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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-12-08
Fight Between Two Bucks.

Few people are aware of the desper-
ate character of n fight between two
ferocious deer. At Harbin Springs
recently two two year bucks met
in an inclosure ard for about half IN
hour the fight was most furious. They
tore up the earth and gored each other
in q frightful manner. During part
of the time, and while the combat was
the hottest, the air was filed with dust
while they struggled for advantage. A
short distance away stood n doe and
fawn surveying with an expression of
interest and wonder n contest which
was to decide which would rule the
family. All doubts were soon set ut
rest, as one of the bucks made II tre-
mendous lunge that landed his oppon-
ent fifteen feet away; this he followed
up with rush that pinned the other
against the fence, from which he
shortly afterward escaped, only to nc
caught again by his angry foe AMI
tossed into n spring and gored until he
beloved, which was sign of sur
render. The fight was exciting while
it lasted, and was witnessed by the
guests of the Springs and quite num-
Der from town who were visiting there.
Middleton (Ca). Independent.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-12-08
Ways of n Captive Wildcat.

Everybody has heard of Mic Arend's
wildcat. The cat was given Mic some
months ago, and ever since has been
living on the fat of the land. The
cook, colored woman, at MICS place
feeds the cat, which has manifested q
great fondness for her. When she ap-
proaches the cage he purrs in the most
pleasant manner, but if anybody else
comes about him he Immediately
growls and shows his wicked looking
fangs. The cat is perfectly satisfied
with his home. Two or three times
his cage door has been accidentally
left open, but he never even walked
outside to see what the rest of the
world looked like. However, whenever
it occurred that the cage door was left
open, Mic always missed chicken.
The other day he saw the cat catch
one. He simply crouched down by
the door and waited until the chicken,
oblivious of danger, came along, and
then he shot out his paw and had the
chicken by the head. After he catches
and kills the fowl lie picks all the
feathers off it almost as carefully as
cook, and uses his mouth in the opera
tion while holding the bird between
his paws.-Florida Times Union.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-12-08
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly us.d. The many, who live bet
ter than Others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds besS products to
the needs Of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to lis presenting
in tic form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; cfiectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on,sSe, Kids.
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactnred by the California Fig Syrup.
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well fnformed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-12-08

A 1ump of ni,kol weighihso o,1ars huoo
,onnds i. worth half as many dn"rs'
The python lays eggs and ha .e Sf
them by developing high ueRre
It is said that people eat twenty per
cent. more bread when the weather is
cold than when it is mild.
Paris now gets its water supply from
six great springs. 1t travels through
eighty-three miles Of aqueducts.
Tho Mediterranean has been com.
monty supposed to be a sea without
tides; but, as matter of fact, at
Venice there is tide in the spring of
from one to two feet.
The cave animals of North America,
according to Professor A. s. Packard,
of Brown University, comprise 172
species of blind creatures, nearly all
of which are mostly white in color.
The campus at Yale College is now
lighted by electric light. This is said
to be the first time in the history of
the college that lights of any kind
have been displayed on the campus.
The pain caused by the bite of n
mosquito is caused by fluid poison
injected by the insect into the wound
in order to make the blood thin enough
to flow through the mosquitoes throat.
In calculating "exact time" ut the
National Observatory at Washington,
the astronomers do not, rs is generally
supposed, use the sun as basis of
their calculations. Such deductions
are made only from tho relative posi-
tion of the ''fiNed stars"
The largest sun spot ever noted by
astronomers appeared in the fall OF
1867. 1t was $50, 900 miles long and
100, 600 miles vide Four hundred
planets the size Of the earth, could
have been laid side by side in that
"spot" without touching each other.
A disease known rs peach fever is
common among the employees in tho
fruit packing and canning establish
mcnts of Maryland and Delaware. The
more experienced workers seem to be.
come proof against the irritant after
some years in the business. There is
no evidence to show that the disorder
is contagious.
Neither the turtle, tortoise nor tead
is provided with teeth. There is IL be-
lief that turtle can bite off finger,
but the turtle can do nothing of the
kind. It's jaws are very strong and
the horny membrane that runs around
the jaw, where, in other animals teeth
arc found, is so hard and tough that
the turtle can crush the bones of the
hand to II pulp, but as for biting off d
finger, the feat is an impussihility.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-12-08
August.
Flower

