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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-26
SCIENTIFIC ADD INDUSTRIAL.

Leather railway brakes are coming.
Laundry irons are heated by eiec-
tricity.
Cannon projectiles have been photo
grapneu.- 49, - :.- -.
San Francisco has 5000 miles of tele-
phone wires that are to be replaced by
cables in underground conduits. :.
a new metallic crosstie has been in
--.se-1sz7 seiisead men -Xhn Mas- -fer=-
rs ne dollar a minute is the charge for
using The new London Paris telephone
line. This is about double the rate
charged for similar distance in this
country.
A Limoges (France) firm of porcelain
makers have substituted petroleum for
wood in firing their wares, and not only
find that it produces better results but
cheapens the cost.
The Mexican Government has been ex-
periHenting with machine and process
for de3umming and cleaning ramie fibre,
the capacity of the machine being II
tons of fibre per day, at a cost of about
7-1O cents per pound.
ton, England, the great mail port, have
decided to adopt elastic cranes for the
unloading of vessels, on account.of the
greater, raPidity with which they will en-
soic cwerS 70 be performed.
a; new appliance weighing only a few
pounds enables cloth dealers and Others
to measure fabrics while rolling or block.
ing them. The cloth passes over aud
under set of four rollers, the last Of
which actuates counter. which tells the
number of yards paid out.
1t has been concluded that for any
constant volume the specific heat,
whether at constant volume or at con.
slant pressure, decreases to a limiting
value with rise of temperature and sub
sequcntly increases, and that the smaller
the volume the more rapid the change OF
temperature.
An eight-inch we'll, which is being
sunk near Wheeling, w. Va, in search
for oil or gas, has reached, after several
months Of boring, depth of 400 feet.
Both oil and gas have been struck
throughout in paying quantities. Veins
of gold and layers Of good quartz, iron
aud numerous other minerals have been
passed through.
House of the Prussiar
Diec ch4aass- haas- voted $40 900 for the s-establish'
ment of the Koch Institute. Professor
Virchow opposed the grant. He strongly
denounced the treatment of consumptive
with Boch's lymph. Ho declared it hat
proved a failure. He warned the doctor
that they ran great risk in. perssting to
treat patients with Doctor Koch
lymph.
The consumption of sawdust and
shavings in sawmills effects great econ
omy in fuel. While sawdust is easily
handled, the larger chips from plauers
are not so readily disposed OF, aud are
often so bulky that if manipulated in the
ordinary way much labor is entailed.
An ingenious mode of overcoming this
difficulty has been introduced, consist
ing of n system of ventilation and boiler
firing that removes all he'chips;and dusI
from the machines, t-ansPofts thelh to 4
special building aud thence c3rries a
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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-26
Good Advice.

Three years ago was compelled to throw
up my place because of blood poison. Hot
Springs physicians and mercury did me no
good. Through the advice Of another ! te-
gan taking s. s. s., and to-day am we'll and
at work again. What more can I cay for
the medicine, except "go and do likewise"
JASPER NocnT. Liberty, Tenn.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-26
Length of sol,iis,s stsps.,

Among the Contine}Isi armies ths
German soldiers have III longest legs.
Judging by the length Sof step, which II
eighty centimeters. Yhs step Of the
French, Austrian, Be5giuA and Swedish
soldiery averages seNent5riIve centims-
tiers, while that Of thB Hdobian soldiefs
rarely exceeds sixty, &lno 6y. xeuk n,
pa6lio. li1 ~
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-26
his Son Cured.

Mr. W. IL. Hinman, Of Mount Vernon,
Ill., writes as follows: Zone bottle Of swift's
SPECIFIC q. 8. s.) cured my son permanently
OF stubborn case Of blood poison that do
ned the best medical treatment available. I
have recommended S. s. s., to others for
the blood troubles and diseases of the skin
and have never known 1t to fail to cure in
any case"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-26

