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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-29
WashingtOn's Clothes.

The gentleman who brought forward
the following communication had not
only the original letter in his possession,
but was also the owner of the "meas-
ure," composed of stiff paper carefully
sewn together, and with the marks writ
ten upon it in the Generals haud-
writing. 1t was sent to the tailor
through Washington's agents, prusuma-
bly Cary & Co., merchants 1t is nota-
BILE for the same exactitude aud precis-
ion as the more important matters which
the General had connection with, aud it
is invaluable as giving the absolute con
dition OF his physique in the yeal Of it's
date:
VIRGINIA, Goth April 1863 Mr.. Law.
rsnss 8s yls3RsSssa ssRSsa fo
YOU my measure, but, in general "av, they
are 81 badly taken here. that l am con.
vinced it wonld be Of little service, | would
have you, therefore, take measure OF gen
tleman who wears we'll made cloaths OF the
following siz,. Six feet high. and propor-
tionately made, il anything, rather slender
than thick for "a person OF that hishth, with
pretty long arms aud thighs. You will take
care to make the breeches longer than those
YOU sent me last, and | would have you
keen the measure of the cloathS you now
make by YOU, and il any alteration is re-
ouirei in my next, it shalt be pointer out.
Mr. Cary vii! pay your bill an, sir, your
very ODE iient humble servant,
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Mote For further government ana
| knowledge of my size. I have sent the in-
| closed, ami you must observe, vt from We
| ccat end to No. ], AMI No. 8, is We sizs over
| We breast and hips, No. 2. over the belly,
ana No. 4 round .ye arm, and from ye
| breeches end To No. a is for wastband;
| b, thick Of the thigh; C, upper button hole:
| d. knee band; e, for length OF breecheS.
| "rherefore il you take measure OF per-
son about 6 feet high Of this higness. think
YOU cant 90 amiss; you must take notice
| that tho inclosed is the exact size, without
any allowance for seams, &c.
GEORGE WASHINGTON,
ITO Mr.. Chas. Lawrence,
"Taylor, in Old Fish street, London
AS Washington was thirty one in
1853, his height as he states it, viz; sis
feet, is apparently at variance with the
popular belief that he was six feet two
inches, but it may be that some peculi'
arity, either of his length of limb or o
his body, caused him to tell his tailor te
measure a gentleman Of only six feet
assured that by some slight difference o!
his part from other men he may haV
exactly the correct difference. He wa
so correct in all his directions that thl
seems the only elucidation OF the dis
crepancy. y.-Sartorial Art Journal.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-29

The average rate of farm wages IN the
United States is S12. 54 per month aud
board. This is nearly double the amount
paid fifty years ago and twenty per cent.
higher than in 1879. It must be re-.
membered that in addition to an actual
increase in wages the purchasing quality
of a dollar has been nearly doubled since
1879. The condition of farm laborers is
also improved, maintains the Chicago
Graphic. Machinery does most of the
hard work formerly performed by the
''hired help" the hours of labor have
been shortened and the opportunities for
saving are more numerous. The farm
laborer is situated far more agreeably
than the day iaborer in cities and towns
who has to work for dollar or dollar
and quarter day, out Of which he has
to pay for his board, lodging, washing
and other incidentals.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-29

Referring to the recent alarm near
Pottsville caused by the fear that leak
ing dam might burst the Philadelphia
Ledger says: - Tnere is something
wrong about dan building in Pennsyl-
vania or the water reservoirs Of the State
would he able to withstand summer
storms" No doubt, also says the New
York Herald, this warning is needed,
not only in Pennsylvania, but in other
States, and especially in all localities
where the topography admits Of a sud.
den concentration Of torrential rains. In
clou1bursts the descending 2 sheet Of water
gains greater force than large meteorites
which have buried themselves in solid
rock. In the cloudburst at Fort Elliott
Texas, IN May, 1888, hailstones fell in
heavy masses and Law in drifts six feet
deep on Sweetwater Creek. After the
famous tornado at Hollidaysburg, Penn,
in 1885, the earth presented the appear.
ance Of having been bombarded, not by
drops, hut by masses OF water, excava
.iag here and there ga great hole or
basin. To be storm proof, dams in
mountainous districts should hereafter
be amply strong enough to resist such
glacial or aqueous artillery discharged
from the clou Is. AMI if they cannot be
made secure they sholld be built only in
places were, in case OF bursting, the
resulting fool will not leap aud swoop
do vn upon de;enceiess and unsuspecting
towns and villages, but will expend its
force h'rn!ess'y.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-29
NUMBER 81:
"A. We demand the .rss nduulimitsr
Coinage OF Ailyer and rSld at the present

