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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-11-04
Queerest Of Queer Restaurants.

The very queerest of the queer restau-
rants in New York City went to pieces
not long ago, and probably no one was
sorry except the owner. He was short,
squat Frenchman from the thieves
quarter of Paris, aud he started up in
the heart of Park street, q place which
he called the "Luck of the Fork" In
honor of famous crooks resort In the
French capital.
The plan OF this restaurant was q very
simple one. There is great fire place
in the old house, and in this the French.
man hung huge iron pot. Into this
pot the Frenchman would pour num-
Der of pals Of water, then he would
mako fire under it. When the water
began to boil the cook would dump into
it bushel Of potatoes and other odds
and ends of vegetables picked up in Null
berry aud Bayard streets along with
scraps of bones and shreds Of meat.
When all this was boiled up and bit
of -four added you had Gargautuan
stew that could be smelled full block
away. The smell was not nice, but for
that matter neither were the patrons OF
tho "Luck of the Fork"
There was no bill of fare in the "Luck
of the Fork, i" nor were there any walters.
1t followed the plan of the Paris place
in this. The host secured some long
handled forks with two tines each, and
these were the only utensils used by the
customers.
When you won't into -tf,o-.-Luok or
the Fork" you paid the proprietor's two
cents, and he gave you one OF the forks.
You advanced upon the iron pot and
plunged the Jork into it and brought II
up again much as you spear for eel,
through the ice on the Shrewsbury River.
If your fork brought you up potatoes OF
meat or both you were in luck. If il
brought nothing so much the worse for
you.
There was etiquette in the "Luck OF
the Fork" No gentleman or lady was
allowed to spear the pot more than once
without paying an extra fee, and no one
was allowed to fish about for large pieces
in the stew. You had to give straight
jab into the pot with your fork and then
break away. OF course you could re.
turn by putting up another fee.
For a time the "Luck Of the Fork"
prospered. There was a novelty about
it that attracted the sports of the Fourth
Ward, but this finally wore off. In the
first place the proprietor was charged
with putting nothing in his stew but big
bones from which the fork glanced and
brought up nothing save the necessity
for paying another two cents for another
chance.-New York News.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-11-04
August
Flower =

'What is August FIowef. for Z"
-As easily answered as asked. It is
for Dyspepsia. 1t is special REM
edy for the Stomach and Liver
Nothing more than this. We believe
August Flower cures Dyspepsia.
We know it will. We have reasons
for knowing it. To-day it has an
honored place in every town and
country store, possesses one Of the
largest manufacturing plants in the
country, and sells everywhere. The
reason is simple. 1t does one thing,
and does it right. II cures dyspepsiaO
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-11-04

HARVESTING AND STORING POTATOES.

HARVESTING AND STORING POTATOES.
That potatoes require even more care
than grain in harvesting, is verified by
long experience. Unless the soil is very
heavy and wet, digging should never be
done early in the fall. Potatoes should
remain in the ground until the vines
have become dead, and, if the weather
is warm and dry, they should remain
still longer. Of course there are excep-
tions as when blight withers the vines
aud extends down to rot the tubers.
Theu the crop should be harvested and
stored in dry, cool place as quickly as
possible.
Provided normal conditions exist, and
there is no disease in the crop, potatoes
for winter storing should remain undug
until late fall, even until the last Of Oc-
;tober. II possible, harvest when the
ground is dry, and do not let the tubers
be exposed to the wind and sun any
longer than to evaporate the moisture
clinging to them. Whether dug with
a hoe, hook, or horse potato digger,
avoid harshness in removing the pota.
toes from the ground. One reason why
potatoes should be left in the ground
until fully ripe is to tougher their ten
der skins to cbvjatc easy abrasion, but,
of course. the principal reason thereto,
is that the tubers may become thorough,
mature, so as to be healthful, nutri
tious food.
The potato tubers should not be al
lowed to burn in the sln, or their lin,
hn Tho
should be handled as little as possible
to prevent abrasions that do irrcparable
injury. 1t is always the best plan to DE-
the asserting in the field when the tu-
bers are gathered. Place the merchan
table potatoes carefully in crates, or
baskets, never throw them roughly in,
and do not take them from these recep-
tacles until they are put in the bins in
the cellar. The mode, practiced by
wagon box in the field, from which they
are shoveled into chute, whence they
side into the cellar, is ruinous to thei
keeping qualities, aud should never b
practiced.
The cellar, or store room, should b'
dry, we'll ventilated, and cool. Do no
mass the potatoes together in big bins
they will "sweat" the same as hay Of
grain when in bulk, and will heat an,
rot if there is no ready escape for tn
moisture. To store potatoes in pits tc
remain until spring, select dry elevated
spot, and, whether buried below th'
surface, or covered above the ground
always leave free space over the pota
toes for the evaporation of moisture
Potatoes thus kept will not sprout dur.
ing the winter. American Agricuturist
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-11-04
PACKING BUTTER FOR WINTER.

