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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-03-14

There is more Cntarrh In tn is ct on Of the
country than a other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed tn
bo incurab e. For great many years D'C-
tors pronounced ii n local disease. and pre-
failing to euro with 10 a treatment. pr
nounced IL iEcurable. Science has proven
tatarrh TO be constitutional disease, and
therefore requires conStituti onal tIeaim-ht
HalPs Catarrh Cure. manufactured by J.. j
Cheney d CO.. To;cdo. Ohio, IL the on y con-
stitutionnl cure on the market: 1t is taken
int rnally in doses from 10 drops 10 tea
spoonful. 1t acts directly upon the blood
and mucus surface Of the system. They off
one hundred dollars for any case 1t fails Ia
cure. Send for circulars and Testimonial 3.
Address. +. j. CHENEY & 90, To edo, o.
tY Sold by Druggists. T5c
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MOrsels OF GastrOn0my.

Since the prodigal banquet to tho
Kaiser Wilhelm economy is believed to
have reigned in the Sultan's house
hold.
1t is more and more the fashionable
affectation to profess not to.sliJ.e ice
oream; possibiy this Is owingsEt6 the
paragraphers' pun.
So much talk about horsehesh in
sausages has in some fastidious locali-
ties affected the sale of the breakfast
articles.
There is not Queen all over Eu.
rope who will acknowledge that she
knows anything About the queen flit-
ters" enumerated on the hotel bill of
fare.-Ne,C York Mail and Express.
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GRADING Up THE HERD.

II is in regard to this matter Of extra
feeding that the superior value of Some
of the pure breeds Of cows become i'm
poEtant. A race of COWS that has been
bred to high feeding and an excessive
disposition To digest and assimiiatc' fooa
rich in fat, which is physiological func
tion that may be perpctuated and even
increased by breeding, may be made
much more profitable than the, native
COWS which have never been cultivated in
THIS way. Cross breeding of the two
races may develop this faculty i'll the
progeny; hence the frequent recommen-
dation made to dairymcn to gra lc up
their herds BY the use of pure bred bulls
of good family is worthy of adoption.
No other breeds than the Jersey, the
Ayrshire, or the Dutch have been So we'll
bred in this direction, and, so far as ex-
pertinent has proved, none has exccllcd
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Her Resolutions.

In looking over D woman's list O,
good resolutions for the new year, VIC
fail to find the following:
j. Never to stop a horse car ON q
curve or on an inclination.
2. Always to signify to the driver or
conductor in some way save by an up.
lifted eyebrow that she wants the car
to stop.
3. Never to get into deep converse.
ton with friend, and forgetting her
street till she is block farther, blame
the conductor for not stopping more
quickly. Z. : - =
A. Never to lay her wet umbrella
down on the silk-goods counter in
store.
B. To carry the same umbrella up
and down and not in and out.
6. To buy more than two postage
stamps at time.
2. To mend her old clothes before
she gives them to the poor.
8. To refrain from Joining any more
committees.
o. To refrain from telling every ore
she meets what her grippe symptoms
were and what she did for them.
10. To refrain from writing 1889 any
farther than into March, 1890. Dos.
ton SATURDAY. EUenin0 Gazette.
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PRUNING TREES.

The growth of different varieties Of
apple trees is mostly so distinct that any
rule for pruning which fits one may be
inapplicablc TO another. Much depends
also upon the thrift of "A tree. If vigor
Gus, and making few limbs, common
sense teaches that these ought to be
headed back, to induce dcnscr growth.
On the other hand, unthrifiy trees, as n
rule, incline to form numerous twiggy
branches, and these should be jndiciously
thinned out, although n good coat of
manure and wood ashes at the root might
answer better purpose So, also, much
depends upon the direction of the limbs.
Varieties of spreading habit may be in
duced to- take more compact form by
selecting an inside bud us the terminal
point when pruning; and II tree with up
right formal habit, should invariably bc
cut to an outside bud. Pruning orchards
in their younger years is preferable: to
permitting the branches to become
large; the drain on the tree in the latter
case is more or less injurious. Regular
annual pruning is an orchard duty
NeD York TribuRt.
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WHISKY FOR CHILDREN.

