The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, January 27, 1899, Image 8
I Am Running A
First Class Market.
I have also a nice line of Groceries
?I also have a?
FIRST CLASS RESTAURANT.
Ruben Jones' Plant Fender;
Fresh rish twice a week.
Polite attention to all.
I am paying the highest
price for good beef cattle and
' all other country produce.
All itersons indebted to the Arm of
BAXLEY A, SEXTON will please settle
the same with me at once.
H. G. BAILEY.
HERE...
YOU ARE
J. rX\ SEXTOW
Is Headquarters for
Heavy and Fancy Groceries j
Fruits and Vegetables
ERESH BREAD
Always on Hand.
I am the HouseI
keeper's Friend. \
If you want to know where to pet |
what you need let me tell you. ;
L. D. SMITH has moved to the Old j
DisiHHisary where you can get
everything you want in the line of
Vegetables and Fruits. Canned
Goods of all descriptions. Sixteen i
to 18 pounds of Sugar for a dollar, j
Bacon 7 cents per pound. Hams
11 to 12Jc. per yound. Rice and
Hominy. Arbuckle's CofTee, 7
jwckages to the dollar. Good
Green CofTee, 7 to 10 pounds to
the dollar. Give me a call and
see what I have.
L. D. SMITH,
Lender of Low Pricen. I
I
DR. J. E. GARNER,
PHYSICIAN AND SUROEON. '
!
\Yi 11 practice medicine in nil of its
branches. Office in front of Court
House; Residence on South Street. j
Phone No. 95.
F. M. FARR, GEO. MUNRO |
President. Cashier. I
Merchants' & Planters' National:
OIT UNION, 8. c.
Capital Stock $<>0,000
Surplus 50,000
Stockholders' Liabilities 00,000
Total $170,000
Officers?F. M. Farr, President; A. II ;
Foster, Vice President; George Munro |
Cashier; J. D. Arthur, Assistant Cashier j
Directors?W. H. Wallace, A. G. Rice, j
win. .leireries, r. <J. Duncan, J. A.
Fant, J. T. Douglas, E. I'. McKissicl,
A, II. Foster.
ave solicit your business.
S. Means Beaty,
Attorney at Law.
Office Over Duke's Drug Store. 7.
J. F RED McLURE,
attorney at law.
Will practice in all courts. Office corner
Main and Judgment streets.
Ill's* KM. <11 VNLTS TACTICS.
Sortli I uiiliiiii ' <>% iTiifir \ |>i>oinlH IM'liioI'l'iiU
l<> onirv.
A I'aleign, N. dispnteh says:
In the lower house, Thursday, the
principal liiils introduced were to provide
white committeemen for white
schools and negro committeemen for
negro schools.
The senate received from flovernor
Kussell a hatch of nominations for directors
of the institution for the blind,
the feature of tl is being that all are
well known democrats. It is a matter
of comment that he has ceased to
make appointments of republicans and
populists.
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BILL"BUNKER'S NEO.
He wnrn't no youthful prodtgeo
As fur from that as fur kin be, ,
A tunml tougher little < I
Never wriggled Ills ?oes 'ii mu?l
F.r rummaged r??un' lu farmer's mows
'N' pelted stones at neighbors' cows.
Evenings, when th' farmers sot
Itoun' Dan Jones' stove so hot,
All allowed, 'n' uaeh one scd.
He'd turn out bad, Hill Bunker's Ned.
Time wont on 'n' so did ho,
t'uttin' iiis capers kind or free,
ltiully didn't do tiuthln' bud,
Jest a tniselieevous sort ?r lad;
Lots or th' other hoys could spell
'N' beat him at llggers jest as well.
But swappln' knives er savin' dimes
lle'd boat 'em all a huudrod times,
Only still when he got tor lied.
Farmers' terror, Bill Bunker's Nod.
All of er sudden ho stlddled down.
'N' thor wiirn't u boy in nil th' town
Could swing h bettor soytho thiin ho
Er pick more apples off a tree,
'N' some or th' gossips whispered roun'
He'd fell in love with Lindy Ilrown;
Anyhow It did look that way,
For he went off one summer's day
Ter eity life, 'n' some folks sod,
"Now he Is lost," lbII llunker's Ned.
Test erbout three years hud passed.
Wo found he'd made a fortune fast;
Come buck 'n' married Liudy Brown,
'N' did a lot ter help tu" town?
lie tlxed th' ol* church through 'n' j
through,
'N' built a town house brnu fired now. |
Now, when tho farmers talk It e'er
Down in Dan Jones' corner store,
Each one se/. that he alius sed
He'd make his mark. Bill Buuker's Ned.
