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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-07-15
UNION, S. c., JULY Is, 1904.
JUDGE PARKER's NOMINATION.

The nomination Of Judge Alton B
Parker Of New York. should be &C.
.ceptable to every sound, unprecedented
coutry loving Democrat North and
South. Some are dispo sed to censure
Judge Parker for keeping silent as to
his views on the money question un-
til after he had been nominated. He
had n been urged to declare him.
self : this subject, but when he
was notified Of his nomination, and
also had knowledge. of the fact tF1
the convention in framing and adopt-
ing party platform had put no
money plank in this platform, and
knowing also that large majority of
his most ardent friends we're the
former advocates of silver plank, he
had the honesty, and as the State
puts 1t, the stamina, to telegraph the
Convention that he favored geld
standard, and that II this was object
ionable, the Convention had better
nominate another man. Not one
man In hundred, would after being
nominated as he had been, have
'isked the chances of losing the NOM
nation by declaring himself in favor
II what he knew to be rather unpon.
liar than otherwise with his own
'arty. We think the course pursued
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waist down and too long from the waist

waist down and too long from the waist
up.
"The English have their beauties, too,
but artists do not, as rule, rave over |
their figures. They are too tall and fat |
for perfection.
The perfect proportions to which MIR.
Hall so frequently refer are those that
the old Greek standards. have handed
down to us, and Mrs. Morosini is said to
| live up to them ALL She is the ideal Eve
feet five inches tall, which is eight times
the length of her head. She measures
Just trifle over thirty four in the bust.
Her waist is thesSideal twenty-three
inches round. shk Weighs about $40
pounds. She has ansipperssfn Twelve
inches long and forsarue inches
long. a.
Long before she became Mrs, Atillo
;Murosiui .some three years ago, Maiy {.
Washington .Bord Was famous beauty
Size is ths daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. L.,
Montgomery Bond. and q defendant of
} Samuel Washington, brother of the
Father of his County.
. Before she met Attic Morosni, son OF
D the millionaire lnker, she had been ad'
: nired and feted, wooed and even re
q ported won. At one time it was said
: she would marry Sir Thomas Upton
Then a short time afterward 1t wa'
l. announced with equal certainty that sh'
n would become the wife of Ali Bey,
p,ince of Egypt aud the brother Of tht
d Khedive, who had fallen desperately IL
love with one of her pictures.
With all the grace and beauty present
l. ed in her photographs, Mrs Morosnl Il
). in real life much more beautiful tina
any of them, She has what they mos
: Ia k-beauty OF coloring. Sne is NOR
blond than. brunette, with soft gray blu
eyes, complexion like a rose-leat ant
1t the most exquisite teeth imaginable.
Y. 81 should like TO paint her," sal
a, Richard Hall, Il would first rummag'
" with her permission, through her wart
robe for the most perfect gown 81
1T might have. Iwould examine them
/ for the make, the color, the fit. shou
r.. probably select something simple, poss
bly, black. should beg her TO wear
No levels, and / should make no offo
's- whatever to make her appear talle
ye She is just right, naturally for her pr'
to portions.
:" "It would be difficult to decide how
pose her to the best advantage, for 81
nd is beautiful from almost every point
ed point of view. This shows how We
,ss well proportioned she really is"
= Now the Venus de Medici, sample
ID all that is petite and graceful, is five fe
ess three inches tall, the head being sew
nv and half inches la length.
ev The width of the shoulders is t.
heads, the width Of the hips one a
10y three quarter heads The outstretch
Or arms, measured from tip to tip OF
he fingers, would be the same in length
,at the total heig ht Of the figure.
~ OF course Mrs. Morosini Is mu
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-07-15
,rger than these measurements.

larger than these measurements.
The proportions set down by Leonar-
do da Vinci, after he had measured the
old Greek statues as perfect, are given
here in a table. They are interesting to
study, though every woman, with the
aid of physical culture, may not live up
to them.
"a woman should measure in height
five feet five inches.
Eight heads is the proper height-that
is, the head measured from the top OF
the forehead to the tip of the chin.
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THE STATE CAMPAIGN MEETING.
About Two Hundred Citizens Listen
70 the Candidates-Gov. Hayward
Could Not Be Present.

