lands grow second crop, and make
it into hay, than to attempt pasturing
after cutting the first crop.
Many farmers are now in the habit of
feeding cows in the barn when the pas
lures are short, using ensilage, or green,
freshly cut corn, clover or any other
fodder that may be in season; this is far
better than to turn the cattle into the
moving fields. .--Ndssachusetts Ploionan.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-10-04
DAIRY HINTS.

Professor i. r. Arnold once said that
"a cow going into stable filled with
the odor of the solid and liquid excre-
mcnts will carry it into her milk in fif
teen minutes" For this reason he in
slsts that stables should be ventilated in
such way that pure air will come to
the cattle from the front. True, and
this is one of the reasons why COW barn
should have wide barn floor through
the centre; why the cows should stand
with their heads toward the centre, and
have wide space behind them, with large
grated and wirc-screened windows be-
hind them and wide stable doors at both
ends of the stable, and big barn doors
at both ends of the centre floor. This
arrangement of stables and floors, aided
by plaster busted upon the well-clcaned
stable floors, will make suitable habi
tatlon for clean cow to dwell in.
The albuminoids in whey are as one to
3.5 in skim milk, while the other solids
are nearly the same in both. Chemists.
IN comparing the feeding value, make
that of whey at eleven cents to twenty
three cents for skim milk, or about half
as much per 100 pounds.
-SiS % ~ SiSao hSSt CiidC q large DTO-
portion of the yearly milk supply should
be diverted from a summer to a winter
flow. Butter is unreasonably cheap in
summer, because so great majority of
the farmers have their cows caive in the
spring. Hence there is but little profit
gained from the COW. It is also un-
reasonably dear in winter, because so few
COWS are made to calve in the fall.
There needs to be better balancing
up of the yearly milk supply, so that less
milk should be produced in summer and
more in winter. This would eaualize
the prices for the whole year, greatly in
crease tho consumption in the winter.
and in the end bring great profit to the
dairymen. 1t is well to remember that
it costs only about ten per cent. more
to keep COW in good milking condition
than it does to keep her dry, Is she ought
to be kept, while the returns from winter
milk are fully thirty per cent. more then
from summer milk.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-10-04
PERTINENT QUESTIONS.

The New YORK Tribune recently repre-
sented the Man in the Moon" as payingS,
visit to our planet and commenting as fo,-
lows upon the drink system: s'rhese fluids.
you say, intoxicate; make people crazy, furi-
Gus, silly and wretched; lead them into
crime and reduce them to misery. Upin the
moon we should consider that sort of fluid a
poison. Here you legalize its sale and You
license men of good moral character to traf-
fic In 1t. How can you find man of good
moral character willing to poison his fellow?
Do You license good moral persons to commit
murder, or to rob or to swindlep Pertinent
questions for real men to consider.n
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KEROSENE TO KEEP OFF FLIES.

DIR. Wlllim Horne, veterinary surgeon,
writes to HoarTs Ddi,yman, under this
head, as follows: 'Many poor animals
suffer the most excruciating torture from
the bites and irritation of flies. Some of
the thin skinned ones are often all but
killed outright. Many are killed in some
localities, Others are worried so much that
they lose the flesh quite often needed for
u cold, iDclement winter.
now CapoI nircnoCu wIJu ucurry
everything could think of as a remedy
for this curse to our poor dumb brutes. I
nave read OF quite a number of sure pre-
ventlves recommended by others and
found but little satisfaction.
"Somc eighteen years ago T experi-
mentcd with kerosene as preventive of
lice upon poultry and in the poultry
house. 1t was-it is success. Some
twelve years ago tried kerosene to keen
OIL flies from horses, cattle, poultry, etc.
1t is success. l use pint long nozzled
oil can. l use the commoncst Kerosene.
squirt from this quite liberal spray, as
near as 1 can, of the fluid. l put it upon
the youngest chicks, in the laying boxes
of the poultry. l squirt the Kerosene
upon the sides of the stall literally, upon
the floor more literally. am not in the
least afraid of sprinkling kerosene upon
the horses, cattle or poultry. l have
never seen the slightest injury done to
any of those so traatad--L- -t;.,tl-ft sure
preventive against maggots breeding in
the barrels of hen manure which / save
Tor sale and use. Kerosene is disin
lectant, too, and it is positive deodori-
zer, much pleasanter than the chlorides
are"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-10-04
FALL FEEDING OF BEEH

A Western apiarist we'll says that the
averoSe-be keeper docs not like the work
of feeding sugar syrup to his bees in the
fall to ensure them against starv.tion, be-
cause of the attention, and, as usunlly
practised, the puttering work it takes.
To any such let this word of caution be
dropped; now is the time to prepare
against having this to do. While honey
is coming in and the surplus being stored,
a few brood crumbs filled with honey
should be removed from your pest colo
mics and set to one side that they may be
ready to give to those lightJin stores later
on. There is probably no more satisfac-
tory way than this method of fall feed
ing. 1t is easily and quickly done, and
does not incite robbery. York Wit-
ness.
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ChicagO's Millionaire.

