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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort aud improvement ana
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet.
ter than others and enjoy life moro, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best 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 Fi8A
Its excellence Is due to its presenting
In the form most acceptable and pleas,
ant to the taste, TIE refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect Lax
ative; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because It acts on the Kid.
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak-
ening them and # Is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale by ell drug.
eists in 60c and 81 bottles, but 1t is mani
nfactured by the California Fig Syrup
%. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup Of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01
Water for Babies.

According to doctor who numbers
many babies among his patients, the
little folks, whether well or sick
babies, whether babies fed on the bot
tie or fed naturally, may have water
to drink in moderation if they want
it. The water should be boiled and
covered, not very cold, even warm, if
the child prefers it SO. $50 thor
oughly," he says, "have 1 become con-
vinced of the great benefit derived
from giving water to sick babies that
1 now order it in nearly every case
with fever, and it is astonishing to see
how the restlessness and many of the
symptoms we are apt to attribute to
the pain and fever disappear when it
is freely given. By freely mean from
one-half to two ounces Immediately
after or between the feedings. If
given Immediately after the feeding,
smaller quantity will, of course, be re-
quired. Time and again l have seen
infants with measles, scarlet fever or
pneumonia, after period of great
restlessness. fall into quiot oieop
when a couple of ounces of cool water
had been given" y
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01
Shapes oi Eggs.

Various attempts have been made to
account for the diversity in shape seen
in eggs. A recent study convinces
Doctor Nicolsky that the differences
may be oil traced to gravity, and he
finds his idea confirmed by all the eggs
in the geological collection of the st.
Petersburg University. He suppaSes
that pressure by the sides of thel
tends to elongate the egg befor3 tlids
shell has hardened. In BIRDS hichs
keep vertical position while At ekH
as do the falcon and thesoM1 sc;
egg is made short by the9 fien of thes
weight of the body agsll Rhrian
pressure; while in birds that: Ike ethe
grebe, are nearly always swimming,
the egg is heightened becauseth the bird's
weight acts with the compassion by
the ovary. The egg is nj more
pointed at one end than Mt fh6i other
in birds that, like the guillemot, are
frequently changing their position
sometimes swimming and diving, some
times perching on the rocks, ETC.
Scientific American.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01
Pay Of parlialaentarians.

The British Parliament has not al
ways been filed by unpaid members.
In 1897, knights Of the shires were paid
four shilling (31) and burghers two
shillings (50c.) per day. Special bar
gains were sometimes made. Ipswich
beat down its representative from q
shilling to nothing at all. Sir John
Strange, of Dunwich, served for stip-
ulated number Of herring. For nearly
century no member was sent from
Lancashire on account of the expense.
Payment gradually became obsolete.
The British colonies usually Ray thar y az
with $1,000 limit; New South Wales
and Victoria paying $500 a year; Cape
Colony, $5 day.
Continental deputies are generally
paid, except those of Spain and Italy,
who travel free on cars and boats.
France pays the highest, $4,000 and
$1750; Dutch members get $3.50 and
expenses; Swedish and Grecian, $3.50
Portugal, $5 a day, Norway, $3.50
German States, from $1.50 to $3.75
Belgium pays by the month, $84.
Japan pays about $675 per ennum.
The United States members, with $4,000
year, are almost at the top Of the
ladder. The Argentine Republic is
supposed to pay $4,000, but things are
mighty uncertain down there now.-
New York Recorder.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01
1OO,00O,OOO Pounds a Year.

Tho number of pieces of metal, tech
nically known as brake-shoes, which
are used In the course OF a year in stop
ping railway trains, is really aston
ishing. The Master Car Builders AS.
sociation discussed tho matter and it
was found that on the roads repre-;
sented in the association probably 32,s
300, 900 pounds of metal wero used for
this purpose. on cars and tenders,
while it was estimated that over lGo,-
900, 900 pounds were used on oil the
cars, locomotives and tonders belong
ing to the roads represented. Approx
imately two-thirds of this metal was
worn ont in service and the other third
was returned as scrap. Five-sixths oi
these shoes were cast iron and the
others were of composite character,
partly hard and partly soft. Detroit
FREQ Press.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01
RYE IN THE coRNFIELD.

