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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-04-18
Kangaroo Skins.

When brought to bay, the kangaroo
jumps like a flash for a hunters chest,
and tries to crush it in with his fore feet.
To prevent this, each man wears across
his breast two or three inch thick mat
ting. Armed with spear, with a club
attachment at the other end, they ride
upon swift horses into the herd. With
the agility and equiposc of circus riders,
they stand erect upon their horses, and
use their spears and clubs. The kanga-
roo is able to jump clear over horse.
As the game is baggcd it is skinned, and
the skin is stretched on the ground and
pegged down to prevent shrinkage. The
flesh furnishes meat for the camp. Each
man places his private mark upon his
booty, and when they have one hundred
skins apiece, they return back to civiliza-
tion. There are t-.enty varieties of kan
garoos, among them the blue, red Walla-
by, black gray and forester, the latter
furnishing the best leather, as it lives
mainly in wooded sections. Nature.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-04-18
Firms in New York.

have often heard of the kingdom of
Finland. which was broken in half and
absorbed by Russia and Sweden years
ago, but never knew that there were
Fins, or Films, in New York until this
week, when / found small colony of
them on the East Side, not far from Fifth
street. OF the score who were present
all were undcrsized, squat, broad, with
high cheek bones, light yellow hair and
beard. They are the blondest blondes
ever saw-approaching almost that pop.
ular museum freak, the Aibino. They
are good farmers, servants and metal
smiths. One of the party, who spoke
English, said:
"Wc have just begun to cross the
Atlantic. There arc million of our race
in the north of Europe, and large por-
tion are bound to come over here in the
next decade. Finland is neither very
fertile, comfortable nor happy. Political
conditions arc oncrous, and the people
are only too anxious to leave i'm order to
better their circumstances. They are cx.
tremely poor, however, and will be com.
PEELED to work hard and wait long before
they can accumulate money enough to
reach the United States. Most of my
people have gone to Wisconsin and
Minnesota, where there are already
10, 900 Fins. The figures will be much
larger in the year l000."-INew York
Star.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-04-18
A Remarkable Suicide,

One of the most remarkable suicides
recorded in the annals Of self -destruc-
ton occurred near Chiquet, New Bruins
wick, recently. Before committing the
rash act, the self murderer, W. II. T.
Jones, dug his grave and placed rough
coffin OF his own make at the bottom
The dirt from the grave was kept from
rolling back into the excavation by
boards held in place by a trigger, to
which a string was attached. Every
thing in readiness, the deliberate Mr..
jones, as subsequent deselppments.- re-
-vealsd, got in the CONN, took o dose OF
poison and then pulled the string aud
was buried beneath tons Of dirt II is
believed to be one of the most unique
and successful instances of suicide on
record.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-04-18

arly, they present strange sigh. as no
sets out, peck of peas at the bottom of
bushel basket that is none too clean; a
quart of currants hidden in a five quart
pail that has seen better days; a few early
beets, an afterthought, arc thrown into
the bottom of the wagon, without taking
the trouble to wash or bunch them. 1t
can be but little wonder that the stuff
taken in this miscellaneous manner is
slow of sale. Farmers who live near
cities or villages will find It to their in.
terest to work into ''farm gar iening,"
and raise perishable crops, which bring
high prices, if they can find near mar.
ket-sp spirnoss SUB ssasssss.stsyp, that an
acre of 1t. properly managed, brings more
ready cash than comes to the farmer dur.
ing the whole summer. Farmers who
own the land they till should plant an
asparagus bed, or rather field, which, in
the third year, and every spring there
after, will bring in handsome cash re.
turn. But our object was to suggest that
those farmers who occasionally market
truck, should provide themselves with
sufficient number of crates aud boxes, in
which to take their stuff in neat and
attractive manner; these packages to be
kept IN good order, and to be used for no
other purpose whatever. The crate used
by those who ship truck to distance is
one that holds bushel; some of barrel
capacity being also required. Fora long
distance, crates with slated sides are pre-
ferred on account of the ventilation they
afford to their contents; but, for markets
near by, boxes with entire sides will sn-
Swer.
To Make Bushel Crate or Box-Two
ends and one mlddle.piece, eight by
fourteen inches. The sides arc two rect
long, and if for crates, are of laths, and
from two inches in width to more or less.
Boxes made with entire sides will CON
tain trit1e more than lega; bushel
The center-rieces add to the strength,
and are convenient in measuring two
halfbushels. Mark all crates and boxes
with the owners name.-Americm Agri-
culturist.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-04-18
CCRRANTS.

