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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-10-23
City NickuanicS.

Wnshington-The City OF Magnif-
cent Distances.
Pittsburg- the Iron City
New Haveu-Thc City OF Elms.
Observation-Disclosures. This name
has sometimes been applied to Chi
cago.
Ancient Romc-The Mistress Of tho
World.
Aberdeen-Grauite City.
Indianapolls-The Railroad City.
Raleigh, N. C.-The City of Oaks.
Chicayo-The Garden City.
London-Tbc Modern Babylon.
Baltimore-rheM Monumental City.
st. Louis s-Tho Mound City.
Boston Hub Of the Universe.
Brooklyn-Tae City of Churches.
Brussels Little Paris. (Fho nau.o
is sometimes applied to Milan.)
New lork-hothim.
Detroit il known as the City Of the
Straits; Boston, tho City Of Notions,
tho Puritan City, the City Of Culture,
the Modern Athens and tho Hub of the
Universe; Philadelphia rs the City of
Brotherly Love and the Quaker City !;
New Orleans rs tho Crescent City !;
Cleveland and Portland rs the Forest
Cities; Springfield, H., as the Flower
City; Rochester as the Flour City ;
Hannibal as the Bluff City; Buffalo as
the Queen City Of the Lakes; Pitts
burg as the Smoky City; Keokuk as
the Gate City; Cincinnati rs the Qneen
City of tho Vast Nashville as the City
of the ROCKS, and Louisville rs Fall
City. Boston Journal
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ENPENr LABOR.

Professor Garfield, President Of the
Ohio State University, tells the stor,
| of going into great steel foundry and
seeing certain man whose simple duty y
it was TO watch intently the heated
metal, and when the refuse came tC
the surface to skim it off quickly.
That was his sole occupation. "Aud
so,' he continues, "I have been again
and again in great machine shops and
found men who were called expert
workmen assigned to do a single thing
and while 1t did require large
amount Of experience and large
amount OF special training in that
special direction, there was no demand
for general intelligence, and the work
man was himself constantly narrowed
and shrivelled and weakened by the
very condition under which he was
| obliged to labor"
He was simply n cog in the vast mn
chincry. That was oil. There was
hardly n similtude left there, if we re-
gard the free play of the faculties OF
the mind, OF that which makes human
being to-day.
- SopuOSt'ou "ltu tIllS worn Oh
ag iculture more than anywhere else
IL this demand for the free play of oil
the faculties and powers of tho mind
and body. l can only mention three
or four lines. II you believe in the
mastery Of all the condition o produc.
ton, sec how nbsolut el V essential it is
that tho nan have that largo in.
telligcnce and very quick mind. Thero
Is ~ certain kind OF alcrtncss that
would be found absolutely necessary
in any other trade or calling-in tho
learned professions.
SEQ how necessary it is that he
should be able to understand and read
signs and Indications, that he should
be able to catch quickly what nature
has to tell him. Finding yourself face
to face with the question of produc-
tion to-day in all lines. think what it
means, tho mastery of the conditions
of the soil, the wisest and best condi.
tions OF fertilization of the ground.
Every one can multiply it by almost
thousands, and certainly by hundreds,
and still find it's ramifications and
different lines OF thought and activity.
How much more is required to-day
than was required forty or fifty years
sgo7 What is tho market to. day. in
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nowadays who enre to look for girl

