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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
The Weakest Link.

Like a chain, road is no stronger
or better than its weakest link. In q
highway there are many links which
may be poor, weak or defective.
Whatever or wherever the cause of
inferiority may be, the efficiency of
the whole road is thereby reduced to
n level with that of it's most inferior
part. If drainage is inadequate, and
water accumulates, Eheavy hauling
results; if there is n single steep
grade, the size of load that can be
transported is materially reduced; if
the connection between points is in
direct, due to square corners, much
time is wasted; if care and repair are
irregular and unintelligent, money and
labor are spent in vain. The remedy
is, lay out the course of the road iu-
diciously, bald it scientifically and
care for it constantly. Good Roads
Bulletin
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
An ...Iiss..y From Cuba.

\ dispatch from Kingston, Jamaica,
dated May 81. STATES that Senior Mendez
Capote. Vice President Of the Cuban
republic. who is on his way to Wash
irgton, arrived there today. Senor
Capote says: Il go to Washington to
set forth the aspirations of the pro-
yisioHal government in conjunction
with Senor Po!ana | cannot disclose
the precise nature of the representa-
tions shall make Their object is to
establish q firm understanding between
the governments and arrange basis Of
cooperation III military designs. and q
civil reorganization of the island We
feel immensely grateful to the United
States for their aid. The non decisive
character of the war so far is a little
disappointing to us, but we know the
American plans must be wise and GER
tain in the end to effect the result
striven for That result for us is not
liberty alone. but Independence indie.
pendeace of the United States rs well
as Of Spain
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
NOT "A Failure

The Gussie expedition did not fail
entirely. Two native Cuban scouts
were landed west Of Havana, on the
second day ont. Spanish gucrrillas
had been assigned to the duty OF
pa,rolling the shore. A boat from the
Gussic landed twenty men. They had
hardly set foot upon shore before n
furious volley was fired at them by the
gueriiIas, who were conce: led III
thlchets on the crest Of the low hills.
The American party advanced, were
halted when in range and the order
Fire was given. They fired as one
lnaL. sending three volleys at the
gueYllias, who scattered like chaf be.
fore the wind. Five of them were
killed. including cs tain.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
a Nov Jersey Estimate.

The annual report of the State Road
Commissioner of New Jersey makes
the following statement of the cost of
haulage on various roads, and shows
very ..concisely where the advantages
of good surface and light grades come
in. He says:
eft costs 81 cents per bushel to
ship wheat from Chicago to New York,
a distance. of 900 miles; it costs three
cents bushel to haul wheat on level
road distance of Ave miles, aud on
sandy road it would cost nine cents
per mile to haul it. The saving on
bushel of wheat With good roads for q
distance of five miles would be equiv
alent to that OF BOO miles of Sfanspor-
tation by steamer or capLl boat, or
375 miles by railroad. One mile of
good roads would make o saving equal
to seventy-five miles of railroad trans
portation. Thus every milo of good
roads places the producer seventy-five
miles by rail nearer to the markets. 1t
is estimated that the cost of hauling
500, 900, 900 tons of farm produce to
market is 50 per ton, or just about
81, 1000, 900, 900; it is also estimated
that abouteixty per cent. of this last
amount, or S60O,000,0 900 would be
saved each year if farmers were able
to do this hauling over good roads"
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
HUNG CHANG ASSAULTED.

\ Man Strikes Him as the Statesman
Was Entering the Imperial Cham
her.
The North China Daily News Of
April 23d, gives details from Pekin of a
desperate assault upon Ii Hung Chang
as lie entered the great audience hall to
have an interview with the Emperor
three hours after midnight. He was
passing double line of guards at the
palace gates, when man dressed en-
tirely in black, anil who had hidden
behind the guards, broke through tho
line and aimed n blow at Ii Hung
Chang's head with his fist. Ii saw
him e tine AID jumped to one side,
receiving the Hiow on the shoulder.
The man then attempted to seize Ii by
the throat andSthrow him. but one Of
the guards drew his sword and nearly
ham strung the man, and he fell help
less and was seized and bound.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
MONTEREY OFF TO manila.
Admiral Dewey Stirs Up the Rus
sian Bear.
OREGON'S SPLENDID RECORD.
Naval Activity ut Cadfz--Will Wei
como Old Glory--Kaiser's Interest
In Manila.