Rev c. 81. Rust in The Western Christidn
Advocate gives the following statement about
"nickel-in-the-slotssfgGsatu which, he
says is in use in CINCINNATI
This Internal machine is located upon
some thoroughfare. where children pass to
and fro, as the adjunct of a saloon. 1t bears
the inscription, in large and distinct charac-
ters: Put Two Nickes in the Slot and Get
Bottle of Whisky The Cincinnati police
authorities have unearthed this conspiracy
against our homes, and it is to be hoped that
swift and heavy retribution will overtake
these human ghouls. When the aforesaid
nickels are dropped in the slot, small bottle
Of whisky, containing about q gill, falls into
the hands of the expectant children, who are
the chief victims Of this sort of traffic.
"When the saloonists are confronted with
the facts, they effect an injured air OF in
nocency and claim protection, with brnzen
efrontery, for the so-called freedom of free
land. These machines are quite plentiful
Over 1.-The Rhine Under the very caves Of
our churches these human vampires ply their
pestilontial trade "i a-
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UNDERGROUND STABLES.

1t is not every farmer who can afford a
basement barn, but the next best substi-
tute is stable partly underground, vi AT
least banked up with earth tsD exclude
cold. Out West the settlers dig holes If
the banks, which arc protected by ,fa-
bers from falling in, for fIeiE own 4rtSeh-
fngs. These are called "dugr5uts," and
-aFs- better projections against blizzards
and cyclones than are dwellings above
ground. 1t is only natural that the same
style of underground protection should
be devised for stock. 1t is comparatively
inexpensive to build such dugouts, espc-
cially if sawed lumbcris SCARCE, or aear..
A few poles cut from the wootis"Hi1f
hold up the walls and roof, which may
he constructed of cdnallyt Inexpensive
material. .-.4mtrican Culticdtoj.
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NEAT FOR LAYING HENS.

There is no doubt that fresh meat is
excellent to make hens lay. 1t contains
much OF the material of which the egg is
composed, and with ground bone for
making the shell constitutes perfect egg
food. But it is too heating for exclusive
feeding, and unless mixed with grain, it
Will make the eggs strong, like those of
ducks and waterfowl. 1t is possible, by
giving the hens wheat, oats and buck
wheat, with plenty of gravel and lime,
to keep hens in laying condition with.
little and perhaps even with no meat cx-
cept insects they pick up in their range.
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iiTaH.PRIcEp SEEDS.

As rule high.priced seeds are the
cheapest, because more care has been
taken IN selection of stocks to produce
them, which incurs additional expense.
There are many instances, however, where
farmers are paying high prices from the
mistaken idea that they are getting a
better quality for their purpose, This is
particularly true in reg, / to seed-pota-
toes, an article which the farmer thinks
necessary to "change" occasionally, if
not annually, because of the liability of
the ''stock running out" This is a
costly error that no farmer should COM
nit. The facts in the case are, that if
the farmer wisely selects from his own
stock for seed purposes, it will improve
rather than degenerate. Let him first
find out what varieties do best with him
- and some varieties do far better in
given soil and situation than others.
From these seed-potatoes should be
selected before any are sold or consumed.
Every farmer has noticed that some hills
yield more than others; that some vines
are stronger, more branching; are short
and stocky. From these the best should
be saved for seed, and the best are those
Of medium to large size, of uniform shape,
and smooth, and where there are the
most in hill Follow this practice up,
and in few years there will be marked
Improvement in the type.--America
AgricuhuriI.
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FRESH BONES FOR FOWLS.