Tho man who told me this story had
something to say about "Old Hutch"
of course. never talked to Board
Of Trade man ton minutes without
hearing something about the 1emarka-
ble old man. He seems to be as per-
sistent in getting into mems minds
and on their tongues as was Charles
/. in Mr.. Dicks Memoirs. This man
-aaid - .
"You can find old Hutch on one of
the stools ut n cheap lunch-counter
down near the Board every morning of
the week. Goes in there regularly and
orders two soft-boiled eggs and rolls,
and he looks at the check as closely as
any poor clerk in town. How's that
for man with his money? Millions
and millions of wealth, and eating a Is
or 20 cent breakfast. But that's his
style. He surprised mo the other day.
AS long rs I've been around the Board,
/ never saw Old Hutch wear any
thing but black slouch hat; but the
other day he appeared with one of the
new-style straws with straight, stiff
brim. Nobody could look Mt him with
out smiling, and the old man 'tumbled'
and only wore it one day. He doesn't
care for dress, or comfort, or good liv-
ing, anyway. He has just ono passion
in life, and that's gambling. He is the
first man on the floor of the Board
-utwuys, "nd"the Last one to leave it.
Imagine, if you can, the supreme de-
light to such man of running a cor
ner such as he manipulated last De-
comber. But he's almost parsimonious
in his daily life. I saw him at
the theater one time alone, sitting
in C. parquet seat without soul to talk
to. He's n oner; that's what LIS is" -
CHICAGO MaiL
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-10-04

to the .crab- Psnicuus s.nguiosl.
digitaria ofxy3 q deE writer's. The
stems Of MI - li6 slosc to ground,
taking ROO ery joint, and crowding
out most kKasses< Fortunately this
weed is al ual; were Il perennial
we might pair Of: ever getting rid of
it. Its fdw (&ud s6efls, of course, y arc
borne at th| op of etch stem, which are
foot, moi br iess, u height; the fiow-
els and 50 ara srrSpged closely upon
fiat step or epfkess which gre three 70
six inchoS longs ;thef< are SSSto fifteen
ofthem neAa fhe *op stem, and
spreading 1ESJl dfreotiSns. From this
height ths5H fower. stems are caught by
the mewerf Where this grass is present
the mowiHgs should be carefully removed.
The stiff Mtubblc bfpom made from split
rattan is\better than a rake. The grass
being Carefully gathered should be re-
mov6d and burned. II cut when the
seeds are but partly ripe they will derive
Inourishment enough from the stems to
carry them on to maturity, and If they
were not removed, would seed the ground
and prepare for another crop of trouble
next year. Many of the coarser weeds of
the lawn are perennials; they are sown
in the fall, but the thistles, docks, plant
aims, and many others, in their early
state appear SO unlike the mature plant
that they are not recognized. It is very
important that the cultivator should be
familiar not only with the appearance of
the seeds-o weeds, but with the plants
themselves in the different stages of their
career. These perennial weeds usually
sow themselves, or are sown, unintention-
ally, with the grass kseeds in the fall.
They geriuinate, and their young leaves
are often much unlike the leaves that
will be borne by the same plant the next
spring, though they differ greatly in this
respect; the seeding weed does not
make much show in its first season. 1t
is employed in storing up a supply of
food for vigorous growth next spring,
when it usually comes to perfection,
flowers, and scatters its seeds.-America,,
Agriculturist.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-10-04
SENSIBLE ENrERPRISE

New Britain Conn, has Young Woman's
Christian Temperance Union whose sensible
enterprise deserves wide emulation Or
ganiZed about year ago, it Immediately be-
gan mission work among the young girls en-
ployed in the factories OF the place, hoping
to keep them from spending their earnings
on the street by arousing an interest I'm useful
studies From the small nucleus of one room
and twenty or thirty girls, the work has
grown rapidly, until now n tenement Of seven
rooms is required to accommodate tho large
number of regular attendants. The rooms
are open four evenings in the week and two
hours on Sunday. There are classes in dress
making, penmanship and singing, and read
ing matter is supplied by circulating
library.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-10-04
An Unanswerable Argument.