At the twenty third meeting of ,ne
Minnesota Horticultural Society paper
was read on currant culture by DR.. NJ.
NJ. Frissellc, who has plantation of one
thousand bushels in full bearing. The
Doctor said that the secret of growing
currants at = profit was in feeding them
abundantly with COW manure and ashes,
and giving them absolutely clean culture
In growing currarts for the market it
was recommended that they be planted
on nearly level ground, of deep rich soil,
well broken and finally pulverizcd The
planting should be six feet apart each
way, so as to give room for horse cult
walton and plenty of air aud light. The
essayist said that it was delusion to
think that this fruit could be successfully
grown amid grass, weeds, clover or bur
docks, or when crowded along a stone
wall or rail fence; that it needed
plenty of elbow room, air and light, and
as much fcrtilizing material as one has Il
mind to give. With regard to market
ing, the Doctor urged that the fruit be
gathered free from leaves, without bruis-
ing. put in clean, covered baskets hold
ing no more than eight pounds, or one
hfth of a bushcl. He said that it would
be difficult to glut the market with clean
handsome, well grown frulta & !
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-04-18
,snrranNuE NEWS avn .,u,Ea.

Rhode Island now has an average of ono
saloon for every 22S inhabitants.
General Neal Dow, the temperance aeita-
tor, has just celebrated his eighty-sixtl,
birthday, and is still hale, happy and hearty.
Belgium has $500 schools, but 1885, 900
drinking shops. For public instruction it
spends 15,000,0O0 francs-for intoxicating
liquor, 135,0oO,0Oo.
The Sheffield (EuglaufD Cato Company has
now twenty-threc houses and during the
pasU year it has sold about 1000 00J cups Of
tea, coffee, cocoa and milk.
A Michigan weekly says of q subscriber
who died tho other day: Had he niain-
tanned different attitude toward water, wo
have no doubt that he woull have lived on
for score of years to come"
At Tonawanda, N. Y, john Roach an old
pensioncr of the British army Won a wager
by drinking a quart of whisky in two aud
half minutes and was volunteering 10 drink
al additional pint when he fell dead
IL is stated lin the Alliance that in one OF
the London institutions which still maintains
its quantity of alcohol, twenty-four per cent.
of the typhoid fever patients die; whereas in
Glasgow Fever Hospital, where milk is used,
tho mortality is only twelve psr cent.
The French Government lis taking action
ag inst the adulterated drinks 40 commonly
used by the masses. The elife-insusance com
pauies have discovered some startling facts
relating TO the shortening OF life through
these beverages, and the knowleige Is wax
ing up people OF many classes.
Insanity i'm Paris has increased thirty per
cent. within the last sixteen years. Drink
and extravaganza are the two chief causes -
numbers Of persons going mail from worry
caused by living beyond their means.
Women become insane much more frequent
ly than men, especially through drink.
Indirectly, says tho Voice, the liquor
traffic is becoming more frequent demol-
islier of ministries i'm the Old World thnn any
other one cause. Gladstone's last ministry
topple,l to it's fall over the beer-tax, aud now
1irard's ministry has broken to pieces in try
ing to lower the duty on Turkish wines.
Great is Gambrinusl
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-04-18
USE OF ALCOHOL IN HOSPITALS