?Wilbur N. Duutley, in New York Journal.
| WHO HESITATES LOSES I
VQvf I c H A r I) HO.
tilling was in tho
i m/jyjj m depths of per^
sm. plexity ns to his
status in the af- j
YX factions of a cer- j
'^5^^ tain, or. more
VV7%j8^^A?L l>rul,er|y speak(/!
\fmVsT" iug' a vory
C I S ) i t*) certain, young
^ ^ woman whom lie !
much adored. He had beeu so deeply \
in love for more than a year that he i
had had eyes, ears and thoughts for
none other than pretty, fascinating
Miss Dormer. Yet, so skillfully had
he been managed (whether consciously
to herself or not, he know not), that
no word of his could have been construed
to give evidence of more than a
friendly feeling.
There were others in his predion- I
inent, and misery always loves coin- !
pany. -At the same time he felt there
must be an end to all things, and had j
resolved to bring matters to a state of i
certainty without further delay, know- I
iug full well that he had made a similar
decision a score of times before.
Sho had a way of turning the conversation
at most interesting stages without
giving offense and with a show of tact
worthy a weightier cause. He could
recall any number of times when he
was on the eve of making u full |
avowal, and thought her particularly |
sympathetic, when a turn of her head |
or a glance of her clear gray eyes j
would throw him back into the old j
st(\te ?(.dejection and he would leave
with the words unsaid. Again, interruptions
had come when he was at the I
point of growing serious, and there j
had boon much iuthowayof declaring
his love.
She must have read it in his eyes, |
in hie everj act, yet there were several |
other follows who wore their hearts
on their sleeves in a much more i
amazing manner than did he, and who !
were treated with the same calm iin- j
partiality.
There was Hilton, member of every |
club in towu, and possessed of such i
an income as is never an objection in !
the affair of the heart. There was!
Kessler. the captain of his college
eleven, adored by all the girls, adoring
Miss Dormer only. There were Mallard,
Hollister and Smith, all rattling
good fellows, to say nothing of one
itooklcigh. a sort of literary man with
long hair, ready made ties ami original
poems. No man feared liim us n rival,
however, for be made his love us common
us postage stumps l>y talking of
her lo everyone he knew. Moreover, i
ho wus the kind of fellow to make a j
hit with ohl holies ut afternoon teas, I
ami the men not only considered him j
more of an ass than any one of their j
acquaintances, but actually guyed him ;
to his face. Among themselves they |
jestingly accused him of imperfect
cerebration. But in spite of these
facts, and that he enjoyed u fair share
of Miss 1 humor's favor, they liked him
because he was kiudly-nutured and
altogether harmless.
As llotaling chewed the end of bis
pen, he meditated upon these things: 1
particularly Hilton's ten thousand u
year, and wondered if tho latter consideration
would weigh with Miss
Dormer. Ho believed it would not,
and wrote her a note accordingly. He i
asked for an engagement during the |
week, adding that he. had under eon- '
sidcration an oiler to go abroad as |
foreign correspondent for a daily paper,
and that in case of accepting he j
would sail the next Saturday. lie |
would leave it for her to decide i
whether he should go or stay. It was |
his Inst resource, and lie felt that it |
would bring things to a crisis. If she
refused him, lie could go away?and
forget. If she?but tho other possibility
plunged him into such a delirium
of delightful dreams that he destroyed
the missive and resolved he
would s>>c her 1 tint eveniucr nml ?? > liiu 1
mind at rest.
There is a popular fallacy that van
ity is the prerogati ve of woman exclusively.
Many hold that the soul of i
man is above such petty eonsidera- i
tions as dress and personal adorn- j
meat, (lo to! Vanity hath no limit- |
at ions of sex. As Mr. Kiehard
Hotuling carefully accomplished his
toilet that evening, with frequent suggestions
from his valet, and more frequent
glances toward tbo mirror, ho
thoroughly appreciated his good
points, and vuliautly strove to make
the most of tliem, in order to look
well in tlio eyes of her he loved.
? After donning his dress suit, whicli
he loathed, us most men do, it occurred
to him that he would feel
easier and consequently appear to better
advantago in his Tuxedo. At
length, attired to liis satisfaction, he
felt that he was not such a bad figure
of a man, after all, and that- a girl
might woll be pleased?but, of cotirse,
no oue ever really knows what a fellow
thinks under such circumstances, and,
all things considered, it were unkind
to speculate. How ever, it was with n
feeling akin to hope that ho eloxod
the street door and went out iuto the
night.
ne was ushered into the music
room, where lie found her playing u
dreamy melody of Cliopin. She was
alone, and very lovely in soft turquoise
crape, which brought out the
ruddy gold of her hair aud the fairness
of her skin to exquisite pcrfec
tion. She heard him, aud turned
quickly, with a bright smile, saying
"How good of you to come to-night":
Mother and the boys have gone to th?
opera, aud I am alone for tho even
ing."
