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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-12-20
LIBERAL MANURING PAYS.

Writing to the .fmericnt .Agri'vhmiH,
r. Franklin says. A couple OF wears
ago | undertook to make small field,
which was in rather poor conIiEYi, SUI.
----h to pay for cultiyating
slaughter ny, haulcL '!Ton' II barn ti,td
ground WAS covered SO 'deriMSH Hfhae ranp,
stuff could hardly bc iplowcd under. 4
neighbor came along and criticised my.
methods. THAT iietd would be rich-f
hut the rest nf the faIhn i cpt poor" The
yield "f potatoes fssai tln mkaurcCf
$50 bushels per acre; hSf eFsaHsRl ri eSSSsFf1%RHal
yield, but good one for !isah A'ir'i,,s.
Sufficient tn convince me-, a'TRaSt,I INA r
received better profit from the fcrtiiz
crs than il they had been thniiy srre%th
over n larger area. A little ground;
made rich and well worked wiA sty bet,
ter every time than large area 81 poor
ground impcrfccty worked. Which i
only another way "f saying that the last
load of manure, and the ast.'t,Tj,> al the
cultivation ON an acre, pays better than
the first one And until the capacity of
the first acre is measured, it is folly to
apply either to the second. Sf::I
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There Is moro Catarrh in this section of the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed to be
lncurahlr. Fora rcat many yea cS doctors pro-
nounccd il local 'lisca q. and prescribed To-
cal remedies, and hE constantly failing To cure
with local treatment. pronounced il I,tcurabIe
Science has proven rI;arrh 10 pc a. coustitu-
tiOnal disease, ard therefore requires constitrI-
iiona treatment. Halls Caiarrn Cure. manu-.
facturcj by j. }. Cheney tG Co. Toledo, Ohin,
Il he only constitutional cIIr ~ the market
II is taken internally in i',scG from 10 drops TO
teaspOoniul. il acts directly upon the blood
and mucous srrfa"cs of the system. The oiTcr
one hundred dollars for any case il fails TO cure
Send for circulars and testimonials. Address,
L. j. CHE>EY a. Co, Tel. do, O.
6B- Sold by Druggists. T5c.
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FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

--~>> o." fNNh NNp ''Nl'DEN N'lt
), Toulouse and Embdcn geese arc very
large, hardy ana rapid growers, and d,
not require much water.
It You hay" not iiNcd up tho cow barn
So it will hC comfortable this winter, do
IT now not next week or next month.
a small farm may I've made larger with
'nut extending its area; by deepening and
cnriChin. the soil and more thorough
cultivation.
If your land is rich. make and save all
the manur" YOU can - kcepit SO, and if it
is poor i" the sam. that YOU NAV make n
portion of II rICli.
The selection Of n crenmcr should hinge
on what is most desired, highest quality or
greatest convenience and economy in time,
space and labor.
Peaches should not be used for chicks
Of heavy breed, rs they tend to dcform
the chickens while the breast bone is still
in cartilaginous state.
The men who makes the most money
from farming are not the ones who work
the hardest or the most hours, but those
who manage with the greatest wisdom.
House plants should have as much sun
and light during the winter months as
possible; admit air whenever the .cm-
pcraturc is not too cold, say forty degrees
Fahrenheit in the opcn air.
As rule il is best not to prunc the
peach trees until the spring. More or
less Of the wood is often injured by
freezing, and in pruning this should al
ways be removed from the trees
Onc-half the meat supply may be OBJ
tanned from the poultry yards. There is
no need OF the farmer Keeping beef
cattle if he keeps poultry, change oc-
casionally Of course is appetizng.
Did YOU ever try -r:intcring hogs on
clover hay, soaked, as the principal
feed? If Won have not and have not
silo, suppose YOU try it the coming winter
and rcpor, success i'll the spring.
Cutting ont the bIightcd parts Of pear
trees and pruning them is the only safe
remedy. II the entire tire" blightS,
place. The new tree is not more liable
to blight for being srt where diseased
one has been removed.
House plants Should never he spinklcd
or watcrcd on the foliage when the iii
rect rays of the sun are upon them.
When gas is used in the room where
plants are kept they will he more thrifty
il light article of paper "r muslin is
we'll danpcncd and laid over them dur
ing the evening.
The old cow is aN fond ui her own
lroduc, - any other animal, aS is often
witnessed To tho owners loss when she
sucks herself. If fed to her with a
proper mixture of other materials, it is
our belief that skim milk will make u
better return to the dairyman in this way
than in any other.
There arc many people trying TO raise
ariticially hatchcd birds on too small
grounds Their Yards are small, and
without q blade Of grass or stem of
clover Ample range and correct, Sys
tcmaticall; arranged buildings and runs.
with the most accurate Matching and
hrooding apparatus arc essential to sue
cess.
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ROAD DUST EnE TIE EOMLS.