A dispatch from Washington, dated
May 81, states: The news event of the
day at the navy department was the
dispatch of the order to the Monterey
to proceed to Manila to reinforce
Admiral Dewey. The Monterey is a
tower of strength In herself and her
addition to Admiral Dewey's force.
together with the dispatch of thousands
of troops to Manila. is ample evidence
that the administration has assumed no
half-hearted attitude toward the Phil
ippines question and is determined to
TO take no Chance of disposition until
such time as the United States
itself has arranged for the dispo-
sition of the islands. Tho Mon
terey is probably the most formidable
monitor In the world. yet she combines
with the enormous offensive and de-
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
War Briefs.

Col. Babcock left Tampa Thursday
night under orders to report to Major
General Merit at San Francisco. He
will act as adjutant general of the Ma
Mia expe dItion.
A dispatch from st. Pierro, Mar
Unique. says that the Spanish torpedo
boat destroyer Terror, at Fort de
France, has completed her repairs
and is ready to leave at any moment.
4 dispatch from Tampa last Thurs
day night says that favorable report
viii he made in regard TO Jacksonville
vs. u point Of concentration.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
DEATH OF EDWARD BELLAA1Y.
Died at His Homo i'm Chicopee
Ealis--A sketch of His Career.

Died at His Home I'm Chicopee
Falis--A Sketch Of His Career.
Edward Be!lamv, author and humani
tarian,. died at his home in Chicopee
Falls on the morning of the 22d, in the
forty-ninth year of bis age. Mr. Bel
lamy has been in feeble health ever
since he finished his Equality" eight
months ago.
He was born at Chicopee Falls,
March 26th, 1850, and was the third
son of Rev. II. Is. Bellamy, for thirty
five years the pastor of the Baptist
Church ut Chicopee. After finishing q
course at Union College, he completed
his education by year Of European
travel and study.
BY the close study of law he was, at
81 years OF age, admitted to the bar of
Hampden county, Mass. From the lat
ter position he went into journalism
finally III o-partnership with his
brother, c. ]. Bellamv, starting The
Spring Daily News. 1t was in
1883 that his famous book, Looking
Backward, was published, the sale OF
which up to the present time is over
$40, 900 copies III America, and probab-
ly over half million copies have been
Soid III England ana otner foreign
countries Looking Backward has
been translated into German, French,
Russian, Italian, Arabic, Bulgarian
and several other languages.
On December 80. 1891, Mr.. Rellamv
issued the first number of The New
Nation. paper destined to become the
most quoted and influential political or
revolutionary journa! in the world
He leaves n widow aud two children,
besides two brothers. Charles j. Bella.
my. editor of The Springfield Daily
News. and Frederick Bellamy. OF
Brooklyn, Y. I.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27

For th' first few days after the
steam rollers are taken off the new
highways they are Dreams" says the
Springfield News, ''the best thing on
earth, smooth as table, and yet
yielding atS elastic. T&en the mar
row tire Ians - put il it's work,
cutting the1i,Nke knife, first disin-
tegrating tpAASurface, and later on
knocking tic foundations to pieces.
Once the s,,"'ce is disturbed, the
rain does trhsest, even if the con-
stantly passifk 1arrow tired vehicles
did not he.piemlt.
GAS Ions a anSFrow tires, are allowed
for heavy lea, ~ no such thing as n
satisfactory 1laldam roadbed is pos
siblc. The ose is much worse with
dirt roads. The knife tire cuts
through quic, ,er, and the water tears
them to noting quicker. There is
no reason VIII dirt roads shonld not
| prove satisfactory in country districts
If wide tires for loaded teams were
required, Will wheels which do not
track. The sooner State law IS
enacted to crry ont this idea, the
sooner will tanayers have relief, Gnd
good roads be II sight.
! But do not ct our legislators forget
for moment tat wide tires without
a provision tha the back wheels shall
run in diiieret track from the for
ward wheels is)nly half the battle, if
as much as half Six-inch tires, with
the rear wheels 'unning right behind
the forward one, would only smooth
one foot of the had on a trip. Make
the wheels run h different tracks. and
we will have twtfeet rolled each trip
Allowing for tams passing each
other, each keepag to its side of the
centre line, ant we fihd four feet
rolled, and, making due allowance for
teams not takinstheir etreme right,
unless required, it is reasonable to
expect that neaiy the whole road
bed would, in tur, receive it's share
Of rolling instead as now. of being
cut deeply and disstrously With every
+yip."
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
ia said to he due to orders received by
the German Consul from Berlin.
May Isetaliate.