"A. We demand the .rss and uplimiter
,oinsge Of N,ver and gold at the present
legal ratio OF 10 10 I. 49,
"B We demand that the amount Of the
circulating medium be speedily increased to
not less than $50 per copifa,
&c. We demand Q graduated income tax
"D. We believe that the money Of the
country should be kept as much AZ possible In
the hands 81 the people, and hence we
demand that all State and national revenues
shail be limited to the necessary expenses OF
.he goysrnm.rt economically and honestS'
"E. We demand that postal savings banks
I've established by the government for the safe
deposit OF the people and to facilitate ex-
change. Transportation he,n n means OF
exchange and n public necessity, the govern
mont should own and operate the railr~1nd2
in the interests OF the people.
IF The telegraph and telephons, like the
postofIice system. being necessity for the
transmission of news, should be owned and
operated by the governm ent In the interest
NJ the people.
"G. The land, including ell the natural
.sarsas M hs tas RsSs
purpcees, aad slien ounstsbip ot land dyhurid
6e prohibited All Iands now held By rail-
roads and other corporationsi In excess OF their
actual needs, and lands now owned by aliens.
should be reclaimed and held for actual
settlers only"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-29
Roth BOy and Cub Walled.

One Of Mr. Lampson's boys cam near
having serious encounter VITA 0ear
the other day. While gong to wor'; ne
met large bear aud two cuos. lne
mother and one Of the cubs took to ths
woods while tho other cub climbed a
small tree. The boy thought to capture
the cub, and climbed up after it, where
upon the cub set up SUCH wall that the
mother soon returned and starter up
after the boy. 1t was no" ms tnrA 10
wall, which he did quite Justify. oN'uS
TO the smalness OF the tree, the bear
could not reach the boy; but the s,tna-
ton was anything but pleasant during
the interval that elapsed before the ar
rival of the boys father. The old pear
took to the woods. They succeeded IN
capturing the cub by means OF ropes ana .
eunny sacks, and took it home -Lumas
City (Washington) News. q.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-29
Building in the Days of the Fathers

GREENSBORO, N. C.-Col Julian
=. Carr was here yesterday
morning on his return from New York.
In answer to question about the erestora
tion of an old time mansion near Hills
boro which Mr.. Carr has on hand, hr
went on to say that when some of the
flooring Of the old house was torn up il
was found to have distinctly marked on
'he under side, Hezckiah Hogg June
2lst, 1741. The lumber used in building
the house was sawed in England and
shipped to Newberne, and from
New Berne distant about 200
miles, IL was hauled on oX-carts, reauir
in. something near month to make the
round trip. But if this be a wonderful
undertaking, how much greater was it to
haul the brick in the same way with
which to build a house Just over the
liver from Mr.. Cars place brick house,
he brick of which were burnt in Eng
land. No wonder our people called
England the Mother Country" in those
InyS
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-29
GABOR AND ANTI-OPTION.
The Senate Argues Both Questions
Without Action.
senator PETER Favors "Hands or
For Employer and Employee,
and Senator White Closes
His Al Hours Speech.

