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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-08-12
HOW TO DEHoRN.

Horns on my cattle are a thing Of rne
past. writes Waldo F. Brown. Every
calf raise nGT, Is treated when week
or 50 u.a, and the -. Li,,oa. I
get stick Of eaustic potash at the drug
store; throw the calf on its side, so as
to hold it easily, and wet tho hair on a
spot the size of half dollar over the
embryo horn, aud then rub on the potash
thoroughly. When / began using the
potash did not rub it on long enough,
and got one or two one horned ami
mails. now rub till the hair comes off,
and the blood begins to start through
the skin, aud it represses the horns ef.
fectually. ! would not use any LIQUID
preparation OF potash, as there is dan
ger of its running dowu where it is net
wanted, or icing spilled by sudden
movement of the calf; never tried the
liquid but once. AID came near putting
out an eye. Be careful not to get the
stick potash on your fingers; wrap sew.
e'al thicknesses Of paper or cloth around
it
The dehorning of grown cattle is a
simple process; takes but few seconds
il the COW il properly fastered, and
fa-aot tntnk it - very painful, for the
csttle begin TO eat as soon as the horns
are of, and COWS do not shrink in their
milk at all. I dehorned the first week,
In June Holstein that was boss of the
herd, and from being kept IN small lot,
had become entirely TOO handy with her
horns, opening gates and doors Since
her horns were taken off she has become
most proper and respectable COW; the
smallest heifer In the herd makes her
walk away from her feed, or drives her
where shc pleases. The saw is much
better, think, than nIrpers; the latter
Is likely to crush the bone and prevent
healing so quickly. The only applica.
ton we made after saving was to fill the
cavities with wheat -four, and although
it was hot weather and fly time, the
wounds healed over in a few days
New York Tribune.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-08-12
A High Mountain RAILWAY

Ihe most recently cornpls,ad high
mountain railway in Switzerland is that
up the Rothhorn, 1880 feet high, from
lake and town Of Brienz, not far from
lnterIaken. The road was completed so
that IL locomotive reached the summit
October 81, and will be opened the com
ing season. The Rothhorn will CON.
mand magnificent view Of the Jungfrau
an" ~" "th"t mountains south and south
rdSt "i inl"r'iN"n. rhe material through
whicn IN" c'ev" tunnels OF this line are
e1cavated consi> Of debris which had
siippei dow the mountain, and which
seemed disposed to 90 on sliding when
disturbed. Subterranean springs also
made the work difficult, and in places
new beds had to he made for mountain
''r"*ms. Scientific American.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-08-12
Drawn By the webfooted Cows.

The webfooted cows who inhsbit the
! marshes along the st. Johns River In
Florida-Ikn that they are webfooted,
| for Captain Lund says 50, and Captain
Lund never lies--are Of some use after
all, II seems, and this II the how and the
wherefore Of IL.
In the merry month OF April the water
in the st. Johns gets very low, and the
two big steamboats,, Frederick De Barry
aud City OF Jacksonville, which 90 up
and down it during the winter season,
are sometimes hard put to it to get over
the numerous bars. II it were not for
tho webfooters, Captain Lund ssys-and
Captain Lund never lies-they would
never get up to Sandford and Comfort
Cottage, and would have TO come North
a month or more before they could be Of
service.
The worst bar OF all Is Volusia Bar,
and here four times day, at the hours
when the steamboats, are due, a number
Of Floridians put in an appearance with
from four to eight yoke OF the gay and
festive kind, almost too thin TO cast
shadow, hitched up for business.
Then follows a scene such as few steam
boat men have ever witnessed. The COWS
are hitched to the boat by three stout
chains, the drivers raise shout, and
with all steam on and mighty tug of.
war, the stout iron steamboat is dragged
through the mud and sand and landed in
deep water again.
Captain Lund says he has set of iron
tires which he puts on the paddle wheels
the first Of May, which enable him to
take short cuts across the country, thus
shortening the distance by about one
half, and as Captain Lund was never
no, never-known to draw the long
bow or to tell a story which was not
strictly according to Hoyle, down go the
tires across country and all.
And yet there are people who persist
in going to Europe strange sights for to
see. 1t is one of the wonders which no
man, aud not very many hundreds of
women, can fathom.-.New York Herald.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-08-12
August
Flower