LADIES needing a tonic, or children who
want building up, should take Browns Iron
Bitters. 1t Is pleasant to take, cures Malaria.
Indigestion, ,Biliousness and Liver Complaints,
makes the Blood rich and pure.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-26
What iS
1t For2

ger, olders balder-head.
ed boys. Life, is an Interrogation
point. What is it for?'' we con.
tinually cry from the cradle to the
grave. So with this little introduc.
tory sermon we turn and ask: What
is AUGUST FLOWER FOR r. AS easily
answered as asked: R@is for Dys-
pepsias. 1t is q a,special remedy for
hach ; AID Liver. Nothing
> ,tlAis,ss bat, this ,brimfui.
We BesfeVes "A Adgust FfJwer Cures
Dyspepsia. We know it will. We
have reasons f5f Fnowingit. Twenty
years agoit started in a small country
town. To-day it has. an honored
place in every city and country store,
possesses one of the largest manu-
featuring plants in the country and
sells everywhere. Why is thisl The
reason is as simple as a child's
thought. 1t is honest, does ono
thing, and does it right along-it
cures Dyspepsia. .
Q. 9. GREEN, Sole Mau'fr, woodbury,NJ.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-26

French parents possessing seven or
more children have certain exemptions
from taxation. In France there are 1b0,.
200 families % exempted. -. y
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-26

MANY persons are broken down from over
work or household cares. Browns Iron BIZ.
ters rebuilds the system, aids digestion, re-
moves excess of bile, and cures malaria. A
splendid tonic for women and children.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-26
Progress.

f'ai progress that remedy be pleasing to the
'as'e and to the eye, easily taken, acceptable
70 the stomach and healthy in its nature AMI
ehects. Possessing these qualities, Syrup Of
Figs Is tho one perfect laxative and most psn-
tie diuretic known.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-26

lazy appetite bothers the rich man q
great deal more than an active ODE does the
pOOr man.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-26

FrTY stoned FREQ by DE. KLINE's GRlA1
NERVE REsToRER No Ats after first days use,
Marvellous cures. Treatise and $2 trial bottle
tree. DR.. Kline, 93l Arch St. Phila., Pa
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-26

The number of radseaee eers carried by
all the railroads in, tho world averages
o,oVV,VHo Gay. a-..,... nj
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-26
8 N U-26
Iou Ought To Kmov.

The continued
rial rheumatism the bones decay of
forces Impurities from the b!oo gives digestion
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-26

Live leisurely unless you arc anxious u
die in hurry.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-26

tied sites in the upper parts, and its pop
ulation is almost equally divided between
natives and foreigners, no small proper
ton of the latter element using Ian.
guages other than English-not merely
the more or less familiar German and
French, but Slavic and even non-Aryan
tongues.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-26

An Omaha man, seven feet seven mono
high, has just married six footer.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-26
To change the name and not the let's. Il
change for worse and not for better.
How In M IN NTnusw

3s7 per month. can beat that. sent $5 to H.
K. Delno 8 Co., of Columbus, O., and received
fine plating machine. 1t plates on all kinds
the first day plating tableware and jeweiry;
e9 the first week. My school-mate makes S.
oulars by writing above firm. a READER.
He fasts enough whose wife scolds a din
uer time.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-26
500 Reward. 800.

George Baucroft's estate is now valued
at $500. 600
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-26
ETENfS V: W.ssii.s.s.:s:s.s II sssssf-,; s.
4O.nage boot frss
DONALD KENNEDY ;
Of ROxbury, Mass, says;

kennedy's Medical Discovery
cures Horrid Old Sores, Deep
Seated Ulcers of 40 years
standing, Inward Tumors, and
every disease 'of the skin,. ex-
ceptx Thunder Humor, sand
Cancer that has taken root.
Price, $1.5O. seld> by every
druggist in the United States
and Canada.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-26

Flower

This is the query per-
petually on your little
boys lips. And he Is
no worse than the big.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-26
The Census In New York and I'm Phil.
adelphia.