1t is comparatively easy to procure of
butchers the bony pieces of animals they
slaughter, and which are worth more even
than entire meat to make fowls lay. Break
the bones up with hammer, after boil
ing them so rs to make them softer. It
does not matter if some of the pieces are
As large as chestnut. The gizzard will
quickly grind them finer if the fowls are
supplied with gravel. 1t is the bone ma.
terial that is necessary in making both
eggs and shell. Fowls thus fed will
make much more valuable manure than
they will fed on any kind of grain.
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"MY WIFE is A TERROR!v

said mild-tempered man in our hearing.
she snaps and snarls and spanks her
children, and finds fault continually. /
can't bear. it any longer" Don't be too
severe on her, my, friend you little realize
sweet disposition, and i'll health is the cause
OF 1t all DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
will make her well.
AS powerful, invigorating tonic, it i'm
parts strength to the whole system, and
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ircssmakers, seanlstresses, shop girls, !"
housekecpers, nursing mothers, and feeble
women generally, DIR. Piercc's Favorite Pre-
scription is the greatest earthly boon, being
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-5ther distressing, nervous symptoms, COM
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ETY. and dependency.
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HOG OG-HOUSES.


There are so many different plans of
hog houses that any one which is pre-.
sented to farmers who wish to build, is
sure to find some one who thinks it just
meets his wants. The writer saw house
built something like the one described in
this article years ago, and for economy
of space and general usefulness it is sell
dom improved upon.
1t is not necessary, and indeed is often
Improbable, to construct large, expcn-
sivc houses. A dry, warm shelter for
winter, and cool retreat for summer is
all that is needed.
This house is twenty feet wide by
twenty-five feet long, making room for
eight pens six feet wide by eight feet
in length, or four pens twelve by eight,
making a sleeping pen and feeding pen
adjoining. The sides are but four feet
above the floor, the centre posts eight
feet high, and placed eight feet apart.
Under fhe upper roof are small windows
which admit light and air directly into
the pets. The partitions are movable,
like gates, and can be all taken out after
the spring breeding season Is over, giving
a gobd, large feeding floor for little pigs.
Each pen has six-foot panel for its
front, which can be opened directly
aTfoss the alley to guide one of the brood
spws into the pen designed for it.
The yards outside extend beyond the
ends of the building sixteen feet high, so
'as TO give all the room possible for exer-
else. The doors into these yards arc
situated at each end, and for the two
middle pens are placed one on each side
Of afht middle.
When fall comes the wide center can
bc converted into Il corn crib, holding at
least five hundred bushels Of corn, enough
to fatton fifty pigs, the number the house
Is supposed to accommodate. One hun
dred dollars will put this house up in
good shape, all shingled and painted. II
the farmer does his own work and uses
common boards for the sides and ends,
it need not cost as much as this sum.
:. But we want building which is
WIND proof in March, so Use sheeting and
drop siding for the outside, and make
the roof warm also. The large doors at
each end remain closed most of the time.
A small door on the north and double
door on the south furnish access for feed
ing and care. Water is pumped into
the milk tank and conducted into the
hog house IN pipes, into tank which
remains full, being governed by float
valve. This makes feeding quite easy.
The oats, shclled corn and meal for feed
is stored in II granary near by, so no pro-
vision is made for room for such feed
Prairie Farmer.
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A Peculiar Coincidence.

A coincidence that is very remarkable
is reported from Boston. A teamster
who hSd been hurt by car running into
his wagon brought suit for damages
against the railway company. The case
came up few days ago, and the jury
decided to visit the scene of the collision
a steep hill They embarked in car
belonging to tho defendant, and had just
reached the hill when the car ran into a
furniture Wagon, breaking two Of the
windows aud shaking Nh the jurymen
The -tcsmstcr received n yesaict TO,
S1100. NN1ks sssss---,.y.
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legitimate medicine, carefully compourrie6
by an experienced and si1ilfful physician,
and adapted to womans delicate organize,
ton. IT is purely vegetable in it's compost.
ton and perfectly harmless in any condition
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Favorlto Prescription is a positive
cure for the most complicated and obsti.
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TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES


