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The Cook County herald., 1895-08-03
A Use for Abandoned Farms.

: ~ a Use 1Or AbandOHe0 Farm0s -
: A ne..J use has been found for aban.
doned farms. It is well known that
in Scotland many OF the largest land
ed proprietors depend largely upon
the rental of their deer forests in the
annual returns from their estates, and
in England there are :innumerable
stretches of land which, at present
agricultural prices, pay better to rent
for shooting than farming. It is sug-
gested that many abandoned farms in
this country can, at comparatively
Slight expense, be made to yield fair
return by being turned into game pre-
serves. GunnefS have every year to
go further and further from home in
search of game, and the time must
come, when tie English plan Of pre-
serving game birds will have to be
adopted, If there is to be any sport
left In the country. Good, well-stock-
ed shooting lands will then fetch high
prices, and some Wide-awake business
men propose to be early in the field.
Inc movement has been hitherto main-
~ confined to shooting and country
clubs, which, having acquired runs Of
property, have prohibited the indis-
crlmlnate killing Of game on their
lands or of fish in their rivers by the
public; but it is probable that such
acquisition and preservation will soon
form distinct branch of private enter
prise: 10 show it's possibilities a Con-
necticut farmer has bought up a lot
OF abandoned farms and swamp and
wood land, aggregating about 5000
acres, and fenced it in. In this do
main he intends to encourage the de-
velopment of all kinds of game indig-
enous to that region-winged, tinned
or four-footed. He has one patch of
twelve acres sown wholly to buck
wheat, which will not be cut, but left
for the "Bob Whites" These birds
perish in great numbers in hard win
ters, as we'll as ruftled grouse, and
plenty of brush will be left on the res
eryation for their protection and shell.
ter.
The Cook County herald., 1895-08-03
LITTLE THINGS,

France is the greatest wheat-grow-
ing country in Europe, not excepting
even Russia.
Stockholm has the largest death roll
from alcoholism of any city in the
world. Ninety in one thousand die from
the excessive use Of intoxicants.
Y, Crocodile tears are alluded to by
several Latin and Greek authors, it.
being a superstition among the an
clients that the crocodile after killing
a man ate all his body but his head,
and shed tears over that before eating
it alsO.a s,..-..< i @s. T.
Sir Robert Ball, the astronomer royal
for Ireland is said to believe that the
time is approaching when posterity will
be able to construct machinery that
will be operated by means of glasses,
with heat obtained by the direct action
of the suns rays.
The love of display, apart from the.
art Of self-adornment. is nothing but a.
survival Of the patriarcha1 days, when
the women were compelled to make
their dress or their, ornaments an ex-
ponent OF the wealth Of the man whose
private property thes. were.
The Cook County herald., 1895-08-03
S HANCOCK.


depend upon the supply of rats for a
living, eked out by the tips from the
lunch baskets of the clerks and car
riers. In this letter Mr.. Fox does not
say what would become of these feline
employees of the government if his cure
should be adopted, but it is probable
chat poor Tom and Tabby, their occu-
patton gone, would be compelled to
forsake their former homes in the post
offices and seek precarious living on
the wharves, in the warehouses, or ele-
vators, or : anywhere that rats are
plentiful. ul.-Washington Post.
The Cook County herald., 1895-08-03