nowadays who enre to look for girl
who pleases them. Marriage for them
is matter of bueiuess, nothing more,
and tho woman herself does not count.
They marry when they have lost their
money. and when the little heart they
possessed has been frittered away on
some Mrs. Laton or another.
Again Mrs. Harmon arose. and. pre-
tending she had an order to give, ex-
cused herself, and hnstened to her
nephew.
"Well, aunt, she has given us anice
dressing down, eh? For q charming
girl would back her against the
world"
"IIurry, Andrew; it is late, and yoa
have almost missed your tea"
"My teal" he repeated. 'Bother
my tea? Is there nothing else in tho
world but my tea? No, you must find
an excuse to bring me into the room,
aud I'll show that young shrew whether
all men are fools. Oh, che need have
no fear, shall not try to marry her,
for still have all my hair, IL little
money and heart still intact.
Mrs. Harmon could not restrain a
| smile ut the young mans veSatlon,
and five minutes later Andrew entered
the drawing room.
But, contrary to all expectations,
| the conversation did not become u wal
of words; on the contrary. tho girl!
fresh gayoty disarmed Andrews ange'
at once. His rreconceptions fled be
fore her dimpled smiles and her senti'
voice, aud he soon fell under he
charm, forgetting his anger in his II +,
miration for her graceful movements
the penetrating timbre of her voice
the sparkle of her wit:
The hour for the tea had Ion!
passed, and Andrew was still there
ie had lost all desire to run nfte
Mrs. Laton, that faded doll whom
Eosamond-as he was forced to almi
to himself-had portrayed SO truth
fully.
Aud ensconcel once moro in til
depths of her armchair, Mrs. Harmc'
smiled kindly smile, and silently re
earded the young people, who, to
their part, looked at one another wit
looks that do not deceive and in whic
the old aunt read with Joy tho hope G
q happy union. From the French, l
| Argouuut.
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A clerk in the redemption division
of tho Treasury Department says that
the "cleanest" paper money i'll circu-
lation is thnt which circulatesi in Wash
ingtop, while the dirtiest Is that which
comes from Chicago for redemption,
says the Washington Star. ST. Louis
is IA close second to Chicngo, and Gin
cinnuti next. New York is next to
Washington in tho record for clean
money. Philadelphia next, while Bal
timore ranks next to Cincinnati for
having dirty money. The money that
comes in from Chicago, besides being
dirty, is always much muti!ated SO
much so, he said, thut there is twice
as much time consumed in patching 1t
up prior to cancellation rs there Is IN
counting it.
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Statistics cited Mt the recent meet
ing in Buffalo, n Y, of the National
Association Of Stationary Engineers,
in support Of tho proposition that
such engineers be licensed, showed
that the boiler explosions In this
oaunrv -f,u tina last five wears aver
each working day. 1t appeared also
from reports OF the accident insurance
companies Of th;, country that they
have been Interested during the las t
sixteen years in ., ,JS6 cases of boiler
explosions, yearly uvcrnG! of 22i in
which hos people were KILLED and
G,34S injured. Com mmcnting on these
NSur, ?, n committees reported To the
association that, in th,i- Judgment,
licensing engineers would tend to pro-
mote public safety, and would cause
engineers to study and pay more at
tcntlon to the nIcctics Of their bust
nGSS-
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AIM FOR THE TOP.

AS long as the highest prices n-a
paid for the best, the most enterprls-
ing farmers will spare neither pains
nor c1Prnsc to prolucc the best, and
If their ueiohburs do not exert them
selves to keep up they soon will find
themselves in the background. Our
farmers must keep abreast of the
times. They must think; they must
read; they ,nTst study they must ex.
pcrient; they must exert their minds
to the fullest extent to drag Out from
Mother Earth her secrets OF fertility.
Let them DO it and she will reward
them with fertile fields sad COOL crops
i'll abundance. and they Will enjoy the
richest blessings OF the most satisfy
Ing and lo5Icst occupation on earth.
The wide awake farmer who has
studied up agriculture can always live
as good rs any other professional man,
very often much better. For pure
and flesh fruits, vegetables, butter,
eggs, and meat there is no one to com
pete with the farmer. er.-Pcacticnl
Farmer.
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Turkeys military system makes
trained soldiers Of nearly all its able
bodied men. The standing army
numbers 1SO, 900 men, and the soldiers
who have served Six years and passed
into tho reserves would raise the
forces that could be placed i'll the field
to 3O0,O00. The Turkish navy con-
sists OF nineteen irou-clnds, frigntcs and
corvottcs, with about 80 wooden ves-
sells stationed at different points or
tue coast. Here arc men and shIrs
enough to muke.a determined resist
ancc, but the treasury is III no conH-
ton to maintain them during n iorG
war. D.>cord among the powers l.
still the sultau's best defense and the
Armenians' greatest calamity.
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REARING FALL PIGS.

1t depends on circumstances wheth-
er or not it will pay to feed young
pigs over the winter. 1t depends, for
one thing, on how they are fed. Ger
tainly it won't pay to keep them, if
they do not grow and, rs the summer
growth ls made at very small cost on
pasture, and the most growth is then
made for the food used, it pays bet.
ter, we may be sure, to feed spring
pigs; but sk,llful feeder, having
some roots or potatoes to spare for
this use, with waste milk and bran or
oatmeal. may make the feeding pay II
good profit, but it surely will not pay
to half feed them.
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TO Clean .Soilrd Books