An Inebriate's Home for Women is about
to be provided in or near Manchester, Eng
land.
The London City Mission has twenty-five
missionaries engaged in visiting public
houses.
Sixteen petitions asaipstthe liquor evil
Cernc atsy Of caPpe coomy Africa dSTng one
session.
The Comte de Flandre, heir-apparent to
the throne of Belgium, is Honorary Presi-
dent of a Brussels society called THE
Patriotic League Against Alcoholism
The New South Wales Alliance has pledged
1887 persons during the past five years.
They have hall that cost nine thousand
pounds, where they carry on vigorous
work.
A prominent business man in New York
city recently drank too much wine, wended
his way home, brought up in the gutter, and
street thieves relieved him of $3.50. A costly
drunk
The policemen of England and Wales, il
brought together, would form a great army.
They number 1926. Nine.tenths of this
army could be discharged if the sale OF
liquors were prohibited
The widow of Chief Of Police Watkins, of
Parsons, Penn, killed, while intoxicated by
passing engine, was recently awarded S2
500 damages which the saloon-keeper, who
sold him the liquor, must pay.
A Milwaukee educ&SS says that in the
districts in t;,at city whore Saloons are most
numerous, teachers complain that many Of
the scholars are so stupid from drinking beer
that work on them is almost useless.
The Union Pacific Railway has decided to
allow no more liquor to be sold i'm its hotels.
In view of the fact that the company owns a
large part of the principal hotels along its
route great deal of practical prohibition is
sure to result. 1t is thought that as tn,
revenue of number will be curtailed in con.
sequence they will have to close and dining
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OIL in WEST VIRGINIA.
A COpiOus Flow oil Petroleum Started
by ~ Land Slide.

An immense land slide occurred on the
farm Of Andrew Tootbman, four mile, east
of Parkcrsburg, w. Va, tho other morning.
Hundreds OF tons OF earth and rock tumtled
into the creek.
A few hours later heavy stream Of fine
petroleum began pouring from newly
opened crevice I'm the rock and ran down tue
bank, collecting in large pools. The land Is
on line with tne Eureka oil belt developed
north OF Parkersburx.
..1An immensA amount OF oil has escaped aud
thestream is still howiny uncht cked.
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fHr HuN TRADE IN AFRICA.

IHE Rum TRADE IN AFhiCAi
The great cusss 6s tbe liquor traffic rests
apSn MAINLY As I.sSon syssS assGSs Ss., srs
-twSivs sihS nsiIiions 81 ESdns %Si spirisnoas
liquors go annually nrpin the leading civilized
nations, and the nativs races arc fast being
demoralized and destroyed through It's Id
Berlin Conference in 1884, the United States,
through its representatives united with
Great Britain, Italy and Belgium in an effort
to save the Congo country, but the eleven
other powers overruled them Great Britain
has an able and effective organization in the
UNITED Committee for the Prevention of
the Decentralization Of the Native Races by
the Liquor Traffic, P" and the National Tenn
perancs Society and Publication House il
doing what IL can to secure action by. tho
United States Government in the Same direc-
tion.
The English House of Commons in 1883
unanimously adopted the following resolu-
ton,
That this House. having regard to the
disastrous physical and moral effects Of the
liquor traffic among uncivilized races, as we'll
ns the injury it inhicts on the legitimate
commerce, doth cordially support the I'm
perial and Colonial Government in their en-
deavor to suppress the traffic in spirituous
liquors in ali native territories under their
influence and control. I
In 1889 the German Reichstag adopted tho
following:
That the ReiChstas resolves to request tho
Federal G61erpmen TO DsVea takefuso con-y
ssidsration %hetneS >s6d how the trade In
spirits in the German colonies can be Of
fectually opposed either by prohibition or
limitation.
The correspondent of tho Now York Iri-
tune at Brussels in referring to the Inter
national Anti.Siavery Congress recently in
session in that city, notices the movementto to
prohibit the traffic in Africa, but seeks to
turn the movement into "high-license"
as will be seen by their recent memorial, aims
at the entire suppression of the liquor traffic.
Why should the Africans be cursed with tho
high-license systemP They would not only
have to pay for the liquor, but for the priv
ilege of selling 1t, and the trade would be
more open, moro respectable, more abundant,
and more deadly in its effects upon the people.
The National Temperance Society has me-
morialized both Houses of Congress to take
prompt and vigorous action, :and will press
this question upon the committee now hav.
ing it in charge, with the view of securing
some action by our own Government in the
matter.
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TSTHRIFTY HOGS.