Butter to keep we'll must be well
made, that is the buttermilk well worked
out and afuft> ounce of pure salt worked
int each pound OF butter. II packed
in tubs see that they are clean, first
scalded with hot wafer and then washed
with cold. Pack the butter as made and
keep each layer covered with cloth and
salt until the next one is added. Fill
the tub within one inch of the top, then
sprinkle on little salt, cover with a
cloth, and tuck in the edges all around
next to the tub. then cover with half
inch of salt, put on the cover and set
away in cool, dry cellar. No vege-
tables or fruits should be stored in a
cellar where butter is to be kept, because
they are very likely to exhale odors that
will be absorbed by the butter, even If
the butter is kept in close vessel
New York Sun.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-11-04
WHEN BUYING FERTILIZERS.

Farmers should bear in mind that the
Commercial valuation" is not the only
thing to be taken into consideration in
buying fertilizer, says the Rhode ISL
and Station. To illustrate: Suppose
that the crop aud soil demand largely
phosphoric acid and potash and little
nitrogen, then fertilizer with high
percentage of nitrogen, but low in the
other elements, would be of little value
to the farmer, however high its CON-
mercial value might be. The question
is not how many pounds of fertilizer for
the money, but how much potash, phos.
phoric acid and nitrogen aud their form.
This question involves in great meas
uro the profits and losses In New Eng
land farming.-New York World.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-11-04
CARE OF WORK HORSES AT NOON.

When work horses are brought in at
uooutime, the harness should be re.
moved the sweat wiped off and the
brush aud curry comb freely used. The
shoulders should be washed if they are
vweaty or sore. Before starting work
the sore shoulders may be softened with
castor oil. Do not water the horses
while warm, nor feed them grain. Both
ut noon and at night the horses should
be watered previous to feeding grain.
The stomach will then be in better con-
dition for the assimilation OF solid food.
If obliged to give short hour at noon
give larger ration Of grain, or what is
still better cut the hay into half inch
lengths aud add the usual quantity of
ground feed, sprinkled with water, and
thoroughly mix. This can be eaten rap
idly, and will digest more readily than
when fed separately in the dry, dusty
state. e.-American Agriculturist.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-11-04
A Turtles Sense of Humor.

; To suppose that turtle, as you W atc'
it crawling over the mud, had any sens
of humor in its horny head seems ab
surd; yet paturalists have recorded thei
being seen at play, and certainly the
can readily be tanned to a remarkable de
gree. Their intelligence, however
shows out prominently only in the de
gree of cunning exhibited when the.
are in search of food. The huge snappe
"lies in watt" and certainly this is
most suggestive and comprehenslv
phrase. l believe, too, that this fierc
turtle buries surplus food and so give
further evidence Of intellectual activity
Courier. Journal.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-11-04
Days Five OF Six Hours Long.

