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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-07-17
TWO IN
E l. F.
Dy ~ara LinGsay
Coleman
COPYRIGHT, 1909, by 7. g. Mcclure

The fall rains had set in, and the
on all sides was fringed by great hills
that pushed against the sky, was ut it's
ugliest when Keith came.
lie had been ordered to this particu-
lar spot by his physician and had been
fortunate enough to secure the classes
in English at the big. ugly red brick
schoolhouSe proudly spoken of as the
college by the townspeoplc.
In the first Gays Of his coming. tired
out by the uuaccustomcd restraint of
the schoolroc,n and the monotonous
drip of The rain OH the roof, he more
than once flung his things together, de-
termincd to risk everything and return
to his chosen work and 10 his world
But his doctors threat, that vague and
awful threat Of what might befall, held
him.
And suddenly the Indian summer
had Slipped down on the gorgeous
woods and filed them with poetry and
glamour and languorous joy 1t was
late afternoon, and woiuan's voice.
gentle and refined, was calling: "Pru-
ucncc, come ill., l need you."
Keith laughed-a not too pleasant
laugh. $50 do l." he declared
y voice deliciously willful, floatcd
through the open window.
81 won't" it said. '"rhc suns slip.
ping behind far mountain, the woods
are painted, the valleys are spilling
over with gold mist"
Kciths laugh rang out as it should,
and he went 10 the window to view the
young person. 1t was n young person,
OF course. But she was gone-caught
up, maybe, on the curled up edge of the
crimson cloud that was sailing straight
into the sunset splcndor
In the gossip that ripplcd round the
boarding house table that night he
heard that widow and her niece who
|, were to spend the winter in the cot
tage next door had arrived. Keith was
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-07-17
An Honest Streak.

Humor makes its appearance I'm queer
places, but one would hardly expect to
find 1t at the door of house of correc-
ton. An unfortunate fellow was tax
en- before justice of the peace in Mil
waukce, charged with stealing a quan.
tity of wood. There was not much Of a
defense to offer. but an attorney who
knew him volunteered to say q few
words to the court In his behalf.
The attorney began his talk, and,
warming up to his subject as he pro.
cecded, finally succeeded in making n
good plea for leniency. The justice, Of
course, found the prisoner guilty, but
let him off with sentence of thirty
days In the house of correction. When
tile commitment had been made out Ii
was discovered that there was no con.
stable present, so the lawyer said to
the prisoner:
John, you know where the house of
correction Is, don't your"
''Yes, sir"
"Well. here's 5 cents and this paper.
You take car and go out there and
give them this paper, and they'll let
you in. VIII you do it?"
Sure
And !he funny part OF this story from
,he Milwaukee Sentinel is that John
iopt his word.
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REAL, REwARDS.

The man who works the soil, who is
brought into daily touch with nature,
is always having revealed to him new
mysteries and new beauties and won
dcrs the while he works, just as the
student OF the Bible or Shakespeare
Is constantly rewarded with hidden
treasures of literary beauty. We SIM
cerely pity the man who, working the
soil as a business, can never see any
thing but the dollars in the harvest.
When one wants to know and learn.
Nature is most kindly teacher. She
speaks varied language, and none
does she try to teach so patiently and
we'll as him who lives the nearest to
her heart. Her textbooks are object
lessons, crop failures her punishments,
abundant harvests her certificates of
graduation.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-07-17
FARM MOTHERS FIFTY YEARS AGO.

Looking back fifty years. it would
seem that the mother on the farm in
those days must have had a hard row
TO hoe. She usually. had large fam.
lily, and she not only had to make the
clothing for the family, but spin the
yarn and weave the cloth out of which
it was made. She had to look after the
sugar making, the hog killing in the
car" of the meat, the soap making,
had 10 bake in Il brick oven and cook
at an open fireplace. and tho good
Lord only knows what she did not
have to do besides. But it must be re-
mcmbcrcd that she belonged TO no wo-
mans club, did not bother with fashion
magazines, put her children to work rs
soon as they were wcancd, made no
angels food or frappe and was happily
rid of nearly all tho heavy burdens
which women in these days place upon
themselves ut the dictate OF style and
fashion. She usually lived to good
old age. q good mother and q splendid
type of woEanhood. Today tho farm
mother buys her family clothing large
ly ready made she runs sewing ma
chine, cooks on n steel range, gets all
the meat from the butchers. makes nci-
thcr soap nor sugar and does not have
as many children to care for, and for
all that is quite likely to be an invalid
and under the doctors care at fifty.
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Moon SupcrstitfOns.