had been troubled five months
with Dyspepsia. / had a fullness
after eating, and heavy load in the
PIT of my stomach. Sometimes a
deathly sickness would overtake
me. was working for Thomas
McHenry, uggist, Allegheny City,
Pa, in whose employ had been for
seven years. fused August Flower
for two weeks. was relieved of all
trouble. I can now eat things I
dared not touch before. I have
gained twenty pounds since my re-
covery. ]. D. Cox, Allegheny, Pa. O
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-08-12

leveled. Five or six seeds are enough
for each hill, which will require between
one and two pounds per 'acre. When
the plants arC we'll started and all danger
from insects is past, they should be
thinued out TO three or four plants TO the
nil.
An experienced cucumber grower
recommends that when the seed is sown
broadcast dressing Of three or four
hundred pounds Of Peruvian gusuo Per
acre should be applied, a. that fertilissf
seems to have an especially good effect
on the crop. By tho addition OF four
hundred pounds Of guano, costing e1B,
to the previous preparation, over three
hundred thousand cucumbers to the scre
were obtained, which 10 double the
aversge yield. As the crop was sold for
d. 80 per thousand. the expenditure of
BIS added nearly 5000 to the price re-
ceived per acre.
The cultivation required Is to keep the
soil loose by frequent stirring until the
vines cover the ground. The main vines
should be pinched at the ends to keep
them within bounds and encourage the
growth Of lateral branches, which a-e
the most prolific OF fruit, as they bear
chiefly pistillate blossoms, while those of
the main branches are mostly stamenate
or barren flowers. The fruit should be
gathered every morning as soon as It ma,
reached the proper size, from two to
three inches in length.
The principal enemies OF the cucumber
are lice, which prey upon the leaves, and
the striped beetle and it's larv8. The
former may be dealt with by picking off
the first infested leaves, by which the
rapid spreai of the pest may be pre-
vented. The striped beetle should be
treated with dusting OF finely ground
gypsum; its larve, sm,ll, slender,
white worm, which gnaws into the roots,
may be successfully combatted by pour
ing about the roots Of the plant mix
ture of one gill OF kerosene oil with
solution Of one pound of common yellow
soap in one gallon of hot water, the
whole being shaken into an emulsion.
This has been found an effectual remedy
New York Mail and Express.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-08-12
The paiti of Parrots.

PATTI has SEVERN pet birds at CraiU.y.
Nos. which she brought from New YORK.
One is n parrot that accompanies her
songs, not merely initiating the trllls and
roulades Of his mistress, but putting in
some original touches of his own.
Another of the parrots for long time
Kept mute, until finally one day doc
tor appeared on the scene to attend 10 q
sore throat OF his mistress, when he ex.
claimed: "Oh, doctor, I'm so sick. ~
New York Tribune.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-08-12
NellnW nnet Gtnrm

Prof. Milne, Of Toxic, records dense
storm OF yellow dus, which sulj"qly
covered the decks ot a vessel ninety i've
miles from Naga-aki, Japan. which is
upwards o. 400 miles from the coast Of
China. This dust was so fine that, thou IN
composed OF ieIspar, quartz, and a 'cw
shreds OF plants, 1t did not AFT ,ct the
eyes, and had not the decks been COW
cred with it, it might have been mis-.
taken for peculiarly yellow fpy. Yet
1t seems 10 have extended for nearly
~V'" miles, and to have come from the
"loess' plains Of China.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-08-12
Freaks OF Human Vision.

q !" 1ot suppose .his world looks
alike - az W. Ia..oGs. said Thona,
NcHer-y \, ,Lc S.u,ael7. "A dozen Of
- ~. 20sing a, Tie no. -hc o,ae.
nIEn'. J. -" u soy~,.eI .ne s.za u :.
-" 'sC: : -Ca. - .-o,ler much .arse-
:..a -,c, EEer. I q. j. appeared
1e..-yg.ci@i clob= al - s21.t.- :
-, '.!-l.a' p!%ce % ,rs. -o.ic ii
.1ia c.Ts-.l.T Q! aGnaa Y-sioa- -c-oce.- in
G-ss~s--y%roxas. Tsaw man named
r<Oell shoot fellow gambler named
'Quinlan 10 death. He fired four shots
from larg" revolver. At the trial one
man testified that Quinlan had knife IN
his hand at the time of the sho ,tinr.
>nother thought il WAS n cane, while a
third oppressed the opinion that it was
hiillHii cue. | was Standing facing
him when he was shot, and would make
"ath that his hand; were open ami con.
unci nothing. Those who testified
'"r" disintcreStod spectators, and told
! the stand what they honestly though
H'y saw. The shooting began in sa.
IN. Qunlan ran out, followed by
Dell, who kept shooting. Some
'h"ught one shot was fired in the saloon,
o'h"rs thought three, yet al! were look.
ing Nght At tine tw" men. You often
hear people say that what they see they
En""' but they don't. They have no
',,r:anc' that tho saw right. 4 man
no imphrl,iy believes mis- eyes is liable
fall int" gri"vous error. st. Louis
'.'.' & Democrat.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-08-12
oRowINe crcuMsERs FOR PICKLES