kphD ~ ~ F''h Ihf FOWLS.
One Of the things OF prime Importance
for the health ot fowls, and without
which they cannot he kept i'll au improv-
ing condition, is that they shall at all
times have free access to dry earth or
dust, where they may wallow and free
themselves from insects. Through the
summer, if they are allowed to run at
large, not much attention to this is re-
1uired, as they can generally look out
for themselves, and they will be found
scratching out hollows in the dry ground
and busting themselves to their great
satisfaction. Now that winter is here,
provision should be made SO that they
can continue To take their dry.duSt baths
under shelter.
For this purpose nothing is better than
dry road dust, and every one Keeping
fowls should lay in supply while it can
be obtained and keep enough ot it for
their use through the winter, when the
ground outside has become wet and
muddy or frozen. Where there are
many fowls it is quite good plan to
have IA small room with Il window facing
to the south for this special purpose,
rather than a box OF dirt in their roo>t-
ing place or nesting room, So that they
may dust themselves without covering
everything else with dust. Where there
has been neglect To provide dusty earth
FOR this purpose, ashes may he Suhstitu.
ted, and answer the purpose very well.
Persons who fail 10 make any provision
whatever. and keep their fowls from this
time on until spring without anything
OF the kind, need not expect many eggs,
and will find them suffering from vcr-
min.-Nl,o TO,k lP0rhi.
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TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES

The next convention of the National w. c.
7. U. will be held in Atlanta, Georgia.
1t is stated that ninety three per cent. of
all children taking the temperance pledge re
main faithful to their early VOWS
When n young man starts out to get
drink and passes an old trunkarI on the way
we wonder that he doesn't think of him.
a total of 1874 Young Womcn's Christian
Temperance unions, with 81 ,GjT regular and
i9Ohonorary members, was reported to the
convention.
There are many beverages moro Fhan half
the bulk of which is alcohol. Irish and
Scotch whisky contain nearly ffty-fvc per
cent. Brandy and gin nearly rs much. In
strong a!o there is nearly seven per cent. Of
alcohol.
DR.. Josiai: Strong. author Of "Onr Conn
try, says: "At no time in all the year and at
no place in all th" land is there SO much of the
saving power of the nation gathered to
CT. u '
In The first nine months of last year Eng
land CONSUMED l.2l3i1l gallons Of wine,
TX, 53,25l gallons of spirits, and 1881 ,SlS
gallons of beer. In this year she has con
sumcd II, sos, ,2o5 gallons of wine 1S, I3 2Ol
gallons of spirits. end "l.F.o'Il} gallons OF
beer.
Professor William r. Anderson head of
the Brooklyn Normal School for PHYSICAL
Educarion, addressed the National conven-
ton at Chicago on his speciality and gcncr-
ously offered to train grntuitously five young
women for w. G.. 4. t., ''nvang lists OF
physical culture
While the number nf existing drinkli-
ccnses in London has not increased OF late
years, the dram shops of raris have risen
from 81, 600 in 1890 10 nearly ;O,oO) in the
present year. In thirty YearS the cOnSlitnp
tion of alcohol in France has trcbeh md in
ten rcarSii ha, doub,ri the average con
sumption being twelve quarts for each male
adult
Miss Sallir \ Moore. uT I'hIladclphln.
President of ST. Maa"hiS Ladies Total All.
s:iucncc Socicty--thc first Roman Catholic
woman In address publ" assembly in the
presence Of q bishop AMI recently
Willard 'Nn S"ctariHuSm i'll religion, no
Se"honaSm in politics 10 sex i'll citizenship
hut each and all of us for God and home and
naE.v" land
liz MD NyChri>tIan civilization? We arr
nj ho '''' 1. city Of New York 10, coo
cluo come thaamd night and night and
day, gnder'l .n nc ,'ornIizmg influences Of
the 50 luc leS2 told by the CitiZCnS'
ds2e s S'i' !; .s$ss, s%sS %sI's% snG $;s e
H%@ Gr"m TS I. So : 81 WS W@nr GHyS s.S GS'GS "d
70? i iiqso t's isEs y beer, f''D% D%; You
vo ,ent snR inG rsr H ,C t"gcthcr "@
y send away their ,nfiiuhs tD the h"athcn
atone for that; Hrs ClT0 Hc9man
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AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
Is. TO FARM AND GARDEN.
snEEp ON ROUGH LAND.