"I did not dream of beiug so fortunate,"
he murmured, as he took hct
-nd.
In some way it did not sound oxnet
!y right, but he was fast losing
courage, and hardly know what he
said. She sank on u low divan, and
as he took tho place at her side he observed
that sho was tantulizingly near
to hitn. Of course, ho would havt
given worlds to take her in lii$ arms
at once and tell her all that was in hie
heart, and have dono with suspense,
lie felt it would be a trifle irrCgu
iur, nowever, ami dismissed tnc
thought as ho became more at ease
uutler the influence of her smiliug
eyes. lie endeavored repeatedly to
lead up to the point in question, but
in vain, for she was altogether oblivious
to the trend of his thoughts.
At length they spoke of the opera the
night before.
"To my mind," she said, "there is
nothing more exquisite than \lionioo
ami Juliet.' The music is heavenly,
and the story beautiful?mournfully
beautiful."
"('.very story of love is beautiful,"
he said, quickly.
"Yes, love is best of all. It is perfect,"
sho returned, with a far-away
look in her eyes.
"1 have a chance to go to Vienna as
foreign correspondent," he began,
precipitately, "but before I decide
there is a story 1 want to tell you."
She was still smiling dreamily, but
turned to hiui with a look of interest.
Iler silence gave him courage; she
seemed to await his.next words.
"It is a story of love, of my love foi
you," he said, desperately, taking liet
hand.
t-Jiie withdrew it quickly, with a look
of dismay, seeing he was terribly in
earnest.
l : * o?? l- - 1.: 1
miii tun iiciir it.' ii? cumin ueu.
mistaking her coustcrnatiou for coyness.
"Is it possible that you have not
heard?that you did not receive rnj
note announcing that "
"Announcing what?" he demanded
in amazement.
"My engagement to Morris Book
leigh," she replied, with a happ^
smile.
He sailed for Vienna the next
Suturday.
A Snr|irln?' Party.
"Brown had received a setback that
ho will not recover from for some
time," said Dodsou, as he sipped his
coffee. "I honestly be'ieve that he
has corrupted every decent waiter in
the city by his outlandish system ol
overtipping, making it almost impossible
for a modest tipper to get any
service at all.
"He had a habit of starting with
the head waiter, and tipping them all
down the line. \ don't know whether
lie ever tipped the dishwashers or
not, but I have my suspicions that ho
did.
"The result has been that the
waiters looked upon him as a sort of
Indian nabob, or a returned king
from the Klondike, and would pay no
attention to any one else when lie was
present.
"You might complain and storm all
you liked, but it would have no effect.
When Brown entered everything elee
was dropped until tlio imaginary
specks of dirt were wiped from the
immuculute table cloth and spotless
china, and Brown seated in all his
solitary glory at his favorite place,
which was always reserved for him.
But all that, is changed now, and ho in
looking around for some anti-tippiug
society to join."
"Find a fly in his soup?" asked
Smith.
"Worse than that. All his life
Umwn linn lutnn frn'm* fn m/mov
enough ahead to build himself a home,
ami now ho lifts discovered that the
homo ho is renting is owned by his
former favorite head waiter."?Dotroit
Free Preaa.
Tho ( iiiiifl as a I'low-Horsr.
Count Hkorzewaki, a wealthy landowner
in the province of Posen, Germany,
to the auia/.ement of his rustic
neighbors, lias introduced a novel departure
on his Czcaniejewoei estates,
which stands a fair chance of being
widely imitated in agricultural districts
? t i i ~c _
111 tiunit-i II j-iintumi in :?
horse or ox h camel is yoked to the
plow, and tlio experiment has proved
successful beyond the Count's most
sanguine expectations. The camel,
inured to hardships and privations,
does double the work of a pair of
horses, is exceedingly tractable and
can be kept in good condition?for a
camel?on a comparatively small
quantity of inferior fodder. The
"Skorzewski quadrupeds," as the
peasants of Posen facetitously call
the laborious intruders, were soon acclimatized,
and are the envy of the
couutryside.?Chicago Record.