ABOUT two hundred citizens heard
very attentively the speakers here on
last Tuesday. County Chairman @.
a. feake called to order at IL O'Clock
invocation by Rev. D. M. Mcleod
Mr.. Peake then read letter from
uoV. deyward addressed to the peo-
PIE through their chairman, in which
ne expressed his sincere regrets that
peculiar circumstances over which he
mad no control prevented him from
pelng present on this occasion: also
thanking the people of Union for
their support two years ago, and
thanking them in advance for the
vote they would give him in the com.
ing primary election, although he
had no opponent.
A letter from Mr.. Ginnerlett, a
candidate for railroad commissioners
IN which he expressed his regrets that
ne was too i'll to be present today.
The first speaker introduced by
Mr.. ,Psake,. was 'ss,
- .MR. c. W. aARR1s,
candidate for reelection as railroad
commissioners. Mr.. Garris gave a
concise account of his work as rail- e
road commissioner for the past six
years. He also, gave considerable in.
formation arongethe line of what tho ).
commission had done and were doineI :,
Tor the people :the way Of: ;axing n i
passenger and freight rates over the. "
several railroads in this State. and1a,
.oreing railroad companies to comply
With thelaw and preventing discrim. r;
nationspn the part Of the railroad W
::
$.MRcIoHN G. MoBLsY, tc
lso cahadate for railroad commits. is
ioner, He said that two years ago o. o.
@ was candidate for the same Of W ",
ce and thanked the people of Union th m
ounty for their liberal support. ba
nat ne was again before the peopletG,
skiing for more votes. That.he felt an
'tlsfled If elected he couldsad would 81,
'rve the people to better sdSsntage
ian they had been in the pxstss He Il:
it sure that the commission Tpdpt
he ample provisions of the .iawSac
ilroad oes<sE7HY1:svs@1sEde- 1,:ss1s de- )
EIld 30 g &kinSSss1A = Of the vie
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Saat the bridges and tresssfss srould
be inspected and every precaution
taken to prevent accidents; that he
would see that all claims against Il e
railroad companies should be more
promptly and equitably adjusted; in
fact, he would devote his time, en-
ergies and knowledge to the enforce:
ment of the law, and the honest dlst
charge Of every duty.
MAJ. JOHN H. EARL
was next introduced, as a candidate
| for railroad commissioner. He said
he was not q farmer, nor had he any
| experience in the railroad business
was lawyer, did not propose to play
to the prejudice Of the people. He
only promised fair and equitable
administration in which he sscasniz
ed the rights of the people apE sha
Of the railroad companies: IL
thought fair dealing between. par
ties the proper way. to mslas3 th
: Office of commissjoaar Ter. Il
give satisfaction He is.S31syH
his legal knowledge will ,s1AhsS
to understand what is redHzsd.
MR.. W. BOYD EVANS.
was next, introduced. Mr., Evan
was candidate two years ago an
was only defeated by few votes
al He expressed his gratitude to tn
people for their support and felt ths
the people knew his ability we
enough to have no hesitation
choosing him upon the commission
q MR.. JAMES CANsLER,
Q Jolly candidate for railroad commi
d sioner, ran two years ago. He mac
d one Of his characteristic speech
d and caused more fun and Taught
d than any other.
= HON. LOS. 7. JOHNSON,
% our present congressman WAS ne
= introduced. Mr.. Johnson has no o
10 position but likes to talk to the pc
y pie, and the people we're mu
20 pleased and edited by his talk.
MR.. II. A. COOPER,
of Laufens, candidate for Solicitor
the 7th Circuit is opposing Mr.. se'
He msde very good speech alo
" the line of State and national nee
. and prospects, and said if elected
= licitor Ihe would endeavor to do
~ duty id the prosecution Of all cas-
regardless of the person or persc
ID - before he court.
MIR. THos. s. sEAsE
at our preSent solicitor then was int
Jf duced ahd made one of his best ia
of to the reople. He has made rec
90 of which he says he leaves the peo
ed to iudoe, and II he is not the n
for the blace, then they had no otl
The Cook County herald., 1904-06-04
Food and Size of Cows.