As the evidence of tho earth's crust
proves that our globe has lasted for in.
;calculable ages, it becomes of interest
to think how far the gradual elongstion
of the day may have attained significant
proportions since very early times. 1t
may be tina. in thousand years the ef-
feet of the tides is not sufficient to alter
the length of the day by so much as a
single second. But the effect may be
very appreciable or even largo In a
million years, or ten million years, or a
hundred million years. We have the
best reasons for knowing that in inter.
walls of time comparable with those have
mentioned the change in the length of
the day may have amounted, not merely
to seconds or minutes, but even to hours.
Looking into the remote past, there wa,
a time at which this globe spun around
IN twenty.three hours, instead Of twenty.
four; at still earlier period the rate
must have been twenty hours, and the
further we look back the more aud more
rapidly does the earth appear to be spin
ming. At last, as we strain our gaze Il
some epoch so excessively remote that il
appears to have been anterior to those
changes which geology recognizes, W.
see that our globe was spinning round in
q period of six hours, or five hours, or
possibly even less. Here then is lesson
which the tides have taught US; they
have shown that if the causes at present
in operation have subsisted without in
terruption for sufficiently long period
in the past the day must have gradual,
grown to its present length from ar
initial condition in which the eartl
seems to have spun around four times a
quickly as it does at present. Good
Words.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-11-04
THE Farm AND GARDEN.
TO GET RID OF MoLEs.

It is advised in the American Florist
TO get rid of moles as follows: Kuock
off the rosin from ball Of potash, pull
verize the potash, make openings in the
runs, drop in tablespooful Of the pot
ash aud cover the opening with fat
stone. tried it aud the moles disap-
peared in a few days. Ball potash is
very caustic and must be handled with
caution to avoid injury to the one using
Il. &
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-11-04
Famous SapphirPS.

O1e famous sapphire was found in
Bengal by poor man who sold wooden
spoons, says the Jewellers Review. It
was taken to Europe and was bought by
the house OF Raspoll, at Rome. Later it
became the property of German prince.
who sold it to Perret, q Partisan jeweler,
for $3l $50. Il was absolutely without
blemish, and weighed 176 carats.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-11-04
rDHELf SUBJECTIVE.

Mr.. Huckleberry-No one admircs me.
Miss Wallflower-No one admires me,
either.
MIR. Hucklebery-We had better Or
ganize mutual admiration society. I
admire your eyes. What do you admire
about me?
Miss Walflower-Your good taste. -
Puck.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-11-04
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Late matches of turkeys seldom prove
profitable.
A pond is not necessary iu raising
Pokin ducks.
Sheep cannot thrive on filthy food Or
filthy quarters.
1t is always an item to keep sheep as
clean as possible.
The Chinese sacred lily blooms as we'll
in pebbles aud water as in soil.
Orange trees may be planted success
fully almost any month in the year.
Change the flock to fresh pastures
occasionally; they will thrive better.
Select now next years hens and fatten
off the surplus unless they are fit to sell
as breeders.
The Newtown pippiu is popular, not
only for home consumption but for the
foreign trade.
With sheep, as with other stock, tho
best feeding is good variety regularly
and literally given.
The earlier the sheep are meturcl the
less chance they will have to cat their
heads off while growing.
Roman hyacinths are extensively use
for forcing, which may be done at
temperature of sixty degrees.
When the lambs are wcanel be sure
that they have access to good supply Of
water. This is essential to thrift.
While few sheep can be kept on al.
most every farm, they should not be
| yarded with the cattle and horses.
Jonquils are suitable alike for pot
culture or for planting out. The culture
required is the same as for hvacinths.
Keep in good condition now; {
sheep in vigorous, thrifty condition i'll
/ the fall may be considered half win
! tered.
Galvanized iron vessels arc good to
hold water for chickens. Tney must bO
cleaned every morning and filled with
| fresh water.
A common. sized egg is a very in
definite thing, but those may be called
common sized Of which it takes ten t
make q pound.
The new Princess strawberry, which
originated in Minnesota, was namei by
the Horticultural Society Of that State
| it at the same time took irst prize ovei
| fifteen new seedlings.
Put in crop OF turnips for you
geese and ducks. Store them away fol
winter, and during the cold season cook
them and thicken with bran and shorts,
and you will have cheap and nutrition,
mess for them. ~
An experienced peach grower says:
"Don't force a too rapid growth wnile
young, as it tends to produce tree sub.
ject to early decay. Apply no futiizer
upon the peach orchard in good sell
until the pelring period.
On clay soils poultry yards may bt
greatly improved by placing tile draiu
two feet below the surface of the yard
and then adding foot of sand. Treated
in this way, the rains carry down muc.
of the filth to the drains and save labor
At the New Hampshire cxoerimen
station they found that from their bes
COW milk cost about one aud one.hal
cents quart, and from their poores
COW more than four and one half cents
There is chance for a profit in on
case.
A good average corn crop mas produce
from ono and onethird to two aud one
fourth times as much food per acre as
good hay crop, or enough to support
COW in full flow of milk from one hun
dred and sixty eight days to two hua
dred aud eighty seven days.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-11-04
IN OIden Times