There is one plan that, if generally
adopted by the dairymen, would add
measurably to the pasturage of tho
farm and at the same time be benefit
to the soil itself, and this is tho prac-
tice Of sowing rye in the cornfeld
either at the last working or as soon
as the corn is cut up. In the spring,
long before the pastures are eft" for
turning the stock upon them, the rye
field is n wealth of fine feed and excel
lent. BY this plan there is no winter
washing of the land, which is, rs rule,
equal In exhaustion to growing crop,
and by tho middle of May this rye sod
can be turned under for corn and is
next to clover sod In value. For sew.
eral years the writor has as nearly as
possible carried out this plan and finds
that, with what manure and clover sod
comes In In rotation, his fields are get
ting better all the time. Two ways
present themselves to put in the rye
sowing broadcast and cultivating in
with light cultivHtor, setting teeth M
shallow MS good work will allow, so M
to disturb tho corn roots as little rs
possible; and the other is to cut up the
corn, having tho shocks regular, and
then sowing one and a-half bushels of
rye on broadcast and narrowing it in
with harrow or disc, tho loosening
up of the ground covering the seed ef-
fectually without plowing There is
nothing equal to keeping the land at
work, filling the soil with 1ss rnass OF
roots to decay and furnish food for the
following crop, and if it can be done
between crops, as this plan with rye
offers, a great gain has been made not
only in the supplying of food to the
stock, but feeding the land as WE'LL
Practical Farmer.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01
SICK-RooM JELLIEs.

Arrowroot Jelly--Wet two heapins
teaspoonfuls of Bermuda arfowroot in
little cold water and rub smooth
Have on the stove boiling water and
in cup of it melt two teaspoonfuls
of white sugar. Pour this boiling
water on to the arrowroot. Boil until
clear, stirring oil the time. Add a
teaspoonful of lemon juicela land mould
in cold cups. Serve cold With cream
and sugar.
Tapioca Jelly-Soak cup of tapioca
In three cups of cold water for four
hours. Set it in saucepaa of boiling
water. Add little lukeWarm water
to the tapioca and heat. stirring fre-
- rrrL---- - 1
little sugar, little grated lemon
peel and the juice of a lemon. Pour
into moulds and when cold eat with
cream and sugar.
Chicken Jelly--Pound half a raw
chicken, bones and meat, until it forms
pulp; cover with cold Yater; sim
mer gently in covered Vessel until
the meat is In shreds and the liaui1
reduced about one-half. Strain an(
press through n collander then strain
through coarse bag; salt 4and add a
very little pepper; return TO the fire,
simmer for about five minutes; cool
and skim; keep on ice. Serve with
nnleavened waters, or, in ,the conva-
lescent stage, between thin slices of
bread.
Iceland Moss Jelly-Wash hand
full Of either Iceland or Irish moss in
several waters and soak f5r m hour
Stir 1t into quart of boxing water
and allow 1t to simmer untH dissolved.
sweeten, flavor with theSj3ce OF two
lemons, a half teaspoonful of cinna.
mon. Strain into mouldH
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01
Electricity on the Farm.

An interesting example of electricity
"a applied to farm work is now IN
operation at Scotch farm. The whole
of the usual farm machinery, such as
threshing, sowing, corn threshing and
the like, are here driven by an electric
motor. The electricity is generated
by water power, the turbine wheel
which drives the dynamo being about
1000 yards from the farm. The electric
current is conveyed by underground
wires to the house and farm, in each
of which storage battery is placed
These supply the electric current for
lighting and motive purposes when
the machinery is not working. The
whole of the mansion is illuminated
by electric light, and an electric motor
is provided for pumping the water for
domestic purposes. New York World.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01
CHARCOAL FOR FOWLS.