Mrs. Nocash-I don't see why you
can't be more careful. You might save
q good deal out of your income if you'd
try.
Mr.. Nocash-Huh! Look at Light
head. He saved up $4,000 and went to
a horse race yesterday, bet on the
wrong horse, and lost every cent of it.
Now he's dcad-killed himself. 1 was
there with him and lost all 1 had, too,
but it wasn't enough to bother about.
--NeU York YeeEly.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-10-04
DRINK AND INSANITY.

Mr.. Wines says: 'It ia startling to know
chat, of 5O,OOO,OOO of inhabitants lin 1880,
over 400, 900 are either insane, idiots or deaf
mutes or are inmates of prisons, reforma-
tories or poor-houses. If to these we add the
outdoor poor and the inmates of charitable
institutions, the amount will swell to nearly
or quito GOO, 900, or per cent. of the popula
ton" At that rate the number would now
be about 100000. But we will keep to tho
records of $780, and consider only the 400,
600 who were inmates of charitable institu
tions. OF that number the 40, 600 who were
prisoners and the 81, 900 who were paupers
have been already considered Those de-
ducted would leave 263 900 of defective per-
sons" Assuming the average cost of their
maintainence to be 500 land in many of these
institutions it runs up to nearly 800 per
capita, es skilled teachers and physicians
must BIO employed at great eNpense), the ex-
pense Of maintaining these defective per-
sons would exceed $52, OOO 600. If we esti-
mate one-third of these disabilities to be due
to intemperance, actual or inherited, we
shall have S17, 100000 annual loss to the ma
tion from the insanity, blindness, deafness
aud other disabilities which intemperance
produces. The relation of insanity to intem-
perance is a point deserving careful study.
State and National Boards are now greatly
exercised over the rapid and undeniable in
crease of insanity. 1t is worthy of inquiry
whether a ratio does not exist between that
and the increased consumption of liquor
within the last twenty years. We sec plain
ly that liquor will make a person insane for
a little while. 1t would seem reasonable to
suppose that enough of it might make him SO
permanently.--Tke Voice.
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AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST Relative
TO FARM AND GARDEN,
rEEp roR YOUNG cnrcKs.

This should be changed as often
as possible, advises good authority.
Too rapid featheriDg is drain on the
system. Some varieties feather up quick
ly, while Others are almost naked. Feed
ground bone (fne) every day, mixed In
with the feed. "Where we raise from
5000 to 10,000 per year we know by this
time the necessity of proper feeding.
Corn and oats ground together is our
standard feed, to which we add ground
bone, ground meat, charcoal and oyster
shell. A pinch of bread soda (bicarbon.
ate of soda) can be used as q substitute
for charcoal. York Witness.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-10-04
N. uare no Pay.

Il is . pretty severe tcst OF any doctors skim
when the rayment OF his fec Is made condi-
tionat upon his curing bis patient. Yet after
sonds Of marvellous cures Directed in liver,
b;o3d and lung Diseases, by DR.. Picrce's Golden
Warranted IN sci lug it, as they are now doing,
through NIL druggists, tho world over, under q
cS5tiaGsts ;st g possstvc oaarantse that 4 will
for which they recommend it. II taken in time
and stvcn o fair trial, or money paid for it Will
iousness," impure blood, skin erupttons, scrof-
nl. us o 90 and swolltngs, consumption (Which
dorful medicine. IL is both tonic or strength
oring. and alteratiye or b 0od-oleansing.
Chronic Nasal Catarrh positively cured by
Dr. Sage's Remedy. 80 cents, by druggists.
There is nothing SO holy and inexpensive
a,ufo ~ Invp -
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-10-04

Bafnicted with sore eyes use DrIsaac Thomp-
tons EyeWatcr Druggists sell at ..jc. per bottle
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The Mother's Friend. used q few weeks be-
fore confinement, lessons the pain and m axes
lal or quick and comparatively easy. Sold by
all Druggists,
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WEEDS IN LAWNS.