very interesting report has been pre-
sented to the British Medical Temperance
Association by Drs. Morton Mor and Pearce,
on the administration of alcohol i'm hospitals
The committees have drawn up n series of
tables full OF instructive figures, instituting
comparison between the amount expended
under this head in 1853 AMI i'm 1898. The re-
niarkable fact is noted that in these twenty
hve years thnra has been, from the returns
made by lib hospitals, an increase of 800 per
cent. i'll the charge for milk and decrease
OF ~ per cent. in the charge for alcohol. A
serpud table gives returns from 90 hospitals
OF which no previous record coull be fouu l.
On tho basis adopted by DR.. Fleetwood
Buckle, in his report OH 1868, these 80 hospi-
tails showed decrease Of 30 per cent. i'm the
expenditure for alcohol per bod. A third ta-
bic shows the comparative alcoholic charges
per bed i'll 1868 and 1883 respectively In 73
hospitals there had been an increasS of 210S
beds, anda decrease OF total average cost per
bed of e1s. IS. Sd: Beds have thus increase
at the rate of 25 per cent. while
the amount expended on alcohol has de-
creased at the rate of AZ per cent Only
eight OF this group of hospitals showed an
increase in the quantity OF alcohol consumed.
In the remaining IS the decrease ranged
from 80 TO e3 per cent In the London Fever
Hospital, while milk has risen from $50
to 1850 per annum, the disbursements for
alcohol were at the rate of only 15s. ~. per
bed in 1888, as compared with G3, IS per
bed in 1863: In st. Bartholomew Hospital
the milk bill has gone up from $500 to over
1000, while the alcohol bill had gone down
from Gl4l6 to .e053. These statistics prove
that there has been gradually increasing
rational medical administration of alcohol.
the credit of which must be awarded to thu
medical stalls OF the hospitals, a fact which
affords yet another proof Of the lively inter
the medical profession British Medical
Journal
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-04-18
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Nut culture is yearly growing more
popular.
The potato that sprouts the easiest
makes the poorest seed. Premature
sprouting is due to weakness.
Paris green and helleborc will destroy
the asparagus beetle. Either should be
used with judgment and care
A pair of brood mares, properly used,
can do good seasons work on farm
and turn out pair of fine colts.
Currauts and gooseberries need one
good trimming out annually, cutting out
old wood and thinning the new.
1t is not the largest seed that is always
best, but that which is most perfect and
vigorous and has been kept the best.
Which is the better, to expcnd your
money in making good roads or to lose it
in worn-out horse flesh and wagons?
Spring is the time to prune hardy
roses. They bloom ON the new growth.
Cut out all useless and weakly old
growth.
Some kinds of seeds arc said to be bet
ter old than when new-Cucumber seeds.
for instance. But usually the older the
seeds, the less the vitality.
= If you think it cheaper to buy the
>hIxuries of the common kitchen garden
than to grow them when you can, your
family may count on a small supply.
'NsIf you have timber lot cut the dead
topped trees and crooked saddles for
fuel. Clear out worthless under5rush,
bus spare all straight and thrifty timber
! AS rule, raise your stock instead of
buying it. You can generally have bet
ter stock, and you do not run the risk of
introducing disease into your herds or
hocks.
.. .Chrysauth emums need all the light
sun and air that they can get from the
time the cuttings are rooted until they
arc ready to cut again. They want a
rich, warm soil of turfy loan.
Bloating is an evidence of indigestion
and may easily occur when cow is fed
on turnips in the winter. The feeding
should be change !, and the hay cut and
mixed with bran with some salt until the
food is properly digested. Salt is an aid
to digestion.
In transplanting deciduous trees there
must be proper balance maintained be-
tween the roots and the tops. If but few
roots are taken up with them the top
llh5on should be correspondingly reduced. Care
ssatonld be taken that the roots arc not ex-
posed ta the air any. longer than neces-
'saty during the removal
For topdressing upon lawns where
good thick turf is desired, we have found
nothing equal to skim milk. Where pigs
and chichens are abundanti iG may be
worth more for feeding than for fertil-
izer, especially when it is remembered
that neither pig nor chicken. will take
more than half the manurial value of tho
milk.
TO grow gooseberries to perfection, the
soil should be well enriched with stable
manure, about the same as for Strawberries
They like plenty of food, and the more
they get the better they thrive. We find
a clay loan, well enriched, the best of
III IL f----Ah-,- er~~-~h~--y, h,,t an.
soil wilt do when properly enriched and
cultivated -
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-04-18
MABEL'S GRANDMA.
The world is oven as We take IL
And lie, dear child, is what we make H !"