: =" NoOefC w mite Was merely d OOys ana
"a comparative tenderfoot.
q It was the noon hour, and the two had
halted to partake of their small store
of rations. They had been eating for
several minutes in silence when at last
jonas said: ~
Looks kind O. discouragin' at the
present writin', don't it?'
= Rather" Robert replied.
&. "We've been away from camp week
now" Jonas went on, ''an' though we've
put in the time steady lookin' for Old
Washita's great heaps O. gold, we hain't
seen no hair nor hide of it so fer
t. NO." Robert admitted, land it be-
gins to look a little like we were not
going to see anything Of the kind"
i 'It does look leetle that way, fer a
fact" Jonas agreed. "To my mind the
chances air that the blamed Injun was
1yin' oil the time when he told bout so
much gold"
y ''Then you've about concluded that
we are on a wild goose chaser"
Yes, jest about. You see, Bob, Old
Washita said the gold was to be found
on this here slope, 'twixt the foot O. the
spur up thar an the river down yon-
der"
+ "Yes, that's true"
oval, we've searched the ground over
faithfully time an ag1n, hain't we?"
"Yes." "a
can we hain't had smell O. no gold
neither, have we?"
"No.'
''Then don't it begin to look kinder
like the old Injun ied?"
well, it does look that way, Jonas;
but yet I can't hardly believe he did
You know the old man was dying, and
we had taken him insand cared for him.
and can't believe that he would hatch
up a lie under such circumstances just
to get us to make chase like this
> at don't look like he would, shore
enough" Jonas admitted, scratching
his head perplexedly. "But what
puzzles me is this, Bob. If thars any
gold here like that old Injun told bout
whar is it? That's the question I'd like
to have answered, if you please.
It's question I can't answer, sure"
Bob said, with shake of his head.
Still, L think Old Washita was honest,
and that the gold is somewhere in this
wish to gracious I moved whar
bouts in this vicinity" old Jonas said
with a sighs i've counted lots on
1indin' that gold, an fggered out
how how I'd go back East to
my wife an children an make a nice
home for 'em; an now it comes mighty
hard to be disappointed an have all my
figgerin' go for nothin'."
}"Yes, it's pretty tough" Bob admitted
sadly; "but if we can't find the gold we
can't help it, We've done our part in
searching for it faithfully"
Eyes, an thars nothin' more we kin
do. Tough as it is to do so, we've got to
give up the sarch an go back to camp,
an take to work for wages ag'in. Our
dream O. wealth is shore knocked out"
'It certainly looks like it,
There followed a long silence, during
which Jonas and Bob appeared very
thoughtful. The failure to find the
great amount of gold Old Washita had
The Cook County herald., 1895-08-03
lives in Washington. # she likes the
i1pure II will ho acconfod SStsa55ss. 2a e = s{sS

Il. ? ~ i
lives in Washington # she likes the
.hgure 1t will be accepted. # / 5.5 Az
q Sculptor Ellicott has, received an In
.Ny7itation from the chairman Of the COM
.mnittee of the Society of the Army Of
tennessee to compete for a statue Of
SGen. w. T. Sherman, which is to cost
$loO,OOO, the money having already
been raised. - .
48 There has been of late a movement
on foot among the friends of Hancock
510oking to the removal of his remains
from Norristown, Pa, to the National
cemetery at Arlington, and toward
placing those Of his wife, who is buried
at st. Louis, by his side The latter,
however, would be in direct opposition
to military regulations.
The Cook County herald., 1895-08-03
SLANG OF THE AGES.
Expressions on Every Mans Lips
Came From the Ancient Times.


Came From the Ancient Times.
''To put a flea in his ear is proven
Id ai is1--ss1l1
The expression to "rain eats and
dogs is found in Dean Swift. 1t is
supposed to be of proverbial origin.
"Familiarity breeds contempt is
found in one form or another in every
English and Asiatic language having
a literature.
To ''turn the cold shoulder is prob
ably a very ancient proverb. 1t first
appears in a literary form in Scott's
''Antiquary."
ITO put ones foot in it" is an Eng
lish country saying. After the milk
is drawn from the COWS it is com
monty placed in large fiat pans and
set on the ground to cool.
"a feather in his cap' has Hun
garian origin. During the centuries
when war with the Turks was con-
stantly going on a Hungarian soldier
was allowed to wear one feather Oh
his cap fer every Turk he had killed.
To 'take the cake seems to have
originated among the colored people
of the South in the "cake walks"
To 'face the music" is metaphor
borrowed from the stage where the
player comes to the front and faces
the orchestra.
The expression "bloody shirt is be-
lieved to have originated with the
Italians of New Orleans. There were
many Corsicans among them and in
that turbulent island when man was
killed in one of the private feuds
which were constantly occurring his
bloody shirt and other garments were
exposed at the funeral in order to in
cite the relatives to vengeance.-Chis
cago Tribune.
The Cook County herald., 1895-08-03
JUST WHAT TO EAT. +.
He Had Not Tasted q Civilized Meal
- ~. for Several Years. ss,