"For two years l suffered terribly
with stomach trouble, and was for
all that time under treatment by
physician. He finally, after trying
everything, said my stomach was
worn out, and that would have to
cease eating solid food, On the rec
ommendation of friend I procured
a bottle of August Flower. Itseefn-
ed to do me good at once. I gained
strength and flesh rapidly. 1 feel
now like new man, and consider
that August Flower has cured me-"
Jas. Z. Dederick, Saugerties, N.Y.9
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-12-08
Most of the muzzles used are totally

untitled for use, and one might as rea-
sonably expect a race horse to run
with plowing collar around his neck
rs to expect ferret to do good work
with one of the made sell monstros-
tiles on his nose. A muzzlo should
consist of five light, soft leather straps,
which are put together so one forms
the ring of the snout, the others lying
one along the nose, one under tho
chin, one around the nose near the
eyes and the last encircling the neck
close behind the ears. If you cannot
make ono yourself take the little fell
low to harness maker and get him
interested in tho matter. and lie will
turn out o muzzle that will fit like .
lady's glove, and the ferret will work
comfortably and we'll. Remember al
ways that the animal is obeying a
natural instinct when he hunts and
that your aim is to assist him as much
as you can.
AS to working them with bells an
not 80 prejudiced. If the grass O :,
underground is thick one must either
have bells or very great watchfulness,
rs it ruins a ferret to let him run
around loose, even for very few min
utes, and that is what he will do if he
gets out of an earth without being
seen. The objection to bells is that
the sound travels long way through
the ground, and if there are any other
passages with rabbits in them they
will all "git up and git" while the
hunter is occupied with one. If they
are used they should be of the tiniest
model of sleigh bell procurable, and
should be slung on to very light
strap, care being taken in putting the
collar on that the bells are so arranged
that the buckle comes under the chin,
and the bells one each side and ono in
the middle Of the back of the neck.
If the bells hang under the chin they
are in the way and half the time they
cannot sound, while if properly dis
posed on the collar the weight OF tho
buckle will keep them on the back Of
the neck, where they will do most
good.
AS most rabbits bolted from earth
are shot within twenty-yard range,
the gun must either be cylinder bore
Gr must be SO loaded rs to produce
Whist Is called scatter" shooting, and
what is more it must be hard-hitting
gun, for the furry fellow takes lot
of killing, and frequently gets away
with quite load of shot on board.
The orthodox load is one ounce and n
quarter of No. shot and three
drachms and half of powder, using
thick wads over the powder; but many
good men prefer No. 4 shot, and un-
hesitatingly use wood or smokeless
powder i'll the second barrel, if not in
both. This is very important on a
misty morning, when smoke from
black powder hangs around. Arrange
mcnts to include fair rabbit shooting
and board may be obtained as low as
twelve dollars per week, and a personal
visit will arrange for any number of
odd days on about the same terms.
Rabbit shooting obtained this way
beats tramping unknown ground oui
of sight. New York Recorder.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-12-08
A Curious Worm.

When Her Majesty's ship Challenger
was engaged in making that celebrated
series of soundings, and while meas
taken in the vicinity of the Ladrone
Islands, the dredger brought curious
specimen of the worm family to the
surface. The creature was about the
size of n half-inch rope, nearly twenty
three inches in length, and striped
and banded with all the primary colors.
1t had hooked. hornlike proboscis,
well equipped with powerful teeth,
each hooking downward. The horny
beak was used expressly for capturing
food, and was only3t inches in length
Exactly what n true representative OF
the worm species would do with n
"captured' edible may seem mystery
to the average reader, but our rain
bow-colored submarine curiosity had
use for just such provisions. When
ever periwinklc's egg case or fresh
lot of frog spawn tloatcd his way he
instantly seized upon it with his
armorcd beak and quickly "turncd
himself wrong side OUT" completely
enveloping his dinner. This proceed.
ure revealed q remarkable state OF
affairs. The "dinner hook" was the
same Mt both ends, the body of the
worm fastening around it at the mid.
die, and the color of the "inside" OF
the worm was the same rs the "out
sidc"-that is, if anyone could tel
which was which. For want of bet.
ter name the specimen was labeled
Vcrmcs vice versa-St. Louis Re.
public.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-12-08
Close Dealing.

A woman sold pig to butcher the
other day and he killed it on the prem
ises Now it is superstition with
some butchers that to cut off pigs
tail insures the preservation of the
meat. The pigs little tail was cut off.
But the woman was on the watch. She
picked up the tail and gave it to the
butcher to be weighed, saying: 81
want pay for the whole of him"
But the butcher got even with her.
The reckoning came to half cent,
probably because of the addition of
the tail. She wanted the half cent, of
course; she always does. SO the
butcher placed II cent on the block,
cut it in two with his cleaver,' and gave
her the hall cent Portland me.
Press.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-12-08
THE HIGHEST AWARD.