This is sense, even II It is not Shakes
pearean. Indeed, 1t is the opening stanza
OF an anonymous poem. 1t was the senti-
Mabel. And many a Mabel has found it
to be true, and she has made her life very
happy one because she has taken care Of
her health. She keeps on hand q supply of
DR.. Pierces Favorite Prescription, and so
is not troubled with those wasting diseases,
weaknesses, dragging down" sensations
and functional irregularities that so many
women endure. 1t is the only medicine for
women, sold by druggists, under positive
guarantee from the manufacturers, that
II will give satisfaction in every case, or
money will DO refunded. This guarantee
has been printed on the bottle wrappers,
and faithfully carried out for many years.
Favorite Prescription" is legitimate
medicine, not n beverage. Contains no
alcohol to inebriate; no syrup or sugar to
derange digestion. AS peculidr in its rome
dial results as in it's composition.
AS a powerful, invigorating tonic, it
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-04-18

imparts strength to the whole systert,.
and to the womb and its appendages m
particular. For overworked, 1" worn-out. =
run down." debilitated teachers, miIlins
ers, dressmakers, scarnstresses, shop girls,y
hoTsekeepers, nursing mothers, and 7eebic
women generally, DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Inscription is the greatest earthly boon;
and restorative tonic, or strengths -giver.
:, AS soothing and strengthening nervine,
. favorite Prescription" Is unequaled and
nervous excitability. irrifability, exhaus,
tion, prostration, hysteria, spasms and other
distressing, nervous symptoms, commonly
attendant upon functional and organic dis
ease. 1t induces refreshing sleep and re-
Ieves mental anxiety and dependency.
A Book Of 160 pages, on "Woman and
Her Diseases, their Nature, and How to
euro them" sent sealed, in plain envelope,
on receipt Of ten cents, in stamps
Address, WORLDS DIsPENsARY MEDICAL.
ASSOCIATION, 663 Main ST., Buffalo, N. Y.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-04-18
Legal Descent OF Property.

Where a husband and wife are lost at
sea, the law always assumes that he,
being the stronger, survived her by some
minutes or hours. On this supposition
ne inherits her property during the few
moments that he survives herr, and on
his death his relatives inherit it from
him. In seven different cases, followed
up in the French courts within the last
ten years, it was found that tie wife out
lived her husband, and the practice Of
the law had TO be reversed.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-04-18
TEMPERANCE PROGRESS IN EUROPE

Principal Bancroft, of Phillips Academy,
Andovcr, says ill ZioM'S Hcraid that temper
ancc principles are making great progress in
European countries, that there is q marked
increase i'll the number of gnests at hotels
who do not take wine and that the number
of students who do not use beer is growing
while the number who do not use tobacco is
already large. Everywhere the cafe is gain.
ing on the saloon, and in the cafe tea, coffee.
chocolate OF cream are more likely to be or.
dered than wine Oh brandy A public water
supply is also being generally introduced. SO
that travellers now very seldom have the ex.
cuse that they must drink wine, the water is
so bad
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-04-18
A Knockout.

The late Carol. .McAuliffe pugIlisfic
encounter at San Francisco, under the
auspices d the Athletic Club of that city,
was one If the fiercest prize fights on
record, aul the principals were terribly
punished. What surprised their friends,
who tOokan active part in the affair, was
the speed, recovery Of each of the men
from thef sprains and bruises. The
physical eergies aud tho rccuperative
force of sub men are surprising, but they
arc alwaytsupplicd with the st reliefs /;
some sach perhaps, as was used in the
f~ii-...iAg case : Ais.sNI II. -A----c-L-ii.-
treger. NrharrSasist, Cleveland, Ohio,
write Tr''s' &seos ,ta Etzensperger ,sp suf
asprain, &ty s the ssbow and shoulder.
The sprdn Hs~saRs wis A caused by clubbing
chestnutsAand about eight or nine years
ago, was eleved by the use of part of
u bottle OF st. Jacobs Oil, the wonderful
efficacy Of which is so we'll known.
Poets must suffer before they can write, I"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-04-18
hsoxfs xNftrKArEs.