IL a person has rough and broken
farm and small capital. he can hardly
strike better opportunity than to secure
afew sheep. They will be nucleus
around which will gather, under good
management, "A large fiock in "A short time !;
an investment that will pay interest at
shearing time at the rate of 100 per cent!
and dividends from each lamb, besides
leaving the pasture lot fertilized in the
best possible mapncr.-S. 4. Ielton.
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THE VALUE OF FRUIT TREES.

ga good fruit tree is worth fifty
dollars" we heard an old farmer say re-
Gently. III this is true, an orchard of
ono acre containing fifty trees should in
crease the value of the farm upor which
it is situated by the pleasant sum of
S25O0-less, OF course, the original value
of that individual acre. While it might
be difficult to find purchaser who
would accept this valuation, says II. X.
James in the american Agriculturist, my
own experience inclines me to the be-
lief that the farmers assertion was not
far from right. A money yield of three
dollars per annum from each tree would
give six per cent upon this capitalized
value. 1t is poor tree that will not
average this, even allowing for off years,
and of years arc not so frequent rs to
alternate regularly with the bearing ones.
A healthy tree, properly cared for, will
give crop two years out of three that
will pay for harvesting. Occasionally n
trco will give crop that will lay the
interest for many years in one. An Early
Richmond cherry tree paid me last year
eight dollars, besides the fruit used at
home, which was sufficient to pay entire
cost of gathering. From Il sweet cherry
tree this year | sold three and one halt
bushels at two dollars per h,ishcl.
Two Chickasaw plum trees, growing
so closely together that their branches
intcrtwinc as if they were trees, the two
covering space OF about five hundred
square feet, frequently pay ten dollars in
season, which would be ut the rate of
over $500 per acre. A pear tree near by
yields ten bushels in good season, and
one dollar per bushel is not an unusual
price. Three carly apple trees this sea-
son gave over fifty bushels, which sold
At from eighty cents To 81 30 per bushcl.
The trees were So full that had to com
mrncc picking while yet very green, to
save the limbs from breaking. Yet the
same trees last year gave a crop that paid
more than ak per cent. upon II value at
fifty dollar each.
These iiyurcs are not exceptional nor
peculiar tt - specially favorable locality,
but are >u;h ~ may be attained almost
anywhere in our broad lard If discretion
is used in the selection of varieties, and
good care taken of the trees from the
time they are planted. Ii is true that
"a above timimn- -uJtIiHUIi IrOil
a regular orchard, hut from few trees
tRatds in which Il variety or fruits are
grown, and so arranged that the heating
IFriod will extend over a long season.
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lie Wanted TO Know Too Much.

Jack--Say, Tom, were you chris
tened that name?
Tom-Of course / was.
blackwell, what do they call you
Thom as for on the pay sheet?
Tom-Dont know; suppose for the
same reason the boys call you Jack ass.
-RochcSter Budget
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Ramming Ice FlOeS.

No stronger vessels than those of the
Dundee whalers are built: they are
from 400 to 1000 tons displacement,
have powerful, well-secured engines to
resist the shock of ramming or stoppage
of the propeller by ice, and are built
with an eve to the easy and rapid re-
placement of rudtlcr,, propeller and
propeller shaft if damaged, these parts
being carried in duplicate. Above all
other considerations, tEey possess
H1Rength for ramming as we'll as re-
ancc to lateral pressure when
the bow shall have considerable
ordination, which permits tho vessel,
when ramming very heavy ice, to lift
slightly and slide on it, thus easing the
shock and assisting the cutting action
of the bow with the downward crush
ing weight of tho ship. In this way it
is possible for these steamers Mt full
speed to ram ice over twenty feet thick
and receive no immediate incapacitat-
ing damage.
If the ice is not too heavy the shear
like rise and fall of the bow is repeated
several times rs the vessel steams
powerfully ahead until her Roadway is
checked. The difficulty then is to ex-
tract tho ship from the dock she has
cut by her advance.
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Oregon, the Paradise or Farmers.
Mild, equable climat", certain and abundant
crops. Best fruit, grain, grass and stock coun-
try In the world. Full information FREQ. Ad-
dress Oregon Im'igrat'n Board, Portland. Ore
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aud hSrcr Sio,m a., cL"IhS sect which stnkes the
face like thousand needles. Wind forty miles an
hour. You say man couldn't stand such ex-
psur,,' No, he couldn';, without just the proper
c!ot -. And there's only one om,ht that can
kee? man both warm and dry al such iitne, and
guaranteed s,orm'Proof, waterproof, and wind
proof. Inside one OF them, y"u are S much ont &c
the weather &: Il indoors. they are light, but
warm. Being entorcel throughout, they never
rip: ard the buttons are wrc-isstcrcd. No rail.
road man who h,s once tried one would be without
!, Tor ten times its cost. lewsre Of worthless iq.
itations, every garment stamped with Fish Brand'S
Trade NJ AK. Don't accept any inferior coat when
You can have the "Fi,. Erard Sucker " delivered
~. - lsfits sa:.
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Who lives in glass house should make
M rangCmt nts to move.
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A pocket pin-cu shion tree to smokers of
"lansill'S Punch" So. Cigar.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-12-20