1t Is best to put the weakling pigs by
themselves to avoid the hustling around
which they get from the strong ones.
The most frequent cause of poor pigs is
overfeeding when they are young, and
they hardly recover from it. But if kept
by themselves and fed carefully on sweet
food In moderation they will do far bet
yer and generally get strong and make a
'ssarg, ,gro~th. If the pig is Security it
should be well scrubbed with carbolic
soap and given some sulphur in the
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DRUNKENNESS IN GREAT nRITA1Y.

the convictions for drunkenness in England
and Wales, during the f6ur years from 1885
to 1888 inclusive, show that the total con-
yistienhS hStfie. tafisef.4fof} IJS, s1S
in 1887 In 1858 there was rise to 156, 500.
In Wales the proportion is about ono convic-
ton to every 157 of tho people. Liverpool
had last year IL, 900 cases of drunkenness
from population of little ovor half a
million,
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NJ MAN(,E.

This disease may attack many Of our
domestic animals 1t is contagious, aud
is caused by a minute insect hurrowipa-,
under the skin. Live stock closely con :.
fined in winter quarters arc more liable
to spread the disease. Animals thus
affected should be separated and treated
persistcntly till cured. The affected parts
should be thoroughly cleansed with soap
and water, dried, and have weIl -rnSbal
in an ointment made of lard half "a
pound, flowers of sulphur four ounces,
and crude carbolic acid two 'drachms.
This applied daily, after perfect cleans,
ing, on the hairy parts of animals.
Washing is not II momentary work, but
requires the free use of '"clbow- grease. >
The insect must be reached to be dc
stroyed, and nothing but a thorough
scrubbing can expose the little tor
mentor to the destructive application
of the remedy. -- Americu Agri:"hvriI.
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The Pride OF HIS C,Iaas.

He was a brig I, hand ONE boy Of sixteen
sunny cmpered, brilliant a1d engaging the
delight OF his parents, the Joy of his home. and
tho pride OF his class. BIT shadow fell
across his bright prospects. 1t began with u
tridtny cough; soon camc premoniti ms of con-
sumption, hts strength failed his cheeks grew
grave Then friend advised DR.. Pierce's
Gotlen Medical Discovery. He tried 1t and
was saved. Health and strength returned, his
cheerful voice rang out aga n across the school
playground, HE cheeks again gre = rosy, his
eyes bright. He Is still the pride of his class"
and nd graduates this year with highest, hon
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@ Jersey in this respect, and the Dutch,
Tor eso-called Holstein, or Holstein.
Frisian) has equaled tho Jersey. A few
native cows have exhibited this peculi-
arity, and when any of these are found
with this valuable proclivity they would
pay well for breeding to pure Jersey
bull for the production of butter COWS.
--Neto York Times. "
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A DELuSION.

Among delusions the alcoholic is ono Of the
most harmful. DIR. Norman Kerr says: "All
alcohols are poisonous. The least poisonous
are the alcohols of wine. More poisonous are
the alcohols of beet-root. Still more deadly
are the alcohols of corn (all kinds OF granl /;
and the most potent and pestiferous are the
alcohols from potatoes. Cider mebriates are
usually more heavy and stupid than alert
and offensive. Amy!ic alcohol is nearly
four times as poisonous as ethylic.' 1t is
better to let the poison in either form alone
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BINDING A LOAD OF HAY.

III hay or straw is to be drawn any dis
tance over hard roads, it is important to
bind it firmly. A windlass or tackle
fastened to the wagon-rack will make this
binding much more easy, and also secure
II firmer pressure on the binder than could
otherwise be had. Unless firmly pressed
down, the binder, when iolted over rough
roads, soon gets out of place and does as
much harm as good.