WARRINGTON, D. C.--LSENArE. Mr..
PETER. Farmers Alliance, of Kansas,
:allcd up his labor resolutions and said
here were only three ways to meet the
difficulty which now faced us between
! employees and employers. This, he ad.
nitteed, was unpopular. Another way
egulatc the rates Of wages. This was re-
yardcd as unconstitutional. The third
way was for the government to deal with
ihese great labor employing establish
nents as it did with the private lands of
,he people: condemn seize and pay for
;hem. This. he thought, would be re-
yarded as still ~ore revolutionary than
the second proposition. But he submit
led there was no other way to arrange
these disputes except through the bloody
gates of war. Therefore, he recommend
I'd to the government the first PROPOSE
tion: Take your hands off and let en-
p!oyee aud employer settle the matter
FOR themselves. The resolutions were
:eferred to the committee on education
md labor.
Mr. White, Democrat, OF Louisiana,
concluded his speech against tho anti op-
Ion bill. He said in the community in
which he lived, aud he presumed else
where, when a difficult matter of com
nercial law was involved. the custom was
o call in commercial experts. Acting
IN this principle, he called the attention
IF the Senate to the fact that there was .
persistent, consistent declaration OF all
he commercial bodies of the country
against this bill. He read the protest of
he chamber OF commerce Of the city of
New York. the greatest advisory CON
nercial body in the United States, and
he bankers Of New York, Chicago and
New Orleans, and long list Of all the
other commercial organizations which
,ad protested against the bill There
was not cotton bloom in all tho South
,rn States today which did not in some
way trace Its origin back to the capital
represented in these great petitions, yet
we were told that these gentlemen did
not belong to the producing class, and
nad no right to be heard on this great
}ues ion Of commerce.
He also read kilograms fIom the lead
ing cotton factors and li,c and sugar
1e4lers of New Orleans, opposing the
bill. He exhibited tables, which he said
p loved that before the period when the
system of future" selling was inaugural:
Il IN Tue cotton IrauU, tnC iaii III Piic,s
lrising from glut in the market was
greater than it had been since, and that
The greater the amount of future sales in
proporG rGon to the crop the higher had
been the prices.
Mr.. White concluded his speech short
Lv before S o'clock, having occupied i'll
the two days about four hours and half
n it's delivnry, and the Senate took up
he Canadian retaliatory bill, passing it.
The Senate then went MO executive ses-
sion.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-29

A prosperous German residing in
America writes of recent visit to his
native country, thus: "One day saw a
review of cavalry in Berlin. There were
thousands OF men csntering gsyly along
TOR the entertainment of the young EN-
,peror-the War Lord as he calls him
self. The next day went into the
country, and not verYfar from the cap.
'ttal l saw sight that was pitiful
enough. One woman was holding a
iplow, and this was being dragged
through the earth by two other women
and dog harnessed together. Here,
then, were two pictures idle horses
and the idle men capering about Berlin,
the women and dogs doing the work of
men and horses in the countryl"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-29

Oliver w. Gaskins. an engineer on the
Seabord and Roanoke Railroad, was kill
cd by the breaking Of a connecting rod
on his engine
The truckers of Charleston, 8. c. and
vicinity organized the Truck Farmers
Association last week. electing W. D.
Iawt'n, president, and Z. B. Gadsden.
secretary.
The Virginia Paving & Construction
a--t4A-.shs>A- ->--ss~~tvr--i iIus .Iusr1,- Uecu
granted.st Roanoksyvfe Bns CONTRACTS
from Roanoke and Lynchburg aggreg.t-
ing 90, 600 square yards.
The Atherton mills have been inco,.
porated Mt Charlotte N. c., for the man.
ufacture of cotton goods The capital
stock is 500, 900. Another company with
&75, 900 capital stock will build mills for
the manufacture of bed ticking.
Representatives from Louisiana, Ar
kansas. Alabama and Texas have appear
sd before the House committee on appro-
priations aud made urgent appeals for
appropriations by Congress in aid of the
icstitute sufferers from the floods in the
lower Mississippi region. They want n
total of about &190, 900, but none Of the
States has formally asked for assistance
Asheville, N. c, parties have sold Il
Iarge lot of poplar, ash, cherry and black
walnut trees in Cherokee and Town Coun-
ties, N. c., to J. F. Besby, c. II. Chat
burn, J. F. Ball and Mr. Culbertson, of
Minneapolis and Augusta, MINI. The
purchasers will organize a company and
erect mills near Murphy, N. c.. for man.
afacturing the lumber.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-29