People overlooked the importance Of per-
manently beneficial effects and were satisfied
with Transient action, but now that IL Is gen.
orally know that Syrup Of Figs will per ma
nently euro habitual constipation, we'll in
formed people will not buy other laxatives,
which act for time. but finally injure tn Q
system.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-11-04

A couple Of wild pigeons were re.
Gently shot in Sault aux Recollets bush,
Canada. A sportsman says it is over
twenty five years since specimens OF these
birds were seen there.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-11-04
THIS is sAwFUL.

"Myw shrieked the saw. "This sets
al my teeth on edge"
"lt might mine" answered the file,
"werc not hardfned to it, Indianap
oils journal.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-11-04
The Only One Ever Printed.

These is q 8 inch display advert isement in
this paper, this week, which has no two words
alixe except one word. The same is true OF
each new one appearing each week. from The
Dr. Harter Medicine Co. This house places q
Crescent" on everything they make and pub
lish. Look for IL, send them the name Of the
word and they will return you BOOK, BsAUrI-
RUL LlTHOORAPHs or aANPLEa RREE.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-11-04

Pythons are abundan. in the Philip
oines, the species being identical With
that found in Borneb.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-11-04

The regular army OF Brazil consists of
only $4,000 soldiers, but the Govern
ment can raise military force OF lOO,-
600 men by conscription.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-11-04

An English syndicate has paid s4Oo,-
900 for chororinal mining property In
The South Dakota hills.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-11-04

MALARIA cured and erailicated fr I'M the
system by Browns Iro, Bitter, which NJ
richc- he blood, tones the nerves. ,ids diges-
tI0n. Acts like IA charm on persons in general
I'll health, giving new energy and strength.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-11-04

"Is it not very exciting to see the
anchor weighed aboard shipf" "Not
half so exciting as it would be to see
ona wade ashore. ."-King'S Jester.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-11-04

About the hardest crop to raise on a
arm nowadays, is the boys in the fam
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-11-04

DoN'r fool with indigestion nor with q
dls9Edersd DIS liver but 5sks ssefGams cha Pills
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-11-04

A Brooklyn IN. W inventor proposes
20 tap the earth's interior for heat aud
thus save fuel.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-11-04

II afiioted With scre eyes use Dr.Isaao Thornp-
sons Eye-watsr.QruSEists seu st a6oper bottle
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-11-04

Qys OLD RsIlAsLs syE;ZAr.s cures weak or
Unnamed ayes. or grA1ulated Mdh without pain
Hcents John r, pIcKkf Drug Co. Bristol Va
A valuable bed or t>rra Gotta clay has
been discovered on the farm OF ]. CHAT.
way. lust outside Of Petoskey, Mich.
w: H.. GTiphn, Jackson, Michigan. writes:
tn Gstfrrn !os dddtse9 Re hyesrs Halls 1s
In Petonville Eugland Prison, out Of
1000 convicts at one time confined there,
7S1 had been SUNDAY school scholars.
BRowg's Iron Bittcrs cures. Dyspepsia, Ma
laria, Biliousnees and General Debility. Gives.
Strength, aids Digestion. tones the nerves
Mothers, weak women and children.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-11-04