Ink stains may be removed from n
book by applying with a cameps hair
pencil small quantity OF oxalic acid,
diluted with water, md then using
blottIng paper. Two applications will
remove all traces of the INK. To re-
move grease spots, lay powdered pine.
clay each side OF the spot and press
with on iron rs hot as the paper will
bear without scorchin2. Sometimes
grease spots may be removed from
paper or cloth by laying q piece OF
blotting paper on them and then
pressing the blotting paper with hot
iron. The heat melts the grease and
Il } blotting paper absorbs it. The
Writer.
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1t is pointed ont as singular
phase Of the Manufacture OF ice max
ing machinery that while abuu dant
provision has been made for large
fifty or 100 tons, no attempt has been
seriously made to turn out small out
fits ranging upwards from one-ton
capacity. There arc many relatively
small consumers waD would gladly
avail themselves OF the advantages
which small plant would offer, and
who, i'll the aggregate. would probably
amount to considerable v moro than tho
limited number of establishments that
need aud can afford to pay for ma
chiues of ponlcrous size. Few ice-ma-
chine companies have apparently given
thisn@pcctof the matter any particular
attention. 1t is noted that the large
manufacturers have been obliged in
many cases to cast about for other
kinds of business to hell p them keep
their shops ut work, and have thus
driftcd into lines quito foreign to
their equipment. The turning Of these
surplus resources into branch de-
voted to miniature class Of the
product for which they were designed
should commend iiscl. 10 the trade.
Sm,ll ice mrchlnrs arc clearly drs-
tined to bee IN. more and more i'm.
portnnt accessories to modern con-
SenicnceS, and the firm that will be
first To otl.r them Will reap agooi
business reward. 4 striking proof OF
this was recently afforded wncna New
York paper grvc description Of an
ice machine intended for dOmcsii,
use TINT would supply "a wnoir funiy
with ice for year Tor the insiguiti.
cant sum OF 81. A. Thousands of in
Iuirics rnined IN from NIL parts of the
country, and there was widespread
disappointment when it trauspireI
that the machine vas not yet on th.
market
Dfo~Snon Missionaries In England.
Two thousand Latter Day Saiu ts mis-.
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POULTRY HINTS.

Take some of your best fowls to thu
fair.
Dent ovcrleed. Too much grain is
cruelty. Fowls need no food ut all if
on n range.
The roosline places should never be
on m inclined plane, as there will be
II fight for the tCp places.
1t is not desirable to have ducks lay
at this season, rs there is but little de-
nand for their eggs at fair prices.
The pro lucto1 Of eggs is continu-
ally falling behind in this country. 1t
Is /. source Of possible profit lost
sight OF.
The best food for moulting hens is
lean meat To hnvo hens lay in wir.
ter, the cnr,y moultiug hens must be
| fed on fool that will assist to renew
the fc';hers.
Water given tho fowls once a day in
hot weather is not the best plan.
Twice II day IS the least 1t should be
given them, unh three or moro times
| would be better.
There is no better food for fatten.
ing ducks than cooked potatoes or
tnrnips thickened with bran ana corn
meal. Feed the ducks thrco times I.
day all they will cat of it.
Two square feet of floor space is suf.
ticicnt room for ducks. A foo ten by
ten will accommodate fifty ducks
Have the floor covered with shaft, cut
straw or some similar stuff.
Foods rich in nitrogen and the phos-
pilates arc in dcmsud by moulting
hens, and of the grain foods. bran is
the best. The bran should be scalded
and to u pint Of bran should be added
half pint of corn meal and gill of
,insead meal, mixed to stiff dough
with milk
One of the best uses for wheat chaff
is to use it on tho floor of the poultry
mouse. 1t may be three or four inches
thick. and serves several purposes, the
first being to keep the floor always
dry and clean, mad the next ~ that il
a few mIllet seeds be scattered in the
chaff, the hens Will work and search
lndustriously for the seeds.
A limited quantity of silage for poul-
try can be preserved in tight barrels.
Green clover and finely cnt sweet corn
arc most desirable. Put in LAYER OF
clover, then layer OF corn, alternat-
ing until tho barrel is full. Pack we'll,
put in tho head, and cover with earth
or coarse horse manure. The er silage
will come out III good shape and make
an excellent succulent feed for winter.
1t will do to pick geese two or three
times year, whenever the feather Is
ripe, which will bo known by examin.
ing. If 1T is boodless and pulls easil-,
Is ready to pluck, but if filled with
blood, is green" and not mature.
commonly. when ready to pluck. the
feathers drop more or less. 1t is e
Simple and sure protection to draw az.
ola stocking over goose's head, dur
ing the operation.
Ihere Is no sure remedy for feather
pulling. The first hen caught at it
should be killed. Some smear the bare
places with tar, and others trim ths
edges of the upper and lower mandi.
bles 80 that the hens cannot hold q
feather. Others separate them, con-
timing them for two weeks. The cheap
est preventative 10 to keep the hens as
work. but as cure is difficult, 10 II
best to send them 10 market and bsair
anew.
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PRUNING RASPBERRY CANES.