, He was a forid Englishman, young
and aristocratic in his manners, His
clothes, however, betrayed very
Western origin, and his boots showed
that for long time he had been in an
agricultural vicinity.
Yes he said, II have a farm out
In Minnesota, and I work hard myself,
although l am what you might call
very well off. I know that the only
way to look after my interests is to
look after them myself, and get up
at O'Clock in the morning and dig
around and see that the plowmen are
not asleep in the burrows or anything
like that.
ut feels good to get back to civili-
zatlon, though. It isn't the theaters
or the pretty girls or the shops that I
like, but it is one feature about city
life which you would never guess. 1t
is the only thing that makes me want
to get away from the farm, and that
is that I can have my meals either
with refined people or by myself.
"Out in Minnesota on farms they
have the theory that a workman is as
good as his master and sight better
AS result the farmer is compelled
to eat his meals with his hands, and I
can tell you that he sees some great
feats in sword swallowing, knife lick
ing and that sort of thing. When 1
first went to Minnesota l wanted to
dine by myself, but the people in the
vicinity almost wanted to lynch me-
They said they didn't want the intro
duction of any feudal system in the
town of Scrappleborough, and all the
wOrkmen wanted to leave. I simply
had to surrender and now l eat my
meals at table with a lot of fellows
who have their hats on, and who take
plugs of tobacco out of their mouths
and place them on the sides of their
plates while they eat
Il can never get used to it. however
long l live there, and 1 never really
have an appetite unless I am away
from home. Tonight 1 leave for my
farm. That makes three dinners be-
tween this and a return to my excel
lent friends who eat with their whole
face, and pour gravy down each
others backs at their meals by way
Of eplay."-Chicago Record.
The unequalled strength of the Roy
al, as certified by the highest baking
powder authorities, makes it the
cheapest to use, even at higher price
than others
The Cook County herald., 1895-08-03
Unrivaled Carving,

In ivory and wood carving Japan is
ahead Of the rest of the world; in
lacquer work and in pottery and vases
she has no rival. The work Of the Jap
anese artists in painting flowers and
birds is not equalled. Yet no japanese
artist can paint horse or the portrait
of foreigner. They can't paint a
horse because they have no horses that
we would call horses, They are runty,
rough-looking, knotty brutes.
The Cook County herald., 1895-08-03
W.ASHITA'S GOLD.


LID JONAS and his
companion, Robert
White, had strayed
away from the
mining camp and
were alone in a
wild, desolate part
of the Rocky Noun
tains.
Jonas was an old
time miner, and
knew the mountains
as well as any man
living.
The Cook County herald., 1895-08-03

We have noticed that no one desires
to try Christian science on smallpox
The Cook County herald., 1895-08-03
IN "A H.ElRO'S NAME.
AN EQUESTRIAN FIGURE OF w.
+ +: - S. HANCOCK. i
Uncle Sam will Pay $4,000 for it.
American sculptors In Competition
for Statue Of Gen. Sheridan to Be.
Erected In Chicago,

MOTHER imposing
equestrian statue
is to bi added to
those already erect
ed in Washington
in memory of our
great commanders.
This one is the
statue of the late
General Winfield S.
Hancock, W h i c b
will hn raadv for
The Cook County herald., 1895-08-03

The unequalled strength of the Roy
al, as certified by the highest baking
powder authorities, makes it the
cheapest to use, even at higher price
than others.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-08-23
A Word To Gardeners.

Prof. j. F. G. Dupre, horticulturist
Of Clemson College, tells how the Or
chards and gardens there are protect
Cd from mischievous insects, Jay birds
and English sparrows; We have
needed and used very little and but
few insecticides, except to test their
relative merits. Small boxes, elevated
on poles at the rate of five to the acre,
have been the nesting and brooding
places Of the common blue bird and
other insectivorous birds. and these,
with the aid of common toad, have
kept all noXious insects subjugated,
except the harlequin bug. No bird or
fowl, so far as We have observed, will
kill or cat this bug. Our rule is to
encourage and provide for by furnish
ing places and food in winter) all
birds of every kind except thejay bird
and the socallcd English sparrow.
These two last we klll.on sight. The
blue bird, cat bird, and the old field
sparrow are worth their weight in
silver to any gardener. The va
rious cabbageworms are easily dispos-
cd of. :. Wheat bran, corn meal, gyp-
sum, floats Of any fine dust, freely
sprinklcd on the plants when the dew
is on, will soon distrov them. After
the cabbage has headed, takea leaf
from the bottom and lay it on the top
late in the evening; in the early NOR
ming you will find most of the worms
on the. underside of the leaf. The
harlequin bug. is made!of the sterner
stuff. Next ITO hand-picking, the
best remedy We lhat found is to plant
mustard or turnips near the cabbage
the bug prefers these ana gathered on
them Kill both with crude pctro-
leum or with cheap kerosene OIL
Press and Baj.aer,
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-08-23
Let's Try Tobacco.
There's Money In It.