Plea sing ware IL hnlf sod, at tho same
may g said OF nm q Il pair at boots.
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Every day brings its bread, and the bill
comes on Sntut day.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-12-20

500 Re ard offered by tn, propr!etors of
DIR. Sago's Catarrh Rcmedy for On incurabls
case.
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The future home OF the wicked Is paved
with good intentions, but the pnvempnts
never bow Up and tho sySem has its
advantages.
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The People

Are not slow 10 understand that, In ord r 20
warrant their ma ru acturers In guaranteeing
thcm to benefit or cure, medicines must pos
scss moro than ordinary merit and curative
properties. DIR. Pierce's Golden Me iical Dis
corery Is tho only blood medicine sold.
that II win benefit or ure or money paid for 1t
will be returned. In all blood, skin and soap
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-12-20
MODERATE DRIAKiN,; DAS,;rRuuS.

even moderate drinking operates against q
man in getting inSrraur, Statistic. show
that among ntempcratc persons between tha
ages OF twenty and thirty the mortality is
hVe times greater than among temperate
persons From thirty a. fifty the mortality
Is l"ur times greater with tn" intcmpclatc
ana from fifty To sixty It j. three times
greater. while from sixty Ia eighty il is twice
os great These arc figures that do not la,
ana old topers and moderate drinkers should
tokc hint In group of total ahSiainers.
aSed twcnty, the average of life LETT is forty.
iour and two-tcnlhs wears, whil, with mod
crate drinkers the average woull bc fifteen
and siX-tenths years. That is tn say, atotal
abatainer on an average would live To bc
siXty-four, while the modcrcte drinker would
DO cut of ut thirty-iivc. by u moderate
drlnkcr Is meant a man VIII" drinks contin.
Eously or periodically SO as 10 affect his
health. a drinkcr is more liable to acci.
dental death than a sober man is, and in I'D
d!t'on TO that he is steadily breaking down
his constitution Temperance
Almanac.
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ALCOHOL AND THE HEART.

The smallest amount of alcohol, says Dr.
Kate Mitchell i'm the Temperance Bonner,
will increase the beats of the heart, and peo-
ple generally take it IN order TO produce this
effect. As the heart beats more quickly, the
blood seems to circulate more freely through
tho blood-vessels, and there is for tho moment
feeling OF renewed energy and strength all
over tue body. When, however, tho effects
of the alcohol have worn off, the heart beats
more slowly than it should do, aud the per-
son feels depressed and langud until some
moro OF the same drug is taken. Thus the
heart is always doing more work than it
should do, and never getting enough rest, and
in time the oxLra wear anil tear begins to tell
upon 1t, and it labors hard to do the work
which it ought to accomplish easily and un-
restraiuedly. The greater tho quantity Of
alcohol taken daily, the greater is the injury
6bres become thickened, aud there is fat
amongst them (this Is called fatty desenera-
tion), which prevents FREQ action OF the
heart. The lining membrane OF this organ
is also inflamed by tho continual passage of
alcohol over it, aud it becomes reddenod and
thickened. fhc-valves also suffer in the
same way and at last may become so diseased
that they arc powcrless to prevent the blood
flowing wrong direction. When this oc-
ours tho whole circulation Of the blood in the
body is interfered with and disturbed, and
death must result because it is impossible to
bring the heart back to a healthy condition.
When oncc the hearts so diseased 1t Is incura-
be, and even total abstinence will not be
nb'c to do anything TO help it. Tho best
thing Is to prevent such n terrible state of
things from happening, for prevention is bet
ter than cure.
1t must be remembered that the heart
which is very Woodworking organ tits
work being equal to lifting about l20 tons ono
foot in twenty-four hours, must have rest,
and that il this rest is shortened, as it is by
the use Of alcohol, all the evils above men
toned will gradually take place, and life
must inevitably be shortened.
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sAsipLE-ROoM FLOWERS.