prune raspberry canes in the fall.
Then the patch eau be cultivated. or
what is better, plowed out with n one
horse plow, turning furrow against
the plant. This brings to the surface
many insect larv@, and thus cuts short
their career, TO tho advantage of the
fruit grower. \ furrow is left between
the rows which facilitates drainage
and puts the ground in better condi-
tion for early cultlvatlnS than il treat
ell otherwise c--American Agricultur-
iSt
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CORN AND sUNrLowEEs FOR Sill AGE.

These two may be put into the silo
together and used as food for cows
with much advantage. The leaves and
heads of the sunhowcrs alone are usei.
The stalks are only fit for fuel. for
which they are excellent, and in places
it pays to grow these flowers especial
ly for the fuel valnc Of the stalk. The
seeds in the heads contain fifty pei
cent. OF their weight of " tino oil ex
cellent for COWS. The leaves arc some
what more nutritious thsu those OF
corn.
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FOOD VALUE OF SrRAwS.

Buckwheat straw is never fed or, in
deed, used in any way, on account OF
n common prejudice against it, to the
effect that it causes diseases OF the
skin. It's valuo as given in the scien-
tific tables is forty cents Tor 100
pounds, oat straw being worth forty
five cent..-New York Times.
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blacksmith from an old fiat file or
strip of iron. When board Is to be
plancd upon tho face this is oriven into
the back end, and the other two points
driven into the top of the bench. when
the board will be held securely from
swinging to one side or the other. -
New York Tribune.
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THE UNION TIMES.
UNION, s. q.

It is estimated that more than one
half of the 176 central sugar houses IN
the provinces of Pinar del Rio, La
Havana aud Santa Clara, Cuba, have
been destroyed since the war broke
out The grain and tobacco crops
have suffered in proportion. When
it is remembered that Spain has spent
about 800, 900, 900 for the little it has
accom- plished toward supprcssing the
rebellion. the financial cost becomes
almost as appalling as tho loss OF HE
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-10-23

The strip Of board has two pegs set
into it at an angle. In the side of the
bench are series Of holes bored. not
horizontally through the side of the
bench, but downward through the
side. The strip with the pegs can
then be slipped into any set OF holes,
according as the board to be plnned
upon the edge Is wide or narrow.
The other device Is made b5 4
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which you buy and sell? There may
no longer be any question that it is
the marke. of the world. Eng.
land Farmer.

DEVICES FOR FARM WORK BENCH.
The illustrations show two devices
for making tho work bench "handy. "
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Mis-. LATON'S TEA.

NSCONCED in I h e
depths of her big arm
chair, u smile lighting
up her fine old face
that her white hair
framed with u crown of
snow, Mrs. Harmon was
considering her nephew
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pfossnOn Missionaries in England.
Two thousand Latter Day Saints mis-.
t6snsrses are said to be In England Just
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-04-30

Hush" she said, quickly; "the very
air has ears, Do not come IL you need
more Write to me. You know the place
where letters reach me. Take this, and
CO."
She put something into his hand.
Ralph pressed forward, and peered
through the bushes, but It was so dark
he could discern nothing beyond the
outlines of a tall, dark figure, heavily
bearded and wrapped in an immense
shawl. For moment he was tempted
to rush forth and annihilate them both
on the spot, but prudence held him
back. He would wait and watch. So he
stood quietly in the shadow, while Imo-
gene returned to the house, and her
companion went down the path lead
Ing to the shore. Ralph Trenholme
ground his teeth in rage. He was a
proud man, and he did not love this
woman who was his wife. He had no
love to wound, but she hurt his pride.
lie could not bear dishonored name.
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ITO BE CoNTINUED.I
THE FALL OF BOGU.
He Used to BE Divinity. but He II
Plain Bug" Now,