We have found charcoal very ex-
cellent thing to furnish our poultry
with. 1t may be given in powdered
state, mixed with the soft meal feed,
and n little pulverized sulphur at the
same time may be added with advan-
tnge. But the very best way to sup
ply this is to burn an ear or two of
corn upon the cob), charring it to
blackness and throwing it before them.
They will devour every kernel, and
so supply themselves with grateful
and healthy substance that sweetens
the crop, and serves as an admirable
tonic TO tho stomach.
AT this season of the year the above
!. Recommendation will be found valu.
able hintsto pouitrymen. Hens about
p ready lay will -dspour this prepared
charcoal eagerly, and the increased
freshness and redness of their combs
'afterMard evinco the efficacy of this
allowance. For month or six weeks
in the early breeding season nothing
is better than this for laying hens
given them daily. Poultry World.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01
COLD POTATOES.

Cold potatoes are not Particularly
appetizing as such, but they smay be
quickly converted into delicious break
fast or luncheon dishes.
Potatoes au Gratin-Slice Your cold
potatoes and stew gently in milk or
broth. Season with pepper and salt.
Crate some cheese and some bread,
and sprinkle over the potatoes. Brown
in the oven.
Potato Hash-Heat togethera table.
spoonful of butter aud cepxof milk.
Season with pepper and salt. Hash
the cold potatoes, add to Me milk,
cover and simmer gently untitth milk
is about absorbed. I'm
Potato Provencal Gut cold potatoes
into balls with a vegetabl Melt
some butter, add siice or-s0 i>>afur
to it and fry the balls hashed
meat and hashed cold potaee 5neisten
with milk for stock, season] roll and
bake i'll a buttered dish in lib oven
New York World.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Clean up the garden and SOW tur.
nips.
To grow fine Strawberries keep of
the runners.
Many colt is ruined by an impa.
tient driver.
Soil and location will change the ap-
pearance of fruit.
Radishes for winter may be sown iii
thA late summer
1t hos been proved many times over
that speed follows blood lines
An unsound stallion is menace to
the breed to which he belongs.
No poor man can afford TO buy n
poor horse, and no rich man will
Put on your best nature and your
most gentle manner when doing the
! milking.
Turn the work horses out into lot
on hot nights rather than confne in
hot stalls.
Whenever water is given to plants
enough should be used to wet the soil
thoroughly.
If seed are gathered, care should he
taken to dry them thoroughly before
storing away.
| Don't run COWS during hot weather.
Let them go TO and from the pasture
at their own gait.
Horses have dispositions like men.
Some arc good, bwt mere aye apo;lei!
Shcot zinc cut into wedge shaped
strips make the best and most con.
venient labels for fruit trees.
The cleaner and neater the fruit, tho
quicker they will catch the eye of the
buyer and the reader the sale.
With all kinds of fruit trees it is
| better to have one strong limb or
branch than several weak ones.
1t is generally admitted to be easier
to change the pacing gait to the trot-
ting than the trotting to the pacing.
Cultivation of all young trees, at
least for some years after planting ont,
is essential to their vigorous growth.
1t costs but little to make start
with grapes. They come into bearing
early and are productive and easily
managed.
Do not wait till the oil is all gone
from the jug, then stop the mower
half day while you 'go to town" to
have it filed.
1t is better to remove, with rub Of
the hand, sprouts and suckers while
young and tender than to wait till
Gnife or saw is needed.
A few carriage bolts costing few
cents may save trip TO town in tho
midst of haying. Have some ofvarios,
sizes and lengths in the tool box.
Green stuff from the garden or or
chard that cannot be fed to the pigs or
COWS to advantage should be gathered
mp and added to the compost heap.
Several Western agricultural socic-
ties have set apart liberal sums as pre-
miums for the best exhibits at tho
fairs by farmers boys. This is u step
ia the right direction.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01
EEsr RESULTS FROM TOMATOES.