1t is confidently asserted that Con-
gress will not vote cent for the Paris
exposition. This action is taken on
account of the manifest unfriendlines
of the people of France toward the
people of the United States. While
the French government has done moth
ing openly to aid Spain it is known
Tint country has it's moral and secret
support. III the United States declines
to make au exhibit ut the Paris exposi-
ton and Americans boycott the exhibi-
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27

To protect aud preserve the high
ways by withdrawing them from pub
lie use at times when they are likely
to be injured by heavy travel is GER
tainly a unique, method of providing
for the public welfare, but this is what
the Kentucky statutes say:
"Any corporation, company or in
dividual who may, by unusual use of
q road, materially damage the same,
shall repair all damages caused by the
use of such road or roads. The super
visor or oversecr of roads shall, at any
time when necessary, notify said COR
porations, companies or individuals of
their duty as provided in this section;
and should the said parties so notified
fail, in reasonable length of time, to
be filed in the notice, to make such
repairs, such parties shall be deemed
guilty of obstructing the public roads
and shall be subject to fine Of not
exceeding 800, to be applied to road
purposes"
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
Dewey Stirs Up Russia.

The public and the press of st. Pc
tersburg are evincing great interest in
the future of the Philippine Islands.
Much hostility is manifested toward
any scheme by which the United States,
Great Britain, or Germany, individual
ly or jointly, are to have possession of
the islands. and some of the newspa-
pers urge the Russian government to
endeavor to obtain from Spain u lease
of some of the Philippine Islands in or
der that they may serve as Russian
food base i'll the Pacific
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
THE ToRNADo's WORK IN TEXAS.

4 tornado struck Ravenna, in Fan
ming county, on the night of the 2lst
from the southwest, blowing down
eleven barns, ten dwellings. and the
Methodist and Christian churches.
The tornado travelled in a northenster-
ly direction, and passed Just north of
lvanhoe. v.heged.sapt. Jos. f. Dupree
was killed and his house wrecked. At
Clarksville n negro was killed and
eleven people injured. Many horses
and mules were killed. The property
damaged in the Red River valley will
reach 500, coo.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
Checse Relish.

Six Boston crackers. split and dried,
One pound of cheese (be sure tits nice);
Cut first in slices, then In dice;
One pint Of milk Qf fresh uso cold,
But scald N It's q little ODD;
A baking dish to hold q. quart,
Ono OF the round and shallow sort.
Now flrst put in some bits OF cheese,
Then crumble cracker over these;
Then cheese, then cracker. When you sto
Be sure the cracker comes on top.
With salt and pepper season lightly,
Also with cayene very slightly.
The milk add last; bake half an hour,
And serve it hot, IL in your power.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
Waxing light Wood Floors.

For waxing light wood floor use
one pint of boiled wax TO one pint o.
turpentine. Melt the wax over the
register or in warm bath until as sof
as butter; then beat the turpentine into
the soft wax, taking care TO be away
from tho fire when using the turpen
tine. Apply with n soft wooden cloth
then polish with weighted brush. This
polish is equally good for furniture
beating in one gill Of alcohol.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
. Recipes.