He Used to BE Divinity, but He II
Plain Bug" Now.
Contact with the Aryan race has
played the mischief with the Indians,
but it brought others low, also, says the
New York Press. Long ago there was a
divinity called Bogu or Boghu, or Ba-
gaios. BY and by Bagaois sunk to a
spook. He became pooka to scare
Irish peasantry with, horrible being
that came at night to suck blood from
the living. He turned into bogy-
man, or, as it is sometimes pronounced
in the west, "boager-man." That is
nearer to what the original sound must
have been. Note also in this connec-
ton that fine-tooth combs are used in
order to catch "boagers" Poor Bogu
took two or three paths, all downward.
Not only did he. turn into a common
terror but he became a sort Of bogus
terror. In fact the ord"bogus" itself
came from his name. He Is a scare
with nothing back of him, a ghost that
turns out to be white stump He is a
bugaboo, a bugbear, an imaginary diff
Guilty. He degenerates into sprite
that plays tricks on sleepers, knots
their hair, upsets the milkpans and the
like. He is Puck, the joker, and no.
body respects the jester. But worse is
yet to follow. In one edition Of the
bible it reads "The sun shall not
hurt thee by day, nor the bug by night"
It reads now, "The terror by night"
but the word has gone out and now the
despair of clearly housewives, the oc-
casion Of the sale of so much stuff war
ranted death to every cimex, bears the
name of the deity in whose honor affairs
smoked.
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A Boys View of 1t.

Boy, coming home from school-oh.
mamma, am so glad
Mamma-Why?
Bay-Three boys in our school havf
got the measles.
Mamma-You naughty boy, how can
you be glad at that?
Boy-Well, mamma, I am not glae
they got the measles, but l am glad
we got the vacation. Texas Siftings
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Noah's Pencil.

An Englishman was Boosting to an
American that they had book in the
British museum which was once owned
by Cicero
"Oh, that amt nothin, y" retorteG
the American. "In the museum in
Bosting they've got the lead pencil
that Noah used to check off the ami
mails that went into the ark" Lon
don Spare Moments
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Not SnrnrIaIng.

Mrs. Fogg-pve got some news for
you, David Carries engagement is
broken.
Mr.. Fogg-rm not at all surprised.
Since the new girl came into the house
there has hardly day passed without
something being broken. Boston
Transcript.
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Al lanai.

st. Peter-Are they all here?
Gabriel-All but New York and
Philadelphia.
st. Peter-What's the matter with
them?
Gabriel-I couldn't wake Philadel'
phia and New York had to get her harp
out of pawn.-Judge.
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Mrs. spivins-YOu llsey spivlnsP
Fair and Fruitful

As the West is, it is often malarols But it
is pleasant to know that competent safe-
guard in the shape of Hostctter's Stomach
Bittors exists, which absolutely nuliAcs sao
poison of miasma Wo,tom bound emf.
grants should bear this in mind Nor should
II be forgotten TN Bittors is u sterling remedy
for dyspepsia, biliousnc S. constipation, XII lney
and nervous complaints and rheumatism.
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The ProdIeal Son.

Mrs spivins-Well, its gittin' late.
guess goes down an chops some wood
an cook tn ole mans suppah. "QIears
knock at doorl-Who's dare Come in.
Gentleman, ut door-Mudder, doan
you know me2 is yo' son, Likely
spivins; done been away TO- fifteen
yeahs.
Mrs. spivins-YOu Ilsey SpivlnsP
lkey--Deed is.
Mrs. Spivins--If yo' is Ilsey Spivins,
and yo' is sho' of It, jist take this ax
an go down and split some wood TO-
20 ole mans suppah. Texas Siftings,
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A Practical Test.

Mr.. Hobb - Dear, this paper says
that sewing is to a woman what
whistling is to a man,
"Is that so? Well take little Dicks
trousers and whistle a couple of
patches on them while 1 go to the
matinee" Chicago Record.
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Belonged to His wife.

did you see ANDERSON last night
spending money like a prince"
Like a prince? He blew in about 81.
DO you call that like a prince?"
"Sure. The money was his wife's."-
Indianapolis Journal.
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Truly Remarkable.

A college professor has photographed
his idea through the aid of the Roent-
gen ray. This is remarkable though
hardly so remarkable as the finding of
q college professor with an idea. st.
Louis Republic.
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Too Honest.

"By Jove, 1 left my pocketbooK
under my pillow"
"Oh, well your servant is honest,
Isn't she?"
"That's just 1t, she'll take it right
ap to my wife!" Philadelphia Tele-
gram.