The eclipse of the moon is full OF
portcnt to the Macedonian Mohammed-
ans. 1t indicates bloodshed. 1t is
met with reports of firearms. and the
imams call from the minarcts the
faithful to public prayers in the
mosques. This recalls in IL striking
manner the practices of many savage
and barbaric nations. The great ma
tions Of Asia, such rs the Hindoos and
the Chinese, still cling to the belief in
the eclipse monster. The latter meet it
with prayers. like the Turks. But even.
I'm civilized Europe. both ancient and
modern. one finds numerous proofs of
this superstition. The Romans came to
the succor Of the afflicted moon by
fiinging firebrands into the air, by the
blare Of trumpets and the clang of
brazcn pots. The superstition survived
through the middle ages into very
late period. France. Wales and Ireland
offer many instances as late as the
seventeenth century.
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sermons Made to Order.

AN English clergyman makes q busl-
ness OF syndicatlng sermons" said a
drummer who had just returned from
London
"How do you mean?" some one ask
ed.
why" explained the drummer, "the
clergyman writes q sermon, and then
he prints about forty or fifty copies of
1t, and lie offers to one preacher In
each Of forty or fifty towns the cxclu-
sive use in his own town of the produc-
ton. The price of the sermon to each
man Is only 8 shillings, but If fifteen
or twenty men take it'it brings in to
the syndicator, you see, abSut 100 shil-
lings, or $25. And since the sermons
are so sl36t that one can be done in a
morning that is pretty good pay. The
syndicator advertises his sermons in a
religious paper. The notice reads:
"'A clergyman of experience and
moderate views who distinguished him
self during his university course in di-
vinity and English composition will
furnish original sermons I'm strict ac-
cordance with the Church of England
in good print at ) shillings each. Only
one copy will be given in any diocese.
\ specimen will be sent If wished for.
Sermons made to order on any required
subject on reasonable terms Phil
adelphia Record.
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POTATO POWER AND LIGHT.

The insignificant potato bids fair to
become for Germany what the corn
plant is to AmCrica-a creator of great
national wealth. The tubcr thrivcs re-
marknbly we'll in that country, and the
annual production is very large. Here
toforc its uses. aside from its edible
value, have been confined to the pro-
duction of starch, glucose sirup, potato
flour dcXtrin and starch sugar. The
two recent inventions of the Welsbach
burner and the gas engine. strange as
it may seem, have opened up now uses
for the potato in the shape Of potato
alcohol, which can be produced in un-
limited quantities 10 sell at retail ut
about Il cents per gallon. This alcohol
used in Il lamp with Il mantle produces
Il wonderfully brilliant light, rivaling
| the electric arc light in intensity, while
| used in tho gas engine it affords q very
| cheap motive power. The brightest
| minds in the empire are engaged in de-
vcloping this thing, which bids fair to
make Il great nation independent Of
both coal and petroleum.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-07-17
SUMMER SIGNS.

There had been a snowstorm and
some hard froSts and q lot of discour-
aging weather the last of April. True,
the robins We're nesting and tho grain
fields were Srrcning up and the cows
were out to grass, but the leaf buds
and tho fruit bloom were waiting and
waiting for the mercury to touch so
before they would get down to bust
ness. May we woke to hear the song
of red breasted grosbeak and tho
aria of brown thrush in the top OF
an elm tree, and then we heard the
shrill chirp of the martin and the
twittcr of Il brown wren in the peak
of the woodhouSc and that evening
heard the chir-r-r of tree toad and
knew that summer was right at hand
and June roses, skcctcrs, commence
mcnt, picnics and the iceman close ut
hand.
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GYPSY RETiCENCE.