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! I THE DEPARTMENT 1
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i The Department of Agriculture in
i Washington lias lieen wise in retanii
ing during several successive administrations
its able Chief of the Division
of Chemistry. The result has been,
. declares the Scieulitic American, from
i which this article is taken, that during
the years r,f his tenure of olhce,
Dr. Harvey W.Wiley has beeu able to
plan and complete several valuable
series of experiments. None of these,
I perhaps, has occupied his closer interest
ah<1 attention more than those
' which have had for their object the
! study of the growth of various plants
under similar conditions but with varying
soils. Jn fact, the investigation
may be designated as a study of typical
soils, and is perhaps the first attempt
over made in this country to study any
lumber of soils under like conditions.
I [11 a way the work is an extension
fit that most excellent series of studies
I ihat have been carried on at the celebrated
Experiment Station in Rothamsted,
England, uuder the direction of
> Sir John Henry Gilbert and Sir John
i Rennott Rawes, who for more than
i 1 half a centurv have had rlnirffe of the
scientific work in that place.
j Typical soils from between thirty
> : nn>l forty places scattered throughout
> ; tins Uuited States were procured
; J through the agencies of the Departj
meat of Agriculture, and a direct comI
panson was instituted with saui]>lesof
soils of known constituents obtained
from ilotiiamstcd.
i ! A p!ot of ground iu the rear of the
; main building of the Agricultural Dei
partiucnt at Wasbiugton was set aside
' i for these experiments, which were bej
gun in 185)2, and a small green-house
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| VEGETATION EOT CONTAINING GROWING
OATH.
orected in which the plants are kept
during the night aiul in rainy weather,
but at other times they are rolled out
into the air. This is easily accomplished,
as the pots are all on trucks
which may he moved at will along the
tracks, as shown in the illustrations.
l'or a portion of the season oats and
beans were grown in duplicate samples
of typical soils. After the crops from
these plants had been harvested, the
TilF. DF.PAUTMF.NT OF AOUlCl'LTt'ltF
HON 1IOUSK AND CAUS OF TIIK
STUDY OF SOILS.
soil in the pots was again prepared for
]>lniiting, and a crop of buckwheat
grown. By this means two crops are
secured during each season, so that
the value of the experiment is largely
increased, in consequence of duplicating
the data obtniued.
Very careful attention is naturally
given to the water supplied to the
pots, and formerly at proper intervals
a known amount of distilled water was
added to the soil by means of glass
measuring vessels, but as the work
has progressed, these have beon discarded
and a number of tin vessels,
each holding two ponuds of distilled
water, have heeu substituted. As tho
' amount of water added to every pot
must be known (so that the conditions
may be identical), this improved method
mukes it possible to add one portion
of water to each of the pots in
the course of two hours. This is accomplished
by inserting the tin funnels
containing water in the funnel
holder on the side of the pot, as shown
in the illustration.
Next perhaps in importance to the
Jig|i"
l>lt. II. W. WILEY WEIOH
nilclitfoik of-water to tb6 soil is the <le
icriuiiiaiiou 01 tne amount oi moisture
contained in the pot at any given
period. For a long time this factor
was determined chiefly by uu inspection
of the surface, with an occasional
weighing of the pot. This method,
while capable of yielding excellent results
when under the immediate supervision
of an expert, was frequently '
interrupted, owing to the absence of
Dr. Wiley, who was liable to be called
elsewhere by other duties. Accordingly,
it was deemed advantageous to
have a more rigid control of the quantity
of moisture present. Couse'
quently, weekly weighings of the pots
\ are now made, so that the quantity of
I moisture which has been evaporated
during the seven days may be directly
| determined. Knowing tho quantity
necossary to produce complete satura;
tion of the soil, a simple calculation
will show the quantity to be added in
order that the amount of moisture in
the soil shall be between sixty uud
| seventy per cent, of the total quautity
necessary for its complete saturation,
j For a time tho weighing of each in,
dividual pot hot only consumed a large
I amount of time, but also proved a
I very arduous undertaking for the at;
tendaut in charge of the pots. Aei
cordingly, tho method of weighing
i was improved by an ingenious mechanical
device which renders it possible
for one person, without assistance
and without undue physical exertion
in the way of lifting the pots,
to weigh the entire lot of 17(1 in about
four hours. This is shown in one of
the accompanying illustrations, which
is also of special interest as showing
Dr. Wiley himself in the act of writing
down the weights.
The single-column illustration shows
the screen or hood that has been devised
for the purpose of protecting the
illume nom mo actum m tue wind and
from the attacks of birds.