The census of New York City at the
best constitutes most difficult problem,
says General Francis A. Walker in the
Forum. In comparison with such a
task, a census of Philadelphia is childs
play. There we have a city openly
built, with ninety houses to every hun.
dred families. Tenement houses are
rare. Few of the people sleep in stables,
in cellars, or in lofts. The houses are
set squarely on the streets. Four-fifths
of the inhabitants are native born, and
all but trifling percentage are of Eng.
lish speech. Merely to state these facts
is, to one who knows anything of New
York, enough to show the difficulties of
enumeration in that city, which in 1880
had for 243, 157 families but 1864
dwellings, of which perhaps 10000
were tenement houses within the mean
ing of the sanitary acts. New York i:
city with crowded aud crooked courts
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-26
,'':' -
Good Appetite,

Tx (. II ID II,
ihere Is nothing for which we recommend Hoods
sarsaparilla with greater CONFIDENCE than for los
appetite, Indigestion, sick headache and other tron
Dies OF dyspeptic nature In the most natural way
this medicine gently tones the stomach and make~
one feel real hungry"
Ladies In Delicate Health, or very daint,
and particular at meals, after taking Hoods sarss
parilla few days, find themselves longing for ana
eating the plainest food with unexpected relish snS
satisfaction. Try II. =.
Hoods SarsapariIla
sVIuUy uruggIsts 81; six for IS Prepared ONLY
oyC. LHooD & CO.. Lowell, Mass. -
100 Doses One Dollar
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-13

satin, the piece around the edge being
put on In pulled effect. Obtain two
very nicc chamois skins, from which
cut two circles, the size of the pillow.
Point the edges, and have pretty all
over design stamped upon ench cover,
selecting one which may be cut out,
when finished, as in Roman embroid-
cry, now so popular. Work the entiro
pattern In button-hole stitch, using
heavy embroidery silk of different col
ors that will blend with the satin, and
lace the top and bottom with large, old
gold silk cord. The satin shows bright
ly through the openings. The picture
shows this pillow. Those who prefer
to paint the channels, can do so with
equally good effect Hero arc three
beautiful ways of decorations:
First-Paint the entire surface a light
chocolate for the ground. Upon this,
paint large velvety-pinh roses with their
leaves, in metallic lustcr effect. pea
cock blue satin.)
Second-Silvcr the channels, and orna-
ment with conventional designs of feur-
de-lis in delicate corn color. (Pale blue
satin.)
Third-Choose for the ground dull
copper color, and paint upon it lotus
flowers and leaves of old ivory in relief.
pink satin. )-Good housekeeping.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-13

varieties of knives and spoons, the
Skinner (trua), the funnel the strain
er, the saucepan with four circular.
holes, serving, without doubt, to boil or
cook eggs. Heliogabalus had, in his
kitchens, warming-pans, kettles, and
other utensils, all Of silver.
The Romans lived in singular idle
ness, passing their days in the circuses,
the theaters and the baths, receiving.
constantly, from the Emperors and
persons who wished to make themselves.
popular, presents of wheat, wine andi
oil. All the wealth and the products of
n universe flowed into Rome and dis
appeared in this gulf, to nourish and
divert six or seven hundred thousand
idle creatures.-A. Marcel, in Donor
est's Family Magazine.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-13
The Sweet German Accent.

from the economist.
Our German friends in Stahl un Eisen
print it this way: die Mac Kinley-
Tarifbill." They part the jor's
name in the middle and make it gen
uino Scotch, which is orthographically
and historically correct. Then they
unite this Scotch name orthographically
and to the Majors great legislative
achievement, which is both historically
correct and POLITICALLY appropriate.
The same number of Stahl und Eisen
which refers to tho Mckinley tariff bill
also contains an article entitled DER
Entwurf elmer Novelle yum Kranken-
electromagnetic" in the course OF
which we notice some remarks concern
ing ''der Gemeindekrankenvo
beizutrcten" and "nicht versicherung-
sphichtigen." What we can not under
stand in our friends of Stahl und
Eisen is that they should show
such fino appreciation of the beauties
and proprieties of the English
language, as illustrated in their chang
ing of the spelling of the name of orr
great Protcctionist, and at the same
time so stubbornly adhere to the sim
pie and child-like phrases-the prattle
as it wcre-of their German mother
tongue, which are so obviously I'M
suited by their brevity to tho communi-
cation of high and mighty thoughts.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-13
The Southwestern Trade.

fioih tHc NOIloih lTRlilluI.
The Virginian in publishing the
letter of its correspondent Southwest"
in it Thursdays issue, called tho spec
ial attention of our Wholesale dealers
to the Importance Of somo systematic
action. in order to develop and Guilt
vatc the business of that great and
growing section of our State. There is
no reason why the trade of the South
west should not be secured to Norfolk
All that is necessary is we'll organized
effort. The acquaintance of the bust
ness people of that country should be
made. And this can best be accom-
plishcd by visit on the part of the re-
representatives. Of the various branches
of our wholesale houses. A trip of a
week or ten days by live delegation Of
active business men such as Norfolk
can send out, armed with documents,
facts and figures, would be very adj
vanced step in this direction. The Vir.
ginian is gratified to know that it's sug-
gestion is being discussed, and it hopes,
will prove successful.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-13
The Southwestern Lift.
From the Norfolk News and Courier.
- L. L.