Royal Baking Powder has all the
Honors-In Strength and Value 20
per cent. above its Nearest Com
pctitor.
The Royal Baking Powder has tho
enviablc record of having received the
highest award for articles OF it's class
-greatest strength, purest ingre-
dients, most perfectly combined
wherever exhibited in competition with
others. In the exhibitions of former
years, at the Centennial, at Paris,
Vienna and at the various State and
Industrial fairs, where it has been en-
hibited, judges have invariably award
ed the Royal Baking Powder the high
est honors.
At the recent Worlds Fair the cx-
animation for the baking powder
awards were directed by the chief
chemist of the Agricultural Depart
ment mt Washington. The chief chem
lists official report of the tests of the
baking powders, which was made for
the specific purpose of ascertaining
which WAS the best, shows the leaven-
ing strength of the Royal to be 100
cubic inches of carbonic gas per ounce
of powder OF the creamsof tartar
baking powders exhibited, the next
highest in strength tested contained
but 1873 cubic inches of leavening gas.
The other powders gave an average OF
Ill. The Royal, therefore, was found
Of twenty per cent. greater leavening
strength than it's nearest competitor,
and forty-four per cent. above the
average of all the other tests. Its
superiority in other respects, however,
in the quality of the food it makes as
to fineness, delicacy and wholesome
ness, could not be measured by fig
| ures.
1t is these high qualities, known and
appreciated by the women of the coun-
try for SO many years, that have
caused the sales of the Royal Baking
Powder, as shown by statistics, to ex-
ceed the sale of all other baking pow
] ders combined.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-12-08
A Costly Walk.

1t has been left to st. Louis bust
ness man to construct n gravel walk,
neither long nor strikingly beautiful,
that is modern if comparatively hum
bic rival of the glistening highways of
fiction and fable, for it represents
SIS, 600 hard cash.
Edward p. Kinsella, Vico-prcsidcnt
of the HanleyKinsella Coffee Com
pnny, is the proud posscssor of this
unique walk. 1t is composed of sew
eral tons of Brazilian pebbles that
came to him in an ordinary business
way during the past few years.
This firm are heavy importers Of
Brazilian coffee. Before the berries
are ready to be roasted for the market
the sacks are opened and the contents
carefully examined for twigs, leaves
and other impurities, the latter gen
orally taking the shape Of small peb-
bles about the size of coffee berry.
These came with such regularity and
in such quantities that long ago the
idea they were accidentally in the sacks
was abandoned, and the conclusion re-
luctantly reached that they were pur-
posely placed in the bags to make
weight. The daily discoveries of these
Brazilian pebbles will fill an ordinary
water bucket. The importers pay for
coffee. Two years ago Mr.. Kinsella
concluded to utilize this apparent evil
dence of dishonesty of the far away
coffee packer, and had the accumula-
tion of pebbles carted out to his hand
some residence, on the West Pine street
boulevard, No. 1923, where they were
used to make II handsome garden walk
The pebbles represent weight that in
coffee would be worth $4,000. The
gravel path is each month being added
to, and 1t is but question of time
when Mr.. Kinsella will have the most
expensive piece of garden path in the
world.-St Louis Globe Democrat
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-12-08

Thcy take no thought for the morrow-they
know no cares to-day;
And the thousand things
That the future brings
Are blank to such rs thew
But l. by tho household ingle, can interpret
tho looming clouds,
For tho wind "soo-hoos" through tho kev-
hole, and n shadow the house en-
shrouds;
And know must quit my mountain, and
80 down to the vale below,
For my house Is chill
On the windy hill,
When the autumn tempests blow.
MY mind Is forever drawing IN instructive
parallel
I"iSt temporal things that perish and eter-
nal things that dwell
Nhcn htows and waves surround me, and
waters my soul o'rlow,
descend in hope
From tho mountain top
40 the shcItcrinS vale below.
30 down to the Valley OF Silence. whore
tho worldly aro never met
Know there is balm and healing" there
Tor eyes that with tears are wet;
Ana hni, in its sweet seclusion, gentle
solacc for all my care,
For that valley pure,
With its shelter sure.
8 tho beautiful Vale os PRAYER,
-Chambers's Journal.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-12-08

And Mrs wilkerson wiped her eyesS,S rs
Wilbur looked out OF the wina9w, =, "13ok
Andrew Wilkerson went ana enY his
hands with Mr.. Hinckley HntL hit.
w;fe stopped him. m.-Saturday Nlg
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-12-08

Tho largest park in the United
States is the Yellowstone. Ii is sixty.
five miles north and south, iiltv-fvc
cast and west, contains 3575 squ?rc
miles, and IL G096 feet above tho SEA
level.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-12-08

Brown County. 1>ansas, has n man
who can husk and crib 135 bushels Of
corn in ten hours.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-12-08

Ladies' needing n tonic, children who
want building up, should take Browns Iron
Bitters II is pleasant to take, cures Malnr Il
INDIGESTION Biliousncss and Liver Complaints,
makes the Blood rich and pure.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-12-08
IN THE VALLEY.