The laboratory work includes determinations
of the total amount of dry
matter produced in each pot, together
! with the amounts of nitrogen, phos
, WASHINGTON, D. C.-THK VKOETAL)
1 VISION or ClIEMIsTKY FOU THE
! phoric acid, and potash removed from
; the soil by each crop. The data from
' seven seasons is now at hand, and the
preparation of a preliminary report is
under way. It will contain stnte,
incuts in regard to the composition of I
j the soils, their physical character, thoir '
, water-holding capacity, their contents
of hnmus, and the percentage of nitrogen,
phosphoric acid, and potash contained
therein, both as regards total
I content and in respect of the quantii
ties removed by different solvents.
This report will be illustrated, not
only by analytical tables, but also
graphically in such a way as to show
in the most evident manner the relation
which exists between thephysioal
composition of the soil, its contents of
moistnre, and the quantity of
ganio matter produced. i.
Thip is but oue of several iuvfc.,/
tions now being conducted undel
direction of the Chief of the Chetn^
Division of the Department of Agt H
culture. 'The great value, to tfr,H
| farmer is obvious, for as a result
I this investigation a chemical analysia[|2
fjijSBy w I
I'My -I
ilN'G VEGETATION POTS.
of a given soil will at once determine
what plant foods may be deficient in
it for the production of a given crop
and at the same time it will show the
farmer how to supply these deficiencies
when practicable by the judicious
application of fertilizers or by a suitable
rotation of crops. Thus in the
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i tim ii> win ur.iuuur?UHie Wliui urUfJa
' grown on a given soil will yield the
l greatest amount of profit to the farmer.
The slow and even tedious work
I necessary for the satisfactory compleI
tion of investigations carried on in the
scientific bureaus of our Government
is not always appreciated by the general
public, but when the results that
are fcsure to ensue are so far-reaching
in effects as those of the investigation
which has just been so briefly ontTv ^
lined, then, indeed, does the .wisdom
of the work become clearly manifest.
Went lit Jail For a !><?k.
Mark A. Diamond, who died at the
Charity Hospital here recently, had
become locally famous on account of
his love for his dog.
Three times Diamond had been to
jail to save the dog's life, and the dog
survives his master. It was not a dog
with a pedigree upon which Diamond
lavished his affection, but u plain
everyday cur with a bad temper. This
bad temper caused all the trouble.
The dog bit a child about a year ago
aud Diamond was arrested on the
chargo of keeping a vicious canine
Recorder Finnegan gavo him the alternative
of killing the brute or going
to jail. Diamond went to jail. The
same thing happened over again when
Diamond had served out his first
sentence.
The second term having expired, he
was again with his dog, which celebrated
his releuse by biting a young
man ten days ago. Diamond's health
' - * i x i : l. i _
was poor aim uie case ugumsi. nun was
continued two or three times, the ao|
cused saying he would suffer impris- <,
ouiueut again rather than have his pet
put. to death. On his way from the
Court House several days ago he fell
unconscious in the street and was
taken to the Charity Hospital, where
death came this morning. The ease A
has aroused much sympathy.?New??'
Orleans Dispatch to Baltimore Sun.
lilovr-MHkinx Animals. T
Among the more popular inaterialwff
used in modern glove-making are kid,S
lamb, buck, doe and dog ski us. ThoS
kids arc specially reared for fhe use*!
of their hides. They are all kept in
pens, and thus ure prevented from in- U
juriug their skins against hedges, pal- .f
ings or rocks. They are fed only with j *
milk, so as to preserve the quality of
the hide, which becomes very delicate,
and, naturally, more valuable.
At one time Senator Mackay, of Nevada,
conceived the idea of buying up *
all the goats in the world, so as to ob- J
tain a monopoly of kid leather, but the
scheme did not flourish. Following
closely upon this was a plan projected
by several French capitalists to catch all
tho rats in Chicago and establish a
preserve which would supply the .
French glove-makers with ratskins to
be converted into "kid" gloves.?
Woman's Home Companion.
Men'* Ingratitude to MIh Home.
Spokane, the horse that beat Proc|
tor Knott in 'one of the finest Derbys^
[ that was over run, winning his owne/f
$30,000 and tho fleeting but bright r<J|
?1... I....* 1 I ill
nunu vi nit? iiiii, 1111:1 uut:u ' 1
back to the scene of his former '.rilmumplis
auil sold at auction for u paltry*,
?170. Once a horse that kings
have been proud to own, now lu*
stands the chnnceof becoming a misery
able liack in a road-wagon. The
gratitude that men who own raceJ '
horses show to the animals whicli
served them so well is an old story.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
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