We do not suppose it would be pro-
htable for the great majority of farmers
TO undertake to grow cucumbers for
pickles. Immense quantities OF these
pickles AT" annually consumod, it is true;
but 1t doesn require very large area
to grow an immense lot OF cucumbers.
Yet for farmers in a locality favorable for
the purpose ii might be worth while to
make the trial, for the crop is d profi!a.
bic one when properly managed, yield.
ing sometimes as high as $75 per acre
above all expenses.
The conditions most favorable to sue.
cess IN pickle gro wing are nearness to a
large city, or facility for dsposinp Of
the product in fresh state to A factory
IN which vegetables are picked either in
salt or vinegar; or, in default OF those.
the necessary anpliancea -! ,IcAliny on
the iarm' Tor So plying the home or dis.
tant mark =. A cucumber grower
should 5e ~ good apple country, where
aounda-. ~ cider couio ro obto;no,, a,
small ost'0r conversion into vlnepar.
The cultivation of cucumbers for
pickles is very simple. A warm, rich,
sandy loan is the best soil. 1t should be
well manured and plowed deeply, in or
der to hasten the growth 50 as to secure
the requisite tenderness and succuence.
AMI allow the roots to penetrate the soil
TO considerable depth. The variety
pest Y'n"d for picking is the Green
fr% he tme Tor sowing tho seed
the middle Of July.
"e ground should he
ct each way, deep
so IA To leave room
If rich compost at
should be worked
.oe and the. ground
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was temptation, snd-I'm awful sor.
ry," said Mrs. Par6tt, plesdingly.
where's my pocket-bookf" said
George. "You shall have that jacket
meant you to all the time. Pm over.
joycd and rejuyenated and cured,
und I'm going down 70 the Office. -
Saturday Night.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-08-12
xuMsxR OF rAkrroLEs IN SOILS.

The size Of the particles Of a soil
largely determines its vater-holding
capacity, and thereby its ftpess for GER
tain crops. NJ. Whitney, Of the Mary
land station (R. '9D, is Investigating
farm soils in the well-eluipped labora-
tories Of Johns Hopkins University, uu-
der the supervision Of the station, and
aided by the United States Department
Of Agriculture. The accuracy and
thoroughness Of the investigation is a
credit to American science. Among
other results, it was found that no crop
can be successfully grown, unless highly
manured or irrigated, on a soilhaving so
few as 1,7o0, 900, 900 particles in a
teaspoonful weighing gram. Good
market truck Is grown on soil having
6,s6s, ,0Oo, 900 PARTICLES in gram, To-
bacco soil contains S,258, ,0OO, 900 par
ticles, wheat soil has 10, 35s, 900, 900
particles, and limestone grass land con-
tains "a 1853, 600, 900 PARTICLES in ono
gram.-American Agriculturist.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-08-12
Two TrnIna UoiIida-

ST. Louis. Mo. The limite, eos,
pound passenger train on the Big -Four
which left here Mt OPP. m. collided with
freight train at Edwardsvile Junction
MS and the engineers and fireman wer,
killed "''e
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-08-12

nAHxrne SHEEP,

Marking sheep may be readily and
permanently done for year. while the
fleece grows, by taking q pinch OF
Hs,es...s - rnof a-sS:- p",,.Ds
through the wool. The Prussian blue
and common iampblack may be used to
designate dinerent grades or classes.
The use Of oil or turpentine is to be
avoided, asSit- cs3pot be removed from
the wool and 2sss waste, American
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-08-12
THE soNo or PEACE.