Mr.. NJ. G. Deaver of Santuc
brought us sample of tobacco last
week at which we were somewhat
surprised. We had thought that to-
bacco couldbe raised with profit here,
Judging from the appearance of the
soil, but had no idea that anyone was
trying it. Mr.. Deaver has in several
acres and the leaves that were
brought us were taken as u sample
from barn that was cured last
week. The leaves were large, well
shaped, of excellent fibre and fine
color. We pronounce it good tobac-
CO.
We believe that tobacco could be
raised with profit all over Union
County and would be glad to see a
good many Of our farmers put in say
two or three acres each next year, or
even more than that. 1t is an excel
lent money crop, and especially so to
man who raises cotton and corn,
because the money for the tobacco
comes in at time when it is most
needed and hardest to get. 1t can
be raised along with cotton and corn
without curtailing either of the other
crops to any great extent. 1t does
not require so much work as care.
Everything must be done at the right
time with tobacco, and it the right
way. And on that account those
just embarking in the business have
generally found it best, and indeed
almost necessary, to employ hand
who is well acquainted with all the
details of the work, both cultivating
and curing.
Tobacco is not the difficult, disa-
greeable crop to handle that some
have imagined. 1t is mach easier
than cotton in at least one respect,
and that is you get it housed SO much
sooner 1t is much more convenient
than either cotton or corn because of
the greater value in smaller bulk.
With good luck YOU car r!nkc more
money CT three acres Of tobacco than
on fifteen ofcotton, and have all your
crop in and your land ready for
grain by fall.
The farmers Of York County are
raising tobacco with success and in
view of the success of M.. Deaver we
venture TO indulge the hope that the
farmers Of Union will at least give
tobacco a trial. We need another
money crop. There's no money in
cotton at the price 1t brought last
fall.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-08-23
Woman Suffrage.
How its ,.dyooases will work.

U,bo ,.G,L,
very Ssr,I ~ o,. o a.o g., ,on nW Woihlng
rigSts " ST., - , ~. oinans
4irst starteS bowoy,r ,Lo;,. .nnom1 I'ar1 was Vas
been conJrc.nj v,,.,, o,,;n., o,Gm "orH T has
resI;.eS ~ So>,S - s,1or I1,eey ~ ~ ihey
or two tr,1y ,,c,,,., ''o orSS".ip 60" Speeon G
-: "r,n>'' o. D0Cth Gar
bonSa~a @ a,y ,.~i v".,';aS vo, m sae'aselves &c IN
oontended Win III. ~ roe;+i0n 1oov very wen
c;etv H.. T. ,.na I,: r-'.10u III So
was the onno,.f,,,:t-, ofn ga: saU Nv"
Soutb Coror;~o ;,,osr,,,ah ns e ~
ohout ~ ~, ,,o,', rn % we are
,yb;ob Ill ~ NV .-I" Lois'i'o'ion ana
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-08-23
Curious Franks OF Lightning.

Lightning plays curious pranks,
and the old adage that it never strikes
twice in the SAME place has long
since been shown to be false. The
latest prank in this county was at
the home of Mr., Tyre L. Williams,
near Travellers rest, ON last Saturday.
Seeing cloud approaching Mr..
Williams, who was away abouta mile,
hurried home to help take care of
some fruit that was out drying, Mrs.
Williams being sick. When he got
home he found his little son Charley
playing under an apple tree near by
with his dog. He warned him to
come in as the Tightening might strike
him. The boy obeyed his father and
prompt obedience saved his life, for
before he got well in the house there
was binding flash and the trees were
struck and set on fire. Then the
current made connection with a horse
trough near by, shivering it complete
ly. Then it ran into the well, split
ting the curbing and dislodging the
brick. In fact, the whole premises
seemed to catch the current. MIR.
Williams and Charley and small
negro boy were knocked down by a
part ofthe current, which finally went
up the stove flue of the kitchen where
they were, knocking off the bricks of
the chimney above the roof.
Outside the casualties were worse.
Two hogs were killed outright, and
a young calf which was lying down
attracted part of the current, and
had one of its hind legs split from
the hoof to the hook joint. MIR.
Williams was so stunned that he had
to have the assistance of his neigh
bors to help him put out the fire which
the bolt had kindled. While he re-
grets the loss of his hogs he is con-
graduating himself that his son obey
ed him SO promptly and thus saved
his life. .s.,4s-a-
The main body of the house had
rods on it. and he is willing to give
the tightening rod man a handsome
testimonial as to their efficiency. One
curious freak Of this stroke is that a
part of the current went upwards.
MIR. Williams is sure that if the
downward stroke had been in the
kitchen where he and Charley were
they both would have been killed out
right.-GreenvWe Mountatneer.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-08-23
Down On Prize Fighting,