Godfrey Lr.uad
Charles Godfrey Leland. author of
the "IIans Brcitmann'' hallads, had q
passion for studying the race Of gyp.
sizes and at the same time great human
sympathy with them. Tie fact that
he was tho greatest living authority on
the gypsy tongue and customs gave
him little pleasure compared with the
delight of being hailed as brother by
gypsy horse traders at English fairs
and gypsy musicians in Russia and
Austria.
One day in Philadelphia he met three
dark mcn whom he knew TO be of an
ancient stock. lie was quite sure that
they could speak language which
contained roots of Suus'rit, Uhdoo
and Persian. Yet they would make no
display of it. They would, like their
race. deny all knowledge of it rs we'll
rs the fact of their gypsy blood.
He addressed them in Italian. and
they answered tlucntly. He changed
to obscure tongues of the cast. and
again they replied.
Have you got through all your Ian.
gUnges!' lie inquired ut last.
Yes. Signor. all of them"
Isn't there one left behind which
you have forgotten? Think Il minute"
NO. signor; none"
..SignoN'. you nave csrrr,-~---.-.
tie basket"
Leland looked the man fiXcdly I'm the
eye and put question in Eomany.
There was startled glance from one
to the other ana then IL silence. lie
asked them, again in Romany, "WoI't
you talk with gypsy brothcr?
That opened the gates. They shook
his hands In great emotion and tried
to tell him how happy they were in
having met some ono who knew them.
Youths Companion.
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A MEASURE OF MERIT.
Union Citizens Should
Weigh Well this Evidence.

Proof Of the merit lies i'm the evidence
Convincing evidence in Union is not
the testimony of strangers, but the en-
dorsement of Union people. That's the
kind of proof given here. The state
ment of q Union citizen,
j. r. Porter printer. employed on
the Progress, living on South Church
Street, says: III have never felt better
in my life than have since used
Doan's Kidney pills which ! PROCURED
at Holmes Pharmacy. / was great
sufferer from backache for number of
years. My trouble was right across the
small Of my back and the pain was
80 severe that thought my
fback would break in,two. have plaster
'ed it, and rubbed it.until it was all raw,
and one mass Of blisters, but in spite of
all could.do, nothing seemed to help
me. / read about Doan's Kidney Pills
and got them. Half box relieved me,
and the use of two boxes entirely cured
me-"
I For sale by all dealers. Price so
Efents per box. Foster Milburn Co.,
fBuffalo, N. Y, sole agents for the
United States.
Remember the name-<DoAN'S -and
take no other.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-07-17
Discreliting IN AstroIOrCr.

\ certain king. says q tale from the
Persian, asked an astrologcr, GLOW
many years OF life remain to mc?" The
wise man replied, "Tcn." The king
became very dcSpondcnt and Dctook
himself, as one stricken with sick
ness, to his bed. His viZicr, who pos
scssed great wisdom, sent for the seer
and in the kings presence asked him,
How many years have YOU to livc?"
He replied, "Twcnty." The viZicr or
dcred that he should that very hour be
executed in tie kings presence. The
king was satisfied and commended the
sa@acity of his minister, and no longer
attached any Importance to the astrolo.
gers saying.
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.~rS"
WILL COST SSO.

With land worth $75 per acre, corn
worth 80 cents, hay sc and hired help
worth SD per month and board, it will
cost about $50 to produce q thirty
month-old steer weighing 1900 pounds,
and the breed of the animal will deter
mine whether there will be any profit
in his production. If he is n scrub and
brings 81 per hundredwcight he will be
raised at loss; if high grade Short
horn, Doddic or Whiteface and brings
SO there will be profit About all the
losses and profits associated with beef
production are connected with this
proposition, and the worst OF 1t is that
there are so many men who will not
believe it until they have tried 1t.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-07-17
DUMBLEBEEs AND CLOVER SEED.