The worst lawn weed of late GUNNER
and early autumn is one that the careless
observer may not see at all We refer
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-10-04
"GovERNMENr SHAME WATER"

An article in tho Century Magazine, on
THE Temperance Question in India, is writ
ten by one who is fully acquainted with the
subject. He tells us that Intoxicating liquors
in India are designated by the natives, Gov
ernment Shame Water" Hindoo and Mo-
hammedan rulers discouraged their manufac-
ture and use The English Government took
the manufacture into their hands, made
itself the barkeeper to the Indian Empire,
and obtains4 q EeSFfgae from the sale Of in
toms are in favor of Temperance. This is an
indictment that ought to be read with shame
The writer adds: "The proof is overwhelm-
ing that the temperate Hindoos are becoming
a nation of drunkards." Happily, there are
pAtive movements to arrest it. but if at home
we have no power to do this, ought not every
pulpit in the land to hear occasionally con-
fession Of our guilt in this matter !-London
Christian
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A GOOD BARGAIN,

At temperance Iueeiiny where several re-
lated their experiences, n humorous Irish
man who spoke was acknowledged to be the
chief speaker. He had on a pair of fine
new boots. Said he: "A week after / signed
the pledge met an old friend, and he saws.
sThem's n fine pair of boots you have on
They are, says /, and by the same token
twas the saloon-keeper who gave them to
me-
"1t was says |, but 1 made a bargain
with him. He was to keep his drink and /
was to keep my money. My money bought
me these fine boots. / got the best of the
bargain, and I'm going to stick to it,"
Boys, will you do the same? Will YOU
keep your money, and invest in something
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The only thing which leafs good wife 10
bad hu sbn nd.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-10-04

Any article that ha3 outlived "a years Of COM
petition hni imitation. and sells more aud
more each year. m"st Lave merit. Dobbins's
Elec:tic Soap first made in l80 ia just that arti-
es: Ask } our grocer Gar II. He has 1t, or will
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-10-04

The shoe which is in the hands OF the
bootblack has a tright future.
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Sheets OF flame are usual spread over a
bed OF Goals.
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TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.
G. T. U. Of Welsh women is to be
in New York city.
,eedish Government has appropria.
= a year for the promotion OF temp
lid be easier to steal horse in To-
Ao=day, than to purchase glass of
n to drink.
10 w. G. T. u. of Astoria, Oregon, Is
See number of fine drinking fountains
erected in the public streets.
A New York brewer places the average
number OF glasses of beer consumed by his
employees during one day, at seventy five
apiece, each glass holding half pint
Mr.. Spurgeon in his new book entitled:
"Salt Cellars tersely remarks that grape
juice kills more than grape-shot" He
also advises each married man to keep his
wife's husband ont of the public house.
The Catholic Total Abstinence Society at
ITS recent annual meeting, agreed to cStab-
fsh, in connection with the great Cathedal
University at Washington, d. c., a Father
Mathew Prof-ssorship of temperance, i'm
which will be taught the scientific facts con-
cerning the use Of stimulants and narcotics.
A jury in New York State has awarded
an only child $1,000 against Hudson River
steamboat company, under the Civil Service
Damage Act, for the death of her father a
.deckhand, who became inebriated at the
Isteamboat bar and fell off into the river and
Y. 80 hoWneu lHe COuTC 10 set
BHerdict aside and steamboats, in the
re warned that they keep open bars
nHl.
Apce society Of more than 100
recently organized among the
litary prison at Fort Leaven-
by Mrs. Julia>A. Chase an
mong soldiers and sailors who
delivered an address of such
y-five men who had never
before unhesitatingly gave
affirmed their purpose to
ter says that in spite OF
bill of that country is
and that crime, social
de are keeping CHASTITY
that great injury Is
rams that publish in
kr the defeats of Pro-
ZEN mention its victories,
impression that the
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CONSISTENT.

Mr.. Ferdinand Schumacher, q leading mill
owner OF Akron, Ohio, has pledged $1,000 to
the building fund of the Chicago Temper
ancc Temple. His total abstinence princi-
mills were entirely destroyed by fire, the loss
amounting TO almost million dollars, there
being no insurance. After the fire it was
found that the oats we're unipjured except by
water, tens of thousands of bushels lying
piled up wet. The distillery men made
most favorable offer to Mr. Schumacher 60
purchase the injured oats, but he promptly
refused, saying "Nc no money you cen of.
fer could tempt me- 10 sell one ounce of that
which you will take and turn into q poison
nfith which to ruin my fellow men," and the
krOtted where they law
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The sexton is the king OF spades.
Odsmokers peter "Tansill's Punch" Cigar
The court reporter--Her small brother.