Those who ship vegetables and fruit to
city markets are well aware h9Yc much
neat packages help, the sale of their con.
tents. AS those who have tried it de-
fclare, it is often more profitable to take
their truck and fruit to small place,
especially if it be manufacturing town,
than to New York or other large markets.
1t is often the case that farmer has
bushel or two Of peas or some other truck,
or few quarts of currants or other small
fruits, which he purposes to take to the
nearby town to dispose Of. Not being
J accustomed to market such articles regu-
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-04-18

THE British and Foreign Bible Society,
which has spent $50, 100000 in the dis
scmination of the Scriptures, recently
celebrated its eighty-sixth birthday by a
great entertainments in London for its
Juvenile agents, who are chiefly young
girls, and for whom it had made, as one
of the features of the occasion, a cake
that weighed eighty six pounds.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-04-18

HAVING imported lot of mummificd
Egyptian cats forfertilizing purposes, an
English firm is nov turning its attention
toward the vast numbers of enbalmed
crocodiles that res in certain portions of
Egypt beneath TIE soil. When the old
Egyptians carefully embalmcd and laid
away the cats ard crocodiles that they
regafssA Has lsculiarlx- -saercd animals,
they litie thought TO what strange uses
their pets would eventually come.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-04-18

In proportion to their size the smallest
insects are the strongest. A horse can
scarcely bear thirds of it's weight,
but one small species of June beetle can
lift ninety-nine times Its own weight!
Were the strength Of a man in proportion
to the beetle, he could play with weights
equal to ten times the weight of horse.
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xv,h yatTnnh ,,Ia Cnn,t be yCufed q
WIN LOCAL APPLICATIONS as they cannot
reach the seat OF the disease. Catarrh ia a
blood or constitutional disease, and in order to
cure II you have 10 take internal remedies
HalIs Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces. Halls Catarrh Cure is no Quack medi-
physicians in this country FOR years. and is
regular prescripti n. 1t Is compos d of the
best tonfcs known, combined with the best
blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous
surfaces. The peri ct com bination of the two
ingredients is what produces uch wonderful
ais free. 0
F: J. CHENEY & Co, Props, Toledo, O.
Sold by drug lists, price 75c.
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Fifteen contestants clad for tho rror.

tifteen contestants clad for the fray,
Armed with good steel and III tpttle array
striving TO, lucre, as bravo knights OF old
StIc SStIoIc Tor their honcrs and medals Of gold.
Driving each shining pen over the raper
Seeking 10 sound, as the mcst roper carer
Inc praises OF remedies known tho world
over
From Paris 10 Calais, from Calais TO Dover.
but each Knight vainly strivcc--languaee fails
in description
tion."
When III or depressed with that dragging.
fcriug from headache. weak or lame lack and
the many ills common TO the weaker SEX take
Dr tlcrces Prescription. which is guaranteed
TO give satisfaction or price (sD returned See
printed guarantee on bottle-wraprcr.
Dr. Picrce's Pcllets-ecntly laxative or nc
lively cathartic according 10 dose. rs cents.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-04-18
TEMPERANCE WORK IN LrMRrn c.urs

-, The lumber camps of Wisconsin have been
IN inc scene o! a remarkable work this season.
The state w. c. #. u. has kept an itinerant
missionary constantly in the field and the
camps have been supplied with the best of
literatare. by the various unions through.
out the State. Croakers are informed that
men do read with eagerness all that they re-
celve aud are grateful for the interest shown
III their welfare.-W. q. #. u. bulletin.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-04-18

A vIvlCIoUs woman lecturer has been
telling New York audience how to
spend money. 1t is surprising revela-
ton thst anybody in the city needs tho
slightes information on the subject.