sample Room was the sign on n small
building close by the depot al which the train
drew up, just before entering the mountains
"Sample-rcom for what in this tlesolnte
out-of- -the-way place. was our mental query
Seedy-looking buffers with iicry-looking
noses. le'l the way; spruce looking young
men followed, twirling their canes in n non
chalant way, and sinking into tho sample
room door as ii ashamed of the act.
"Ah. this is Il liqunr-shop. and these arc
the plants going in for rcfrcshnent."
These young buds of promise will as surely
ripcn into the secdy old buffers as night fol-
lows day. Samplc.room flowers they are
who seek, for rcircshuient, liquid fire.
Now and then uildlc=n god .:ien. resIpc,ably
clad, md doubtless pcn who. at homo, would
scorn to Gc seen cFtcrinG "sanple-room,"
-iran into the evcrfpen door.
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ITALY's PREMIER An ApsrA1yER.

SlBnor Crispi, the Prcmier of Italy, re.
lates tn" following anecdote: During my
first interview with Prince Bismarck, at
Frietlrichsruhe, the Chancellor caused two
enormous glasses Of beer to bc brought. md
protested that drank only water, whercat
the Prince seemed astonished beyond measure
but said nothing. But when hc hal emptie
his own glass he slowly drank the one which
had been intended for me. Shortly after
ward two large pipes filed with tobacco were
brought. The Prince lit his own and handel
the other to me- Your IIighness' OBJ
served many thanks: but do not smoke
'Nhot0 exclaimed Bismarck, rather impa-
tientiy. You don't drink, and you don't
smoke. What sort of a man arc yo,r. theny"
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Pure soap is white. Drown soaps arc adul.
teratcd with rosin. Perfume is only put in tn
hide tue presence OF 1tttIid tdt. Dobbinss
Electric Soap 10 pure. White and unsc.nted
Has bcel sold since 1875. Try II noW.
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looks down the platform, hic II eI,".s. IL >
more silly aies.
But the whistle sounds the passengers
r,:sh for the cars, and we move on for a pic
lure of tall. dark mountains. lonely railway
station, ard n gloomy looking. omniprescnt
'sample-ro room" stamped on the walls of Nom
y.-Nutionul Adrocutc
, 1889-05-05

The pope has a weakness for chess.
he Is a very fine player, and In the
amateur ranks Is said to have few
superiors In the knowledge Of gambfts
and openings. There Is one priest In
Rome who has the especial honor OF
being the pope's adversary over the
board. This priest-Father Giella-has
played chess with Leo Pecci for thirty
two years past When Cardinal Peoci
was raised to the papal throne, Father
Giella, who was then In Florence, got an
invitation to proceed to Rome and take
up his quarters In the Vatican. Giella Is
hot tempered, and has been known to
look very black indeed at tho vicar Of
Christ across his chess board. The pope
takes Giella's temper good naturally,
and often improves the occasion by a
little homily on the virtues of resigna-
ton and meekness. London Court
journal
, 1889-05-05
uer Father. Poor cirars.

A well known congressman, who loves
q cigar, good or bad, had a box in-his
library which was bad, and his daughter
quietly threw them away. That even
ing q distinguished judge called, and the
NJ. @. during the evening asked him to
smoke, and went for his cigars. They
were gone, of course, and the judge made
good the loss by getting a couple out Of
his own pocket, and the two friends set
tied down for a smoke. In the midst OF
it the daughter came In.
"WhewF' she said, s~upposing her father
had laid in a new stock. "Whewr'
"What is it?' asked the NJ. @.
Smoking those cabbage leaves again,
are you? They're awful, papa; simply
awful"
By that time the judge began to wonder
what he vas getting, the III. @. wenti into
n laughing fit and the girl concluded she
had made a mistake and flew. Later the
M. G. explained to the judge, and all wa
Observation-Disclosures Critic.