Molasses Doughuuts = One cup
molasses, one egg beaten i'll q teacup,
then fill cup with milk, one-hnf tea
spoon soda, one teaspoon cinnamon,
!: pinch of salt, roll in flour.
Buttered Eggs-Heat two table
spoonfuls butter in frying pan until
brown; break in carefully four eggs.
Pour butter over them with spoon.
When set, serve on buttcred toast,
spread with anchovy paste. Sprinkle
eggs with saltspoonful of Z; two
dashes of pepper: serve very Eot.
Molasses Tatfy-Roil molasses until
it hardeus on q spoon when dipped
into cold water. This takes about
half hour. Stir when necessary. AS
the syrup thickens add little sifted
baking soda. Add slices of lemon,
peanuts or cinnamon. Pour into but
tered or oiled tins and Let it harden.
Compote OF ChastnutS- Boil forty
chcStnuts eight minutes, remove the
hUsks and skins. Bring Il gill OF water
and one-:ourth pound OF sugar to II
boil, then drop il the chestnuts and
let them boil until they absorb all the
strip, then arrange them III glass
dish, squeeze over the Juice of half n
lemon and sprinkle with tablespoon
full of granulated sugar; serve hot.
Rhubarb With Blanc Mango One
pound of rhubarb, washed and wiped
dry and cut in two-inch pieces; place
it in pie dish with the rind of q
lemon cut very thin, piece of bruised
ginger about two inches long and one
fourth pound of loaf sugar; cover and
bake until tender, stirring occasional
ly that the tiavoring may be uniform,
then remove the ginger and serve cold
with boiled ride.
Okra Pilau--Put three slices of the
indispensable bacon into q saucepan
with one quart of okra pods scraped
and chopped into tiny bits, discarding
heads; pinch OF salt and pepper to
taste. Stir ten minutes. Add three
pints of boiling water, one pint pre-
pared rice. Remove bacon when rice
is done, dry en- the back of the stove
for ten minutes, stirring several times
loosely with fork.
Vegetable Maigrc Soup--Cut into
dice oIe medium sized potato, one
Slnhli tuiulp dift )ufShip, ny tieh
brown in irving pan in one table
spoonful of not butter. Turn into n
soup Kettle with two quarts OF cold
water, two tablespoonfuls of rice,
sprig Of parsley, root of celery
(choppcd), a half saitspoonful of pep
per, two level teaspoonfuls of salt.
Let boil until the rice is done and
serve hui with toasted crackers.
Lentil SouD-It is very nourishing
and has many advantages over those
of Il similar kind. Soak one pint of
lentils over night; in the morning
drain and wash thoroughly. Prepare
and slice an onion, n carrot, leeB
and two sticks Of celery, and fry in a
saucepan in one ounce of dripping.
Ponr four pints of stock or water over;
add the lentils and simmer for about
two hours. Rub through hair sieve,
boi up and season to take. Serve
very hot, with dice of fried bread.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
More Money SCCdc.,.

Secretary Alger has sent to the Sec
retnry of the Treasury for transmission
to Congress supplemental estimates Of
approximations aggregating SIS, i3S, $40
required by the War Department for
the support of the regular end rolun-
teer armies of the United States for the
first six months OF the fiscal year end
ing June 30. 1899, in addition to the
amounts appropriated in tho Acts OF
March II and May {. 1898.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27

iron warship The Buffalo. which
comes with tho Oregon from Brazil, is
to be overhauled at Newport Nows.
furnished with armor. given good
battery of 5-inch guns and altogether
made u very effective and modern
cruiser. THIS will take about two
mouths.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
TIC Charleston or.

The United States cruiser Char
lesion passed through the Golden Gate
ut 500 on the morning of the 22d after
having been anchored in the stream ali
night. She adjusted her compasscs at
an early hour and passed up the bay
through Raccoon Straits and passed
the docks on the northern frontage Of
the city. Every steam vessel in the
harbor blew au reyoir TO Capt Glass
and his crew.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
One Expedition Gone.

A specia! I" the Record, from Macon,
Ga., says: Unless some accident has
beiallen the United States transport
Florida, there are now United States
volunteer troops on the island Of Cuba
From accurate information obtained
it can be stated as fact that the first
expedition toward Cuban soil has start
ed and the outlook is for successful
trim
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
Naval Activity at Cadiz.

Captain Strong, OF the briGatino En-
ergy, which arrived at ST. Johns, y. f..
on the 22d, with q cargo of salt from
CndiZ. reportS that when he left Cadiz
a fortnight ago, the greatest activity pre-
vailed in the naval arsenal there. Tho
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
New Methodist Bishops.

At Baltimore DIR. Warron Gambler, of
Georgia, President of Emory College
mt oxford and DR. H. G.. Morrison, of
Nashville, Tenn. missionary secretary.
we're elected bishops OF the Methodist
Episcopal church, South, at tie General
Conference.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
Orcgon's Splendid Record.

Ike navy department is proud OF the
record made by the Oregon from an
engineering point of view. The re-
ports to the department from the ship
show that she does not need five cents
worth OF repairs to her machinery
nfter her l3, Coz miles continuous run.
The record is said never to have been
elualled since the building Of the first
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
Will Welcome Ola Glory.