A song IS astir in the air,
And would drink II in
With tho scent OF the roses rich and rare,
But still the battles din
Rings In my ears and deafens me;
I cannot hear the strain.
The noise OF the world, its misery,
Throbs like a bitter pain.
But now and then, as in despair
seek to rend tee,iS Was an orderly one
Ses oursSfred eI, thers was no ''howl
3ieh III Is claimed that the men VIII,
made Fbs most nofsea hail from adjoioinl
counties. let Us hope tbnt this is-- -il-zWV
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-08-12

When you eat too much,
When you drink too much.
When you smoke too much.
When you work too much,
hradycrotine. no Headache
FHty cents. at drug stores.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-08-12

MALARIA cured and eradioated from tho
system BY Browns Iron Bitters, which en-
riches tho blood tones tho nerves, aids diges-
ton. Acts like n charm on persons In general
Ill health, giving new energy and strength.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-08-12

Browns Iron Bitters cures Dyspepsia, ,Mala-
ria, Btliousnees and General Debility. Gives
Strength, aids Digestton, tones the nerves
Mothers, weak women and Children.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-08-12
PRAnI wolves are creating havoc among
stock near Elkhorn. Via

,,F;J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo, o., Proprs. ~
Halls Catarrh Cure, offer 500 reward for any
case 1f catarrh that cannot he cured by TAX
ing halfs Catarrh Cure. Send for testimoni-
ais, free. Sold by Druggists, 7bc.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-08-12
..J,r, .o,rv HUGH Dudley decIared.

"I'm sorry, Hugh Dudley declared.
He fingered, looking touchingly un-
happy, only Mr.. Psrftt was not touched.
He looked a. though he was waiting TO
,hut the door, and the visitor retreated
Town the steps and into his cart. .
Ellen had the ginger tea ready. ~
Was not strong enough, ana 100 sweet
And when Ellen, having hssn sc1as-
what gruffly informed OF it, lad made
tome afresh, Mr. Parftt drank IL, and
/ uo1. IfilinisiiiG Ifili iiiG n ". and his chsis and his
of the judges, What has bsen pie
lion in rssSEa lNSVE - GeSrss %
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-08-12

CnNANEN have been imported into Bel
GUM to replace striking iron workers.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-08-12

NHw CalHAHs, La, 10 to have . new
ssurthouss and jail to COST t350. 900.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-08-12

The human system needs continuous and
careful attention to rid itself Of its Impurities
Beecham's Pills act like magic
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-08-12
Tie OnIY One Evof Rrfnfed.
CAN You YfNp IHE MoRp1

These Il q 8 inch display advertisement in
alike except one word. The same II true OF
Zach new one appearing each week. from Ths
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, BEAUrL
FUL LirHooRAPHs or sAMPLEs FRER
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-08-12

MAcHNKnx makers ars daily gaining Fl
astfYftY.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-08-12

OVEN 800 journeymen have graduated
during tho last ten years from ehe Now York
City Trade School which at present has
about 800 pupils.
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:.

Though the warriors Iaursls fall to gain,
Or riches OF tho mart.
For that sweet so,g will give mo rest,
And Danish all distress.
The flowers Of God and the gold Of the west
Will be my happiness.
-Flavel Scott Mines, in Harpsr's Bazaar.
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HIS DAY AT HON E.
BY EMMA a DPPER.

-, 7 cant say 7 enjoy
Georges sick days Mt
home" said Mrs. Par
fit. "IIe's sure 10
be poking into things
and making himself
generally disagree.
able. Dear boy! he
isn't that way aoy
other time. I'll war
rant you, Conny'-
Mrs. Parfitt shot a
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-08-12
Pur. ana wh.i..en. Quality

Commends to pubic approval tho Cslifornia
LIQUID laxative remedy. Syrup Of Fiss- II is
plessant to the taste and by acting gently on
the kidney. liver and bowels to cleanse the
syste n ef,ectually. IL promotes tina health .-A
comfort Of all who use IL. and with millions II
Il the best and only remedy.
Iowa has forwarded 70 the Iastssn -
board "a 000 tons Of corn and 6eoT fes ~
relief Of starving Rnesisne
1ha Tlnix Ona Hxa. Rra.ssA
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" Ff"'s'NC 'I''"t.''s-
and max" yCur Fowls cam dollars Tor Won. Tho
pOin, Is ~ AZ must hC ahl" tC detect trouble ia
the EOuliIN Nnrd soon ~ " appears. and know
how to rDmr''v II. This took VIII teach YOU.
,ciIa how 10 detect and III case to feed for
ard also for faitcninu which fowls to save fog
breeding purJ oscs. and everything indeed, YOU
shuu Il know on this sUhieCI T." MAX" n profitable.
Sent Un, tr1ii for twCutv ave cents I'm lC. or &c.
gtamIs.
Book Publishing House,
II:J IIN.. NEp ST. = V. titv.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-07-28
Not Himself.