sian PAINTING. sn% msg e Chart s,e sT ss ,.ssn
rieecs Reenired. Samples, Particulars, etc, i0c
LITTLEFIELD g. Co, ADAM, n, Y.
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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-11-04

lnasmuch as the process Is carried on
increasingly, the mold from below being
continually brought to the surface, 1t is
matter of ready calculation how long
it will take for the entire layer Of super
fetal soil to be passed through the
worms body. It is estimated that on an
average acre of arabic land more than
ten tons of earth are annually swallowed
by worms and brought to che surface.
The importance Of the work accom-
plished by them in this fashion cannot
be overestimated. They periodically
exposed the mold to the air, Iningling
it like gardner who prepares fine soil
for his choicest plants, aud sitting 1t so
rnat no stones bigger than the par ticles
they can swt How are left In it.
Earth worms drag an infinite number
OF dead leaves and other parts OF plants
into their burrows. The bones Of dead
animals aud other more or less decayed
refuse are buried beneath their castings
and thus brought within reach of the
roots of plants. Two worms, placed in
a vessel eighteen inches in diameter,
which was filled with sand, with fallen
leaves strewn on top, have been observed
to convert layer of the sand four. .tsnths
of an inch thick into vegetable mold
within three weeks. Thus do these
humble creatures prepare the land for
the farmer and make it fruitful. The
smoothness of wide, turf.covered
meadow is due to leveling performed by
worms.
1t has been calculated that 53,777
earth worms, weighing 365 pounds, or
dirarily exist in one acre of garden
patch, about half as many living Ia an
acre Of corn feld.--W Washington Star.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1892-04-07

The porter bad just come 10 IRON al
a-sisDment ia murder case. IL was .
rainy day. and be bad TO cross piowei
Geld 90 foot, zee. observed the city
editor. looking with some displessnfe =,
10. large aud muddy boots. you bsvs
brought the scene Of the murder ~ith you.
Yes. answered tie rrpoitr, spoiosstieslly,
I've got TO have come ground Tor ny sto
~. you know.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1892-04-07


II is not a hundred years since DR.. Kit
cbener, In his quaiat old book, A Cooks
Orscle. psve among culinary cnriosities,
with roasted horse and lizards In bot broth
fried fyoeges. Yet q dish Of frogs' legs Ia
10 day dainty dish that almost any one
will arprec,ste II has been estimated
that oy,r 40 100 frogs legs are used 10
Nav Yotk 10 . single season. When il ID
rene befed that they seldom sell for less
thtn ffv cents a pound. 1t will be seen
tbst tntv are no inconsidersble feature oi
our n arAeis Thy will be In the market
10 the sptiog 'irs. being in prime copdi
zion in tbe latter part o April and 10 May
The oply part Of the animal used IL the
bind legs. The fneet quality OF frogs
legs cone from Canada. They are brought
70 msrhe, skinued NOD ready for use. All
hat is necessary is to twist of their claws.
Sprinkle them with salt and pepper TO
broil them; dip them 10 sweet oil, squeeze
over tueu ItW ufhPS VI icuou JuiSo suu
lay them on broiler Broil them very
cs piully. about Eve minuets on each side
NJ Il they are . very delicate brown. They
.boulJ b. served with msi,rs d'hotel
butter.
A more familiar way Of cooking frogs 10
TO fly them. Wipe them Of. season with
sell, and pepper. squetzss lev drops OF
emon joic@ over them II your wisb; dip
b N 10 bcaien epe aud then 10 the finest
-inrd bread crumbs Lay them 10 . fry.
nv bs kr, - that they do Dot touch and
'snge hem into kettle NJ boiling fat
: bsu Ibey have fried for five minutes iift
h'm up, lay them Oh hot platter, and
"ry. thea siih . little decoration Of
sfeeo. Tartre ssuce lie very good with
them. No one who eats frogs legs cooked
~ either of these wsys will be tempted 10
irv the most elsbofale iricsssee Of frogs