From the Norfolk News and Courier.
Cities cannot be built by one line Of
trade alone. Many and varied indus
tries that give employment to male and
female, skilled and unskilled people
must be centred at the point where
city must be built. The other night,
Mr.. j. S. Simmons, president of the
State Exchange, made a speech before
the Roanoke Exchange, in which he
advocated the raising OF 81 600, 900 to
be devoted to the establishment of ten
industries Of various kinds.
Under the influence of Mr.. Simmons
eloquence and ardor, enough subscrip-
tions were secured at that meeting to
insure the establishment OF one indus
try, and others will soon follow.
Norfolk and every other city can learn
much from those Roanokers. They have
already built city in less than ten
years, and now are enlarging it. We
are giving in this very paper the facts
about Salem that seem the very romance
OF reality. But diversified industries"
is the secret Of these magic twin cities.
One thing at time. Let our OK
changes and business men get together
and raise $4,000 for some one industry,
and in less than month it will be
started. But that one thing must be
secured, and can only be secured by CO.
operation.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-13
Praising the N. s. w.
From tho Baltimore Sun.

Double tracking the Norfolk and
Western Railroad from Roanoke, Va, to
Bristol, Tenn, which is now progress
ing rapidly, is an improvement made
necessary by the development which has
been going on for some time on the
line of the main road and it's branches.
The Norfolk and Western is one of the
best managed railroads in the South,
and the freight it is called upon to
carry has long demanded the double
tracking of tho main stem.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-13

THE Washington correspondent of
the Baltimore Sun is as carefully bal
anced as any man in the business He
telegraphed his paper an interesting
letter alleged to have been written by
Henry Wattcrson to Governor Hill,
of New, York advising the latter
to take the Scnatorship. Governor Hill
denied having received any such letter,
whereupon the correspondent remarks:
ST can't swear that Governor Hill re-
ceived the letter, l only know that Mr..
Watterson wrote such a letter and
mailed it,
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-13
Mary Ann Doucherty,s BilI.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1e.-[Special] =
The Senate discussed the District of
Columbia bill to-day, and struck out the
clause compelling the District to pay
half the cost of maintaining the Zoo
logical Gardens.
Mary Ann Dougherty's pension bill
came up, but Senator Cockrell objected
to it, and charged her with being a
drunked debauchee. The bill was with
drawn. Mary Ann was made politi-
cal issue by Cleveland's veto of pre-
vious bill in her favor
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-13
THE FLEUR-DE.LiS.
It Is Much Used at Present In Decorative
Work and Jewelry.

1t 1b lhuCn USeu ut lfcSCnC III decorative
Work and Jewelry.
The fleur-de-lis, which is so much
used at present as design in decora-
ton and jcwelry, dates back, according
to heraldic history, to Clovis the First
of France. 1t represents, according to
some authorities, the red gladiola tabled
to have been given to that monarch by
an angel at his baptism; others say that
it represents the tip of the ''francisque,"
or ancient French javelin. Whether the
lily Of peace or the javclin which Clovis
used to subdue all enemies to the CROSS
was the model for the triple fleur>de-lis
which in symbol of the Trinity he car
ried in his shield, no one can tell. Tho
triple form of the heur-de-lis taken
from that ancient shield was introduced
as permanent part of the French coat
of-arms in the twelfth century and has
ever since been called 1.-The flower Of
the lily" Charming ornaments Of
feur-de-lis In silver studded with moon
stones are sold in the shops for SO and
SS, according to size. There are dainty
little pins Of diamonds for the bonnet
In this shape which range from e25 up
ward; and elaborate pendants set with
fine, brilliant stones, perfect in color,
from 800.
The daintiest ivory backed and
handled sets of brushes and combs are
studded at one corner like n heraldic
shield with triple feur-de-lis in gold
or silver. There are also glasses from
Franco in ruby, pale-green and other
colors studded with golden fleur-de-lis;
and even In table damasls and fine en-
broidercd linen for underwear this Is q
fashionable design.--N. Y. Tribune.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-13
The Calvary Baptist Festival.