Good and persistent milking pro-
duces mixers and the DEVELOPMENT
OF milking qualities, whereas on the
contrary if irregularity and neglect is
practlced the talents which would de-
velop with use will naturally disap-
pear, even what there u.s. It is
great mistake to suppose that dairy
COWS all belong to one breed, says
Robt. Pethbridge. They vary from the
Small Kerry of Ireland, the fine Jer-
sey and Guernsey of the Channel Is
lands, the hardy Ayrshire of Scotland
the dual-purpose Shorthorn and De.
Won of the west of England, to the
Red Polled Norfolk of the east of
England and others, all Of which with
selection and development produce
magnificent dairy COWS. It is the
character of the food more than any
thing else that determines the size.
AS we know, in those districts which
do not produce rich and abundant
grasses you will not find large COWS,
and in those districts which do pro-
duce the necessary constituents for
growth and milk producing, in a few
years a small bred animal will be-
come the parent of large type, and
with continuous milking will furnish
many good mixers. Select and test
your cows and use a bull from a fam
lily which has milk record, and re-
member that your bull is half your
herd.
The Cook County herald., 1904-06-04
The Sheet Anchor.

Live stock has been described as
the sheet anchor" of our agricul-
tural prosperity. It is certain that
the nations that have become rich
agriculturally have been those that
have had large amount of live stock.
One reason for this is that substance
OF food value can be carried over in
the animal from year to year, while
in the vegetable form it quickly dis
appears. Also the farm animals take
the rough substances, such as the
grasses, and change them into feed
and force. The COW, the sheep and
the pig change them into meat prod
uct that goes to feed the world. The
horse changes these grasses into
force that does the work of the world
or a large part of it. How much
would grass be worth to man with
out farm animals to utilize it? We
say that grass is one of our great
national riches, but animals alone
make the riches available. On our
western plains the buffalo grass has
been growing for generations and
for decades the great herds of cattle
and f1ocks of sheep have been chang
ing that buffalo grass into meat, part
OF which has gone to feed our own
people and part of which has gone
across the ocean, starting hither-
ward stream of gold that has
made the United States one of the
richest nations in the world.
No farmer can afford to pass the
matter of stock raising by without
proper consideration, though not every
farmer can proftably engage in it. It
is safe to say that hundreds of thous
sands Of our farms are carrying too
little stock for the greatest profit.
Especially is this true in the south,
where farmers have been very slow
to appreciate the very great utility
of stock on the farm.
The Cook County herald., 1904-06-04

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Boracic Acid in Butter.

The Australians never seem to get
done considering milk and butter pre-
servatlVes in some form or other. On
account OF having to send some of
their products thousands of miles to
market, they are perhaps more preju-
diced in favor of preservatives than
are the people in this country where
the markets are nearer the places of
production. At Sydney a parliament
ary committee has been investigating
the use of boracic acid in butter, and,
IN a report expresses the belief that
70 grains of boracic acid per pound of
butter will do no harm. 1t is to be
inferred that above the Is grains
harm will result. Whether this be a
point of danger or not we do not
know, but the principal thing is that
there is danger point. The man
that buys butter doctored with boracic
ACID has no means of telling whether
there be rs or more grains Of the pre-
servative in it. There is likely to be
more rather than less, as there is al
ways tendency to overdo matter
OF That kind. It must be remembered
that scientists are not the ones that
add the preservatives, but usually ig-
norant people that know very little
about such matters. What makes the
matter worse is that the men that use
preservatives are generally of the
OPINION that they are harmless and
are hence ready to use all they can
afford to. .
The Cook County herald., 1904-06-04

acid. At once the box will become
filed with thick white smoke.
Now for your vortex rings. Turn
the box on it's side and aim the hole
in the bottom in the direction in which
you want the rings to go. Tap the
SIDES OF the box smartly, and great
Whlrllng white rings of smoke will
come out, ever SO much heavier and
thicker than tobacco smoke rings.
:. You can shoot these rings in any
direction you please, and they will
sail clear across the room without
breaking If there is no draught. The
curling, twisting smoke is very beau
tiful. and it is lots of fun to make
smoke figures by sending several
rings in the same direction in quick
succession. ( I ,z,.s3E a, ..@z 1:
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The Cook County herald., 1904-06-04
A Home Made Ball.