The people of the East Indies welcome
the impending occupation of the
Philippine Islands by Americans, ac-
cording to 4. Dittmar, the manu-
facturer and tobacco grower of SlnSa-
pore. \ material Improvement in
trade is expected, ho says, following
the advent of the American flag.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
Tires.

If our political providences insure
that only wide tires for heavy loads
shall be used on the new roads they
will be permanent blessing. But if
the old style OF tires is permitted to
tear them to pieces it will not be many
years before we have nothing but the
tax bills to remember them by. Pitts
burg Dispatch.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
Kaiscr's Interest I'm MANILA

Advices from Manila say the situa
ton there has improved. Captain Au-
gusti, it is added, has regulated the
price OF provisions. 1t is also rel orted
from Manila that the foreign coIonists
have sent the Captain General expires
sions of sympathy with Spain. This is
markedly the case with tho German
colony, and the action of the Germans
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
Rope Skipping and Meningitis.

A New York school girl died re-.
Gently from meningitis, brought on
from overindulgence of rope skipping.
This fact may be of interest to
mothers of sundry small maidens too
much addicted to practice which is
healthfnl enough when moderately in
dulScd in.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27

,wo Ea.rL~-~- A,cor;nnr liners o.
,-hSH.A.,, Norman purchased to be
used rs auxiliary cruisers, and now
named the Bapido and Patria, were be-
ing rapidly armored, and the warships
retitting in the harhor were loading
stores and ammunitlon.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27

The hottest region on the earth is
on the southwestern coast of Persia,
where Persia borders the gulf of the
saline name. For forty consecutive
Days in July and August the tbermo-
meter has been known not to full low
eH than 100 degrees. night or day, and
often to RUIZ mp rs high Us l2S.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27

A Congressman in the course of de-
bate on one ph.tle of the financial qucs-
tion the other day very earnestly re-
marked that 1.-The United States must
teach the world that while she was
once an infant she Is now n full grown
man." How long has she been a full
grown man?
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
More Spanish Plants.

4 dispatch to the Star from Montreal
says Seno: Poly y Bernabe has secured,
by cable. a coal depot near St. Pierre,
Miquellon, the French colony off the
south coast OF New Foundland at
which the Cadiz squadron will coal
previous to attacking the Atlantic
seaboard Of the United States.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
A "ISnl Roads MIMI

A "bad roads map" of Illinois is be-
ing prepared by the State Division, l..
a. W., to be sent to the Legislature
and all the newspapers in the State.
Such map would be an "eye-opener"
in almost any State in the Union
l.. A. w. Bulletin.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
VIII Grant No More Permits.

Secretary Long will grant no more
permits to vessels OF any nation to en-
ter Havana Officers commanding
blockaders have been opposed TO the
former policy and united in forma!
protest against allowing information to
bs carried to Havana under their guns.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
SweH ug the Insurgcnt Ranks.

Gustavo Arangueren, a brother OF
the late Cuban insurgent general
Nestor Arangueren, on the god receiv.
ed letters from HAVANA, via Vera
Cruez. dated May :. stating that Gen
ernl Blancos orders impressing all
Cuhaps In the Spanish army has had
the effect of driving many in the in.
sureent ranks.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
4 ast Passenger Crashes Into a Militia
ry Train.

The train conveying the First Mis-
souri, infantry from Chattanooga to
Chickamauga park was wrecked III n
collision at Rossville station on the
morning of the 2lst Five privates were
killed and twelve injured
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
The Columbia Goes to Sea

The United States commerce destroy
er Columbia. which has been at anchor
at Tomkinsville. coaling and provision
ing after tour of duty with the North
Atlantic patrol, weighed anchor and
proceeded to sea on the night Of the
22d
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
Good Roads Are Good Investments.

When the farmers can be brought to
see that good roads constructed with
State aid mean money in their pock-
cts, rs has been demonstrated in New
Jersey, good roads will become ns
common rs bad roads are now.-Phila-
lelphio Press
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
The Charleston Returns.

The cruiser Charleston, thnA sailed
on the 18th for Manila with ammuni-
tion and supplies for Admiral Dewey.
is back ut her berth at Mare Island
navy yard with her condensers out Of
order, The accident is trivial.