We arc asked what relation the BUM
blchre sustains to the production OF
clovcitfeed. This bee is the only one Of
his tribe which has tongue long
enough to reach into the deep set pet
ais of the clover bloom after its sweets
r---i-.hns fnrtiliZc the flower. No clover
Now Zealand until Mc purru,>r.y-I- M.
introduced into those countries. The
further inquiry is made rs to why this
bee does not rs Il usual thing fertiliZe
the blossoms on the first or June crop
of clover, this crop rarely containing
any seed. We think that this may be
explained by the fact that but few Of
the bees survive the winter, their little
winter store of honey often being de-
StrCycd by vcrmin, and not until the
new swarms appear are they in suff
cicnt number 10 properly Govern clover
field.
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lie called ct tho farmers house.
praised his crop and his stock and his
children, with The result that hc got
the 2rangNr's name signed to an order
for twenty dollar map or atlas Of
some sort. WhCn he came II deliver
Tic booN tho farmers wife. Il muscular
female. went for tie littlc sandy haired
agent Win Il poker anl mad" him can
cr! ,hc order. WE"n t,c cid man came
home to supper ti.2rc was Il rrmily
scene whcA va are prevented from
properly describing in these notes and
can ONLY say that the Old man looked
tired whcn lie went 10 bed.
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door, although he caught glimpscs of
her. If he went out, she came in and
vanished through the doorway; il he
came in, she fiuttcrCd up the village
street. Keith was fairly ashamed of
the interest he took in her movements.
1t seemed so hagrantly unfaithful to
his picture. He grew apologize and
put the pictured eyes in the bottom of
his trunk.
But morning camc-a sparkling,
fawlcsS molning-whcn. turning Il COR
ncr suddenly, lie almost ran upon the
owner of the delicious voice.
She was walking rapidly, and her
face glanced into his and beyond him
She swept pasta glowing, sumptuous
beauty.
Keith put out his hand and stcadicd
himself against Il friendly rail fence.
He didn't try 80 understand.
AS the days passed he nursed his
prcjudiccs. And another late after
noon came when the gentle voice
called: Prudence, come In. l need YOU"
Keith got the picture out and spoke
sternly as If to an invisible culprt:
you've been coaccitcd fool. You
you never will-but she's pure gold"
One morning the girl stopped in
front of him and held out her hand,
saying:
"l'm not bit conventional
kcit!is bounding heart settled into
his shoes, as though he didn't know
the fact ard hadn't spent months cX-
cusing ii.
I'm sure you know my name. I've
just had Il letter from Bob Grahamc
my cousin, asking me to make friends
with you she laughed adorably. "You
were in Maine with him, he says.
was there for Il little while. We were
roughinG it, too, and were not far away
l came by your camp one day and left
Bob picture which he hasn't appre.
ciated enough to acknowledge The
cook showed me his tent"
"Your eyes are just like some vio-
let's in my mothers garden" Keith
hadn't said it aloud. He hadn't said
much of anything. His blood surgcd in
his veins and sang Il pnan of triumph.
lie understood, and she was pure gold.
The girl, pitying his timidity-Bob
Grahamc had said he took no stock in
girls, but that it would be charity to
brighten him up-tallicd on.
you must hate being here. It's hard
to drop out and just give up for awhile,
isn't it? had planned such full,
beautiful winter. Funny that both Of
us should have got pneumonia and be
eNiled. We must cheer each other. \
year isn't long. Bob says YOU arc lone
ly. You must come in and let me cook
you something OH the chatting dish.
If 4 Vol Vol fHet H1.i Musn;
eating with himself, "Ill call you Pru-
dcncc, and then I'm afraid there III be
an awful row."
"Why, YOU do want to come"-thcy
had reached her gatc-'I sec it in your
| eyes, you poor, hungry, forlorn man.
There's q wonderful light that comes
sometimes at evening TO the hills. 1t
creeps from base to crest, changing
from pink to purple, from purple to red,
until all is fire and glow and glory.
Walking in this sunset radiance late
one afternoon Keith stopped at his own
gate, lifted the latch, opened it wide
and said:
prudence, come In. / need you.'
Prudence smiled, the tender, adorable
smile Keith loved.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-07-17
Cures Eczema, Itching sIumors.

Esrccialiy f,T OIL, chronic cases TAX,
20 a ic Bleed Balm Il gives a healthy
'ood supply u tie affected palts, heals
,!l the sores, erup,iOuS Scabs, scales;
Nops the awful itching ard burning OF
CT MA, swelliugs, SIppu;aing, wateN'
81 rs, etc. Druggists, 81. Sample free
nd prepaid by writing Blood Balm Co.,
Atlanta, TIA. Descgibr trouble and free
m, dIcal advice sent in sealed ltt tier.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-07-17
Catarrh of the Stomach.

When the stomach is cr, r.0&deH
when fool is taken into il that fL;.s 10
!iScst, it decays and intlamcs the mu.
cous membrane, exp, sing Tho nerves
and causes the g|ardst TO s,cretc r.u,im
instead o! the naturI! juices "f digestion
This is called Catairh of he stomach
For years ! suffered with Catarrh OF
tie stomach, ctusrd by indigestion.
y c!ois and all medicines failed t. hen.
fit me until | used Koiol Dysp"psia
Curc;-J Il. Rhea, Coppcll Trx.
Sol! by +. {. Duke,
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Net wiIIic'g y.;u!..