nome maoe Bali.
There are many kinds of balls for
sale in the shops, but most of them
are too hard for ordinary hand playing.
The writer of this has never seen any
thing to equal the balls he used to
make for himself when he was boy,
and he wants to tell the other boys
how he did it.
Get a perfectly round orange and
cut the peel into even quarters, num-
bering them at one end so as to be
able to put them together again in
their proper order.
Ask your mother or your sister for
pair of discarded kid gloves with
long wrists, and out of these wrists
cut four pieces exactly like the four
pieces of orange peel. Number them
as you did the pieces of peel, and
with linen thread sew over and over
three seams, thus putting the four
pieces together, but leaving one seam
open. This is the cover for your ball.
Get solid rubber ball about three
quarters of an inch in diameter, and
on it wind the common woolen yarn
of which stockings are made. You
can buy the yarn at shop, or, if you
can get an old stocking, ravel it out.
Do the winding evenly, so as to keep
the ball perfectly round, and try it
now and then to see whether it is
large enough for your cover. You must
make it so that it will fit in the cover
exactly, and then you draw the re-
The Cook County herald., 1904-06-04

can scarcely blow any smoke from
their mouths without making rings,
while the mouths Of others are so
formed that they cannot make single
ring, no matter how much they try.
Smoke rings are made by the parti-
cles of smoke all revolving in the
same direction, whirling around in a
circle, pursuing each other in sort
of smoky follow the leader" fashion:
AS soon as they stop whirling about in
a circle they separate and drift away
in an ordinary cloud of smoke.
Get an old hat box or, pasteboard
box of some sort, and in the bottom
cut round hole about six inches in
diameter. Now 1T some old blotters
in. the cover Of the box, and on the
blotters pour some ammonia, just
enough to soak the blotters SO that
The Cook County herald., 1904-06-04
Good and Poor Steers.

If a man will visit the Union Stock
yards, Chicago, and watch the buyers
selecting cattle he will soon come
to understand that an animal, to
bring the good prices desired by the
seller, must have something more
than weight and fat. The good cat.
tie are in demand and the buyers
compete with each cthes in bidding
for them. But when they get to the
rough cattle it is different. These do
not catch the eyes Of the buyers and
the latter do not feel the interest
in buying that they ev{nce when
bidding for the other animals. The
easy sellers are high grade, which
means that they show in their con-
formation and coloring much blood
from some one of the accepted beef
breeds. The really good cattle do not
comprise one-tenth of the total num-
Der going to the yards. It not in
frequently happens that a farmer
takes bunch of steers to market and
works hard to sell them, but finally
gets for them only about one-half the
price he expected to receive. Profess
sor Munford tells the writer that the
buyers value the cattle largely accord
ing to the proportion of improved
blood they show, unless this improved
blood is dairy blood, in which case
it is, detriment rather than a help.
The dairy cow or steer may get fat,
an6 show good weight but the butcher
knows that when he comes to kill
and dress the animal he will find the
greater part Of the fat on the intes-
tines where it has but little CONNER
cial value. IA very large per cent
of the animals coming to the stock
yards are poor, inferior animals, both
in finish and form. {H:> 4 - =
The Cook County herald., 1904-06-04
Baby Parks in Japan.


Have you ever heard of the won
derful dwarf trees in Japan? It is
said that several specimens are to be
seen in the Roman garden owned by
North Philadelphia family.
These dwarf trees are perfect in
every" respect, with gnarled trunks
and twisted branches-but are only a
foot or two in height.
In Japan dwarf parks are laid out
filled with these tiny trees, and little
bits of streams of water and bridges
and walks are put in here and there.
Instead of grass a cunning tiny
green moss is used. And in the tiny
1.-TWO or three inch) flower beds the
most wonderful little Alpine flowers
are to be found.
The whole park, trees, flower beds,
streams, bridges and all, would stand
easily on an ordinary dining table.
No other people in the world know
how to dwarf trees. It is a secret
carefully preserved by the Japanese.
The Cook County herald., 1904-06-04
Good Feed for Dairy Cows.