When pruned and staked tomato
plants will bear much closer planting
in the field than if left to themselves.
Two feet by four is about the proper
distance. AS soon rs set in the field
the plants ought to he tied Set strong
stakes at each end of every row and
brace carefully. Smaller stakes may
be set ut intervals of two rods along
the rows. These stakes should be
about three and half feet high. Next
stretch two wires of about the size
used i'll balinS hay along the tops
of the stakes in each row. Take
ordinary laths OF small sticks of any
kind. of the same length ne lnth and
ssfltsat ere i4stt Hat the ,sjds Sect vaef the plpGe
upper ends Of the stakes are held in
place by weaving the wires around
the tops of the stakes or laths. This
makes II neat and substantial trellis.
The plants are trained to single stems
and tied to lath supports.
OF course, tying must be done ut
successive intervals as the plants in
crease in height until the top of the
trellis Is reached, after which nothing
further need be done in the way of
training. All side roots near the ground
and suckers must be pinchcd off, rs
the object to be gained in stalking
would be lost otherwise. None of the
blossoms are to be removed, but
simply the leafy shoots and suckers,
which bear no blossoms end come out
near the ground and ut intervals along
the main stock. Pruning away these
surplus shoots and tying the plants to
supports exposes the fruit to the SUN.
light and favors early development to
marked degree. Tomatoes TINS
trained ripen about two weeks in ad-
vance of those which are allowed to lie
on the ground, are frocr from root and
larger. The crop per plant is less
than by the ordinary method, but be-
cause Of the higher prices obtained for
the fruit the profits are larger. New
England Homestead.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01
CARE OF THE COLTS FOOT.

If a colt shows q tendency to walk
on the heel or frog, rasp the solo
towards the toe to take away tho
thickness. II the foot is worn at the
toe and the heels have become too
high, they should he lowered with the
rasp. When the edges or rim of the
hoof has grown leaving the frog and
center hollow, the edges should be
rasped. The more frequently the foot
is put in proper shape the moro likely
it is to grow into that shape. New
York World.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01
He Lives Up a Tree.

In Windham County, Connecticut,
lives Hulitt Hazewell, who for twenty.
five years has made his home among
the branches of nm ancient chestnut
tree on farm owned by him. He
has the reputation of being well off,
and his residence in the treetop is the
result of a bet made in 1863 that Hor.
alto Seymour would be elected Presi-
dent. Hazewell's house rests in the
forks of several large limbs about
twenty feet from the ground The
eccentric occupant has made friends
with the birds and squirrels of the
neighborhood, and in summer they go
in and ont Of the tree dwelling at will.
Atlanta Constitution. s
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

Many small animals eat their own
weight In food day.
By means Of the electrical current it
Is now possible to produce higher
temperature than ever before.
A thousand millions Of the animal
culae found in stagnant water do not
collectively equal the size Of a grain
Of sand.
In severe paroxysms of coughing
of glycerine in hot milk or cream will
give speedy relief.
Wool warehouses in Bradford, Eng
land, are being fitted with electric
city mains sfSssn'iaa WafRg with aPgSrsepI eqI1d fssm the
formerly used.
F. G. Plummer, civil engineer, says
that Mount Tacoma is fifteen thousand
feet high, just one hundred and two
feet higher than Mount Whitney, sup
posed to be the highest in the United
States.
An electrical engineer has suggested
that the marking of imported meat
should be done by the electric current,
and submitted q simple apparatus for
doing tho work.
The infusoria, one of the lowest
forms of animal life, can propagate
their species in three distinct ways.
First, by budding, somewhat after the
manner of plants; second, by the spon.
taneous division Of the animal into two
individuals, and third, from eggs.
Tho English town of Widnes pro.
poses to dispose of its refuse by incin.
GRAFTON, and to utilize the heat thu.
generated in operating an engine for
running an electric lighting plant and
furnishing light to various public in
stitutions and some of the streets.
An automatic switch has been ap.
piled to the electric lamps of guests
rooms at hotels, by which the locking
of the room door from the outside,
but not from the inside, turns off the
lights. Many travellers leave the
] the lights turned on when they &c
away from the rooms, and this, in the
aggregate, counts up to a considerable
expense to the hotel management.
1t is familiar fact that persons borE
! S7vpf ~ro uuuuffy urto-- o--rrot-f-o.a,--Any
congenital defect in the organs oi
speech, but from the fact that, never
having heard others speak, they cannot
initiate articulato utterance. 1t j.
probably true, too, that the source OF
some current errors of speech among
those who are not esteemed deaf lies il
defect of hearing. Many person.
who habitually tack on the "r" SOUND
to words ending i'll "w" say that the,
are unable to distinguish, for example
between claw" and ''lor."
Statistics presented ut the recent
Congress of German Surgeons show
that in Il total of 157, SIS persons wht
took some form of anesthetics Will,
undergoing surgical operations, fifty
three persons died. ratio of one il
2900. Not one of these deaths oc
Cured with persons who took simple
unmixcd ether, and hitherto non,
have happened with IL mixture of chic
roform, ether and alcohol recommend
81 ~ the great Vionneso surgeon, Bill
sosf and sasff shssaaf5ssHfoS iaaaf5ssHS
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01
!. Something New in Banking.