Mothcr-Willic, you must stop asking
papa questions. Don't you see they an
noy HING
Willie-No, ma'am; it ain't my ques-
tions that annoy him.
Mother-Willc.
Willie-No, ma'am; it's the answers
he can't give that make him mad
Philadelphia Record.
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Tie Sicnu Card In Its First FERN


In its old fashioned form die !ncnu
was usually written large on cards oe
such imposing dimensions tlat room
fer one only could bn found at each
end Of the board. In the mrdirval
a. l. L. i seduction mist have
mcGlicNai dinner Was Il miHN or VII
pr!s"S. 1t WAS divided into courses as
arc our own dainty meals, b;;t Wl"rcaS
HOwnlnys the diner has Il general idea
that fish will follow soup Hnh that On
trco is succeeded by relieve, and can
conceive generally the sort of demand
that each course will make upon his
appetite ana digestion. there was no
possible arguing rs to what was going
10 happen at an early English dinner.
and close study fails to reveal the eX-
istcncc OF any principle of arrange
mcnt.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-07-17

If tho public highways did not border
every mans farm and were confined to
few leading thoroughfarcs through 4
county it would be easier TO get good
WORK done on such roads. Some mon
are so narrow and selfish thai if any
money is paid by them for such Il rur-
rosH they want il applied on the high
way in front of their lands even if
three teams did not travel the road
Thn main travelled roads should I've first
put in good shape; then when this is
done the byrcads can receive attcn-
ton.
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The sEr'ke or:sbbx:zi & hiyl was quick
10 note tho avail" V Of the bnrbcd
wire fence as JUS place for him +,
impalc his victims "pun
The paper said that he was q rich
farmer; had half section of good
land lots of stock, fine home and all
that; that he went TO town, filled uD
Oh whisky and then went home and
thraShcd his good wife. Now, there is
no use i'll cusSinG the saloon Keeper in
such case rs this, but instead this
old duifer should be given thirty days
at hard labor in the county Jail in spite
of his standing and money. This would
cure him. 1t will cure nine out of ten
OF such cases.
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We have young friend who got his
home in shape, furniture and domestic
equipment all complete, before he got
married, which IS so much better than
hiking of to some justice or parson to
get married and then goirs to live with
the old folks
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-07-17

lady who died recently in the east
left by will to her husband 500 per
month land her cat and dog $50 per
month. From this it would appear
that the deceased lady thought just
twice as much Of her husband as she
did of her cat and dog. We know Of
cases where it is just the other way.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-07-17

A good many men in the west in try
ing to produce both beef and butter OH
their farms do we'll with neither. The
two interests are always and forever
clashing, and most men will make n
better combination with tho steer and
The hog or the dai-y COW and the hog.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-07-17

1t is but rciterating baldheaded
truth to say that any man is fool to
ship to any commission house which
offers more than the going prices for a
product, and still men are being bitten
In this manner all the time because
their greed and avarcc are better de.
veloped than their common sense.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-07-17

We made the discovery this spring,
In connection with n belated spell Of
winter coming the last Of April, that
the fruit buds Of the apple, cherry and
plum will endure at least IL degrees Of
frost, provided it comes before the
buds are open, and go through such =
ordeal without injury. Had the blo0m
been fully opened such freezing would
have destroyed the fruit buds.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-07-17

\ great deal Of very careful, scientinc
anil thorough work is being done In the
ste ties of Iowa and Illinois In tile ehort
to improve the quality Of the corn. Al
rreadY by the use of selected and pedl-
twenty-five Uusuris per aerL'ls reported
from Illinois.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-07-17

One Of the best ways to got rid Of
quack grass Is to seed the field down
with clover and give it good coat OF
fertilizer. The clover will then grow
so dense and heavy that it will choke
the quack grass out.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-07-17

fully grown barley, peas. milet ground,
clover and blue grass will, with skim
milk. make lots Of pork, and mighty
good pork, too, and any country where
these things can be produced should
raise hogs
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-07-17
To Cure a Cold In One Day

Take Laxative Brcmo Qninine Tablets
All druggists refund the money il it fails
to cure. Z. w. Groves signature Oh
eacn Dox. 2oc. ely
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The kind Of roads whole lot Of peo-
pie are clamoring for will cost the tax
payers not less than $4,000 per mile.
1t has taken 200 years to get this kind
Of highways in Europe, and the peo-
pie there have been further favored
with an abundance of pauper labor
and a military necessity to help build
them.