Sooner or later we are going to
have trouble in some of our western
states" on account Of fermented foods
fed dairy COWS and the unsophisticat-
ed state Of some of the men engaged
in enforcing dairy inspection laws. We
heard recently of the attempt by an
assistant dairy and food commissioner
to stop the feeding of waste from the
distilleries. Now, distillery waste.
brewers grains and silage are all
more or less fermented when they
come to the COW, but they are good
feeds for all that. Sauerkraut Is a
partly fermented food, but it Is served
on all our tables, and no one finds
fault with it because of it's partial fer.
mentation. >r<s
The Cook County herald., 1904-06-04
Soft Corn as Feed,

The soft corn problem is a serious
one. In many sections of our state
during the past two years there were
large areas on which the corn was
worthless from a market standpoint.
1t must either be fed to live stock or
allowed to rot in the field. To the
man who had plenty of stock the
commercial value of this product was
not a serious question. He could
solve the same by feeding it to his
animals. We have large number
OF farmers, however, who belong to
the class called grain growers. Thus,
they had to either sell this soft corn
for feeding purposes, or else allow it
to rot in the fields. To them the
commercial value of this product was
an important question. It was also
an important question to the cattle
feeders who had to purchase soft
corn for feeding purposes. We re-
celved a great many requests from
parties belonging to both classes ask
ing for information concerning the
feeding value of this soft corn.
We therefore conducted some ex-
perlments with the hope of giving
them some aid. It is very likely that
In the future. we will conduct some
further experiments with the hope of
finding some feed stuffs which per-
haps can be fed to advantage with
soft corn for fattening cattle. Many
attributed the large losses which re-
suited in many sections of the country
last year from the cattle feeding busi-
ness to the fact that the corn was
OF poor quality. Perhaps some Of
these losses might be attributed to
this cause. In the majority of cases,
however, think the trouble was due
to the fact that feeding cattle in the
fall of 1902 were unusually high In
price, and the finished cattle in the
spring Of 1903 were rather low in
price. In too many instances cattle
which were bought for five cents per
pound as feeders had to be sold for
less when sent to the market as fin
ished animals.
w. ]. Kennedy,
Iowa Agricultural College,
The Cook County herald., 1904-06-04
Quality of Butter,

Quality and uniformity are the two
main factors to be considered by the
buttermakers at present and for each
step he is taking these two factors
should be kept in view and be the
main centers for all his labors, says
M. Mortensen. Some think that in
order that such butter may be pro-
duced it is necessary that the butter
be made in smaller creameries where
all of the territory is within easy
reach of the factory. Others claim
that the central plants have advan-
tages over the smaller ones in manu-
featuring butter of that quality, while
still others claim that this is easily
done in whole milk plant but not
in a creamery run on the hand sepa-
rator plan. These various ideas are
not really true. We are able to make
a high grade Of butter under any of
these systems providing the proper
methods are adopted. Some of the
main factors to be considered in this
connection are, the condition of raw
material, pasteurization and the use
of commercial starters.
The Cook County herald., 1904-06-04
Tokio's Clocks.

You know, boys and girls, we have
our day divided up into twenty-four
hours, beginning at II and ending at
IL.
But the Japanese divide their time
into twelve parts. There are always
six parts belonging to the night and
six to the day. The day begins at sun
rise and ends at sunset. And no mat
ter whether the day be long and the
night short; or the day short and the
night long, each one always consists
of six paris. ~, - -,
You know there are two hands to
Dur clock, There are two hands also
10 the TOXIC clock, hut the difference
The Cook County herald., 1904-06-04
1t Makes You Look Green.

~ "dNSS 1OO IOON 1ICVHs
Darken the room. Now pour half a
pint of methylated spirit into a pan,
place handful of ordinary table salt
In it, and then set fire to it. It will
flare up in an instant, and give every
one in the room a weird and hideous
appearances,
If you want the flame to be green,
use nitrate of barium instead of ssalt.
Or~if you prefer red use nitrate of
strontium in place of salt.
Another trick is to take beforehand
a little nitrate Of strontium, dissolve
it in little hot water; then take
pieces of white tissue paper, dip them
into the solution, and then hang them
up to dry.
Then, when you are ready, touch a
match to these pieces of paper, and
they will burn with a brilliant red
flash. If you combine this with the
''green" trick-i. e., perform the two
tricks at the same time-the effect
will be weird beyond description.
The Cook County herald., 1904-06-04
How jap Children Write.

The pens used by the children of
Japan consist of bamboo and rabbits
hair. The pen itself is tiny brush
of hair tied to the end of bamboo
stick. It doesn't seem possible that
writing under such circumstances
could be good, but Japanese children
really write very we'll, indeed.