Many Scot has laughed at the tale If
that heavy headed Scottish carrier who,
falling asleep one night in the straw at the
bottom of his cart, slumbered till the well
trained horse stopped at his own door. when
his wife. seeing nothing of her husband,
unhitched and led away the horse. leaving
the cart in the road. Sandy awOk- few
moments later, and sitting ur. began to
sOlilOquiZe:
moo, is this me. or is it no nc? If it's
me, | haze lost a horse; and if it's no me.
haze found cairt!''
But among the legends of the Russian
peasantry occurs similar tale, recording
confusion of identity even more hopeless
than this. A COssack villager. having gone
to the nearest town to buy himself pair
of new boots. celebrated the acquisition
with hearty dinner. the result of which
was that on his way home he lay down in
while he slept some enterprising convey.
ANGER of property" pulled off his new boots
and ran away with them.
Presently teamster came jogging along
the road where the sleeper was lying, and
catching sight of him barely in time, pulled
up and shouted:
Hey. brother! take your legs out of the
way, or you'll be run Overt"
The PROSTATE man awOke, and Seein g his
bare feet glistening in the moonlight, re.
piled. in a tone of perfect conviction,
Those are not my legs; mine had boots
Onv'-David Ker, in Harper's New Monthly
Magazine.
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The Perennial Tramp.

From warehouses and poorhouses and
jails and cheap lodging houses all over the
country. there is now pouring out into the
highways and byways of the land an army
of those ncOrrigibly shiftless vagabonds
called tramps. From the first of November
to the first of April the tramp doesn't live,
he merely exists. He breads the winter,
for the coming of cold weather frequently
necesSitates work on his part and it is we'll
determined fact that all tramps have a
constitutional aversion to every form of
labor known to the sons of men. But when
the sharply defined issue as presented for
his consideration is work or freeze, the
tramp humbleth himself and tolls to the end
that he may not perish from the face of the
earth. Although the iron enters his soul at
such times, and he longs for a lodge in
some vast wilderness where all forms of
effort are unknown, he is obliged to accept
the inevitable and do his appointed task.
When springtime comes, though, he bursts
aSunder the hated letters that have held
him down to work all winter, and away he
starts for the country road, where he, the
wayside sailor, is free to roam whthersO-
ever he listeth. For months to come he
will wander heedlessly and without purpose
wherever his vagrant fancy dictates; in the
heat of dog days he will recline in shady
spots by the side of purling brooks; in
stormy weather he will seek shelter in barns
and haystacks; while other men swelter in
the fierce summer heat, he will loll in Sc.
questered hooks where the SUMS rays do
not penetrate. and when. in harvest time
he is asked to LEND hand" he will scorn-
fully refuse. and vow on his trampish honor
that he was not made to work. Has the
tramp mission? Yes. 1 rather think he
has. 1t is to demonstrate how utterly use.
less creature made in the image of man
can be.-Detroit Free Press.
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THE COMING OF PEACE.

Were half the power that fills the mind with
terror,
And half the wealth bestowed on camps and
courts,
Given to redeem the human mind from error,
There were need of arsenals AMI forts.
The warriors name would be name abhorred,
And every nation that should lift again
Its hand against its brother. on its forehead
Would wear forev ermore the curse II Cain.
Down the dark future. through long generations
The echoing sounds grow fainter and then
cease;
And like bell. with solem. sweet vibrations,
l hear more the voice Of Christ say
"Peacen'
H. w. LOngfellow.
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Luck and Labor Proverbs.

Luck is waiting for something to turn up.
Labor. with keen eyes and strong, will
turn up something.
Luck lies in bed and wishes the postman
to bring him news of legacy.
Labor turns out at six o'clock, and lays
the foundation of competence.
Luck whines.
Labor whistles.
Luck relics on chances.
Labor on character
Luck slips down to Indulgence.
Labor strides upward to independence.
Are you the slave of luck or the friend
of IabOr?-NOrth and West.