Ono of the curiosities Of banking
came to light the other day of tho Ennis
(Texas) National Bank. The teller s
cash book showed that ninety individ-
ual checks had been paid amounting
to $1,000. 80, and that Ave deposits were
received aggregating like amount,
$9030.59. This is perhaps the only
case on record where tho debit and
credit totals on the individual ledger
of bank representinga days business
Tailed exactly as it did in this case. -
Dallas News
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01
August
Flower

My wife suffered with indigestion
and dyspepsia for years. Life be.
came burden to her. Physicians
failed to give relief. After reading
one OF your books, I purchased a
bottle of August Flower. It worked
like charm. Myw wife received i'm.
mediate relief after taking the first
dose. She was completely cured
now weighs I6s pounds, and can eat
anything she desires without any
deleterious results as was formerly
the case. G. H. Dear, Prop'r Wash
ington House, Washington, Va. q
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01
HOUSEHOLD EuNrs.

Wilted roses can be restored by
placing the stems in hot water for a
minute S%
Coffee stains on white goods should
be washed in warm water before
placing in suds. 4
A dish or plate of water net in the
oven when baking cake win prevont
scorched edges.
Boil or roast lemon, all with suga,
while hot and eat hot. twill offer
check your cold. 8
Don't clean brass articles with acids.
Use putty powder, with sweet oil.
Wash off with soapsuds and dry. II
will insure brightness.
Pink and blue ginghams OF wash.
able mako can be kept from fading by
washing In weak solution of vinegar
and water Rinse In the same way
and dry In the shade.
Ink stains on white goods can be re-
moved by soaking in water and then
covering spot with pounded salts OF
lemon. Bleach In sun for half hour,
wash in suds, rinse and dry.
Chloroform is useful for taking paint
stains from black silks. Persistent
rubbing isnecessary. Is Chloroform viii
also restore faded plush goods by spong.
ing goods carefully.
Handsome, so-called ,"bearskin'
rugs are easily obtained by dyeine
skins of sheep. Fapmersl sell long
wooled sheep-skins for very little.
Good dyes Will er~noform these into
seryiceable. cheap and hshdsome rug
for cottage and city homes alike.
Those annoyed ana weafied by inso
mania on hot nights can relieve thei,
sufferings by following few simple
instructions. First of all, 90 to bed
clean. No dirty face, hands or feet
Wet the top of the head with cold
water; wet the wrists, bathe the feet
in warm or tepid water, in which some
salt has been mixed. Dampen hand.
kerchief or small piece of linen, fold
iengthwise and place over eyes when
reposing. Don't think of business or
household cares; leave Thoughts oi
notes, mortgages, soups, puddings,
ETC., on the outside of the mosquito
net, and sleep will come without any
wooing. Try it and be convinced.
-. 4 a 9.