This country is making tia little
warm for the prize fighters. The
authorities Of the law have long been
afterthem and more recently some
of the leading papers are showing
fight. The Charlotte Observer of
recent date pays the following tribute
to prize fighting, and Messrs. Cor
bett and F;tzsinmons:
ct is hard 90 understand the
character Of the mental vision which
throws a sort OF glamour around prize
fighters and such cattle as that.
They are all tarreG with the same
stick; they are brute and blackguards
every one of them, and most of them
are towards. it appears in the diff
Guilty in Philalclphm hotel last
Saturday night between Corbett and
Fitzsimmons, the former, without
provocation, pulled the lattcr's nose
aad spat ful. in his face, and that
Fitzsimmons backed off and showed
the white feather. An attempt was
made last week to make hero of
Corbctt on account Of his action at ii
fire. Sullivan was surrounded with
a halo about year ago On account
ofhis action alta fire. Both arc drunk
en- thugs fromw hom. their'wiyes have
had to get divorces for ipf7dclity in
both cases and for brutality asldsd in
Sulliyan's. It's great pity that
there couldn't be a law il this couI. trr
to license som" people for the privi--
icg" cf living. as doSs are licensed,
and to take them out and kill them
Wien they do not pay The tax, rs
logs are killed.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-08-23
ICE CREAM
AND
SODA WATER
PARLOR.

S the Oyster season Is now over, L
Il have converted my Saloon. into an
ICE CREAM PARLOR. And the
aides and gentlemen are respectfully in
vited to call on me when they want a
cool and refreshing drink. Orders fer
cream by the gallon will receive prompt
aud careful attention.
have one Of the finest Soda Foun
tains in the ur country, everything shall
be kept tidy. Ladies are invited to
make my place their headquarters while
shopping, stop in and rest whether you
wish to buy or not. IF you have head
ache try my WINE COCA it will cure
every TIM.
You will also find at my place the lar
gest and finest assortment Of fancy and
plain caudies, cakes and crackers, fruits
canned goods aud general confec,ioDs,
also family groceries.
Thankiog my customers ior their kind
and liberal patronage last Summer |
spectfully solicit continuance Of the
SINE Chi, summer guaranteeing
prompt and polite attention to all.
JOHN. r. MAT HIS.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-08-23
New Electrical Carriage.

Camden, N. ]. Aug, II 1895 - A
company of this city now has force
of men at work upon a new sort Of
vehicle that promises to revolutions
ize the popular modes of conveyance.
The new scheme is an electrical
carriage, a carriage to be built just
as carriages now are, but to be oper-
ated by storage battery hidden in
the bottom of the vehicle instead of
by horses. Not only do those build
ing this carriage expect it to super
cede the carriages now in use, but
they declare that it will in time take
the place of bicycles, and in their
enthusiasm they add that they
would by no means be surprised if
the trolley cars should feel the effect
of the new invention once it gets on
the market and people are able reach
the price.
Two of the carriages are now be-
ing built at the works in this city, of
two different sorts as far as the me-
chanical construction goes, but both
are on the same principle. The
difference is the method of operation,
and these differences represent the
views of an electrician in the one case
and of a machinist in the other. They
are to be completed by the 1st., of
November, and will at once enter
upon race near Chicago to test the
speed. They are being built of tie
best material, and will be in every
sense first class carriages of "trap"
pattern and are expected to cost about
81, 500 complete for the two.
This cost, however, can be regula.
ted if the carriages do all that is
promised for them, and they can be
made in the future at almost any
price. In any event. the first cost
will be the only real one, because they
are to be equipped with storage
battery which will run the vehicle
five hundred miles before requiring
to be recharged, and this at cost OF
but thirteen cents for each fifty miles.
A speed of seventeen miles an hour
is promised for the new invention, and
some idea of what this means can be
gained by little comparison with an
ordinary horse.
Itwould indeed be an extraol dinary
horse that could make speed of
twelve miles an hour and keep it up
for five hundred miles, or for little
less than forty-two hours, without
stopping for wind, water or feed.
This is what is promised for the
electrical carriage, however. With
the use of this sort of carriage there
would be no stables to be cleaned
mono to be used, in fact; no harness
to be repaired or cleaned, no hay to
buy and none of the expense incident
to keeping horse.-N. Y. Herald.