To-day, whom the sun was lighting my house
on tho pinc-clad hill,
The breast of u bird was rufiied as 1t percned
on my window sill,
And leaf was chased by tho kitten on 'he
breczc-swept garden walk,
And the dainty head
OF n dahlia red
Was stirred on its slender stalk.
oh. happy tho bird at the rose tree, unheed-
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-12-08

USE BtoHN'S BIoSruINL THoCUES for
Coughs. Colds aul all other Throat Troubles.
=" Pre- c-cmincnty the besi."-Rer. HeRry ara
-IBdCcieI.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-12-08

GARRETT ETuERToS, Missouri miner, re-
Gently sent out n lump of coal weighing 2140
pounds.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-12-08

W. offer Ono Hundred Dp.l7:s !fCIrar +:
Halls tnjnrrl Cur.
+; J. CuHHuY & Co, Props, To;.lr,n.
W., tho un6S sighed, h"Irk own I. -. 40
ncy for Ia, last - year 8, aud i.ii"VG li!U iv..
fcctl; honorable in al business Transact ~.
ant linarc ally all, Il ~ry u':t any coli "a.
ton made by tn" + iirit.
WEST &c TRuAX, WholcS;,lc Erucri..s, 'EI!c.'n
Ohio.
W,LpI q, KlN"A:; x ?lAv"IH, N!2!c ~,
Drug lists, T,..y;!n. Ga =.
IIa Is Cntrrr. Cur i'' .lci Internally, G.t
In directly unIa tao hirr ;,mi ';U'".'!S sur.
taccS pf The .'rn. -, - e" ts..tG. 49,.
bv al! Druggists. N:3t'irnni"!' frrn.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-12-08

A wonderful stomach Corrector-Beccbsm's
Pills. Beccham's-no others. 25 cents a box.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-12-08
HINCKLEY'S OBJECTIONS.
DT EMMA A. OPPER.

WOULDN'Thave
nothing t o do
with An drew
Wilkerson,' snid
Mr.. Hincklcy-
~ no more'n |
would with n
siX-fo rattler :"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-12-08

THE cigar trade, which is said to be good
index to the financial situation, Is improv-
ing,
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-12-08
rso..'s rhIS !

LLoYD's reports 1908 vessels Iosr IN lS32,
OF which 249 were British and 1876 American.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-12-08

DENVER unions will try cooperative house
keeping.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-12-08

II your Back Aches, or you arc all worn out,
good for nothing, 1t is general debility.
Browns Iron Bttrrs will cure you, make you
strong, cleanse Your liv, +, and give you II good
ppctitC-tnnNS the nCrNcs
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-12-08

A voluminous voice was sounding IN
his confused ears when bis senses re-
turned to him. :, :,
"No, sir} get Doctor Collins" II
said, decisivcly. "He's the only teller
around here that knows the difference
between n toothachc and case OF
cholery morbus.
Goodness, Andrew, quit your 1oK-
ingl" woman's pleasant voice pe'
seeched. "Tain't no time for jokes
But you had better get Doctor Collins,
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-12-08
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTF' 'A'

A lump of ni,kol wcighihsso Collars. %
nonnds Il. worth half as many W
The python lays eggs and htSenoT Sf
them by developing high degre
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-12-08

When the hunting commences, be
careful and have the ferrets we'll fed
the night previous, but not the morn
ing you go out, unless it is very cold,
when very little milk may be given.
This will insure better work. Arriving
at the earth, either located before
hand, or by the hound dog, take the
ferret and place him IN the entrance /;
if it be tenanted he will Immediately
go down, if not he will go in little
way and come out. Then pick him
up and try elsewhere. If he stays in,
nm ear placed to the ground will locate
any disturbance, and tell you if the
rabbit is pinned. If there is no bolt
in reasonable time, and the ferret
remains in the earth, stoop down and
make the feed-calI, and if properly
trained the ferret will come to you,
and his jaws will tell you if he has
found and killed rabbit, by the
blood on them. Always reward him
with meat or liver until he is an old
hand at the business. You will then
have a ferret that will be the envy of
the neighborhood. Sometimes the
best animals will take fit and clay
up, that is to say, they will ..dse to
come out, and in such case the best
way is to make nest of grass or leaves
Mt one end, and bank both ends up
with sod OF grads. The next morn
ing, or pcss bly, as you return, the
ferret will bo found curled up on the
bed waiting for his master.
The question o, No9zzlinq ferret is
always a lively IN, " of argument.