The ladies of the Calvary Baptist
Church began Il festival at the Junior
Hose Company's quarters, corner Roa-
noke and Campbell streets, last night
Refreshments were served in elegant
style by fair maidens, and pleasant
evening was spent by the large number
of people that attended. The festival
will be continued to-day. Dinner will
be served and the rooms will be kept
open until 10 o'clock tonight.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-13
S COTT & RIVE
A BOOMING TOWN
WYTHEVILLE

Advances IN the race OF progress.
Called the Saratoga of the South. In
dustrieS nearing completion and con-
tenn plated. Its churches and schools.
The scenery surrounding magnificent.
Wytheville's boom is attracting the
attention Of the country
Wythe county is noted Tor its blue
grass and fine herds and rich agricult-
ural area. 1t embodics tho mountain
scenery and climate and fine mineral
waters of Ashcville, N. c., with iron
and coal vastly superior to Birmingham,
in tho midst of an agricultural soil uni
versally superior to either. Located
upon the Norfolk and Western railroad,
half way between Roanoke and Bristol,
the former Of which is situated upon
the eastern border and the latter the
western border of the great upland
mineral basin known as Southwest Vir-
ginia. The proposed Virginia and Ken
lucky railroad, on which work will be-
gin soon, crosses the Norfolk and West
ern at this point. The Parkersburg,
Little Kanawha and Virginia railway
has also decided to build the proposed
connecting link between the Black Dia-
mond system and the Cape Fear and
Yadkin Valley via Wytheville, making
Wythcville competing railway centre.
These lines will bring the Gossan ores
of Carroll, the mountain ores of Bland
and the limonite ores of Cripple Creek
and New River and tho coal fields of
Wythe, Bland and the Flat Top to-
gether at Wytheville, making it the
great iron and trade centre of Southwest
Virginia.
New factories and industries are be-
ing located every week, among which
arc two hotels costing 100000 each
Steel Range and Stove Factory. S125, 1000,
while applications for sites are con-
stantly ceming in. Tho Wytheville
Manufacturing Company, organized with
dozen hands few months ago, engage
ing in the building business, has in
creased its force to rs hands, with
twelve months work ahead engaged,
and will now increase their force to $50
hands. Streets are being graded every
where, rail sidings for factories, while
every movement goes to indicate that
the place will be the growing Industrial
town of 1901. The Wytheville Develop
ment Company, the pioneer mover in
the good work, owing IT'S acres of land,
had its first sale of lots from its choice
property, beginning September 3Oth,
when all the lots offered were soon
taken up, and to meet a growing demand
fered December 18th and 18th, intrin-
sicily considered as valuable perhaps as
that of any company being offered in
Virginia, yet at prices extremely reason
able, which it is earnestly hoped will.
encourage actual settlers rather than
lot speculation.
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THAT s75,o 900 SUBSCRIPTION.

The citizens of Roanoke are invited
to subscribe SIS, 900 to secure an indus
try from New England.
Seventy-Gve thousand dollars repre-
sents the commissions on ono months
business in realty transfers in Roanoke.
1t would be quite an item if the
real estate men, real estate owners and
business men were asked to donate it,
to throw it into q rat hole, but they
are not. They are asked to subscribe
on liberal terms to stock in an enter
prise which will be a two for one in
vestment in itself, with tho option of
taking stock in a company which will
be much better than Il two for one in
vestmont, and a certainty that their ac-
ton will increase the value of Roa-
nolSe realty from 10 to is per
cent, as we'll as Immediately set a
lively pace for spring business. That
is the situation and that is why the
public spirited citizens of Roanoke
must show their public spirit at once.
Yesterdays was good days work
To-day's should be better one. To-
morrow will be st. Valentines Day.
Now all pull together, and before the
sun goes down Saturday night give
Roanoke valentine in the shape OF a
completed subscription.