A discussion over the question, Chow
to Manage Wife," has brought thou,
sands of letters to the New York World.
The winner Of the unique contest was ad-
judged to be Rev Charles F. Deems,
the well-known metropolitan clergyman,
whose contribution was signed with the
appropriate signature, ga Joiner" DR..
Deems's little prize essay is as follows:
" 'Manage2' What is that7 Does it
mean to control2 We manage horse.
We use our superior hui nan intellect to
control and guide his superior physical
strength so as to obtain the best
results, But wife is not horse.
Where two persons are we'll married the
wife is superior to her husband in as
many respects as he is superior to her in
others. If happiness is to be the result
of the union the first business of the hus-
band is to manage himself so as to keep
himself always his wfe's respectful
friend, always her tender lover, always
her equal partner, always her superior
protector. This will necessarily stimu
late the wife to be always an admiring
friend, always an affectionate sweetheart,
always thrifty housewife, always a con-
fding ward. And this will so react
upon the husband that his love for his
wife will grow so as to make it easy for
the husband, with all his faults, to bear
with all the inirmities of his 'one and
only wife"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-29
A Strange Degeneration.

1t is urged by the German mlllers in
opposition to the use of American corn
in Germany that Italy and other parts ot
Southern Europe its use causes the pella-
gra, peculiar disease akin to dyspepsia,
which not unfrequently terminates fatal
ly. This disease is not known in the
United States, nor in Mexico, where
corn forms the staple of food amoug the
Door, nor has it ever been traceable to
the use of corn grown in America, but
solely of that raised in southern Europe
II would seem that the trouble comes
from some degeneration of the corn
raised out of its native hsh!tant. New
Orleans Picayune.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-29
A Most WOnderTuI Creature.

The chameleon has for ages been an OBJ.
ject OF curiosity, not only on account Of
ITS ability to change its color at will, as
one might suppose who had read ac-
counts which mentioned only that one
characteristic, but also on account Of Q
remarkable power which admits OF the
creature instantly changing its form. At
times it takes upon itself almost the ex-
act form of mouse; again, with back
curved and tail erect, it is the exact
counterpart of miniature crouchiny
lion, which no doubt gave origin to its
name, chameleon, which clearly means
"ground lion" BY initiating its sides
and tiatteniny back and belly it takes
upon itself the form of an ovate leaf,
the tail acting as the petiolc, the white
line over the stomach becoming the mid
rib. When thus expanded it also has
the extraordinary power to sway itself
over so as TO present an edge to the OBJ
server, thus greatly adding to its means
of concealment. AS is we'll known, the
least excitement, as in handling, will
cause a change in the color. In its nor
,mal state it is of a light pea green.
when excited the groundwork remains
tbe same, but transverse stripes about
thirty in number appear on the body.
These stripes, which are of very dark
green to begin with, soon change to inky
;blackness. The prevailing idea that the
chameleon takes upon himself the Pc
culiar hucs OF whatever he is placed upon
IS as curious and widespread as it is er-
roneous. Placed in boxes lined with red
OF blue silk, they retain their pea green
color with no leaning toward the brighter
hues OF the surroundings. St Louis
Republic.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-29
A Birth and Great Possibilities

NEWPORT, r. Mrs. J. II Hooker
Hamersly, of New York, gave birth to
son yesterday morning. The an-
nouncement is fraught with the greatest
importance in the parents Of the child, to
the Duchess of Marlborough, and to the
many charitable institutions to which she
may be kindly disposed; for if this child
be alive when the Duchess dies he will in
herit the 81, 600, 900 left by Louis c Ham
ersly, whose widow the Duchess was be-
fore she was allied to the nobility She
is now enjoying the incorse of lis for
tune. Sbonld the ch;lir tother, who is
cous:. u. the testator, nHcno son liv-
ing at the time OF the Duchess death the
money will 60 to whatever charitable in
stitutions she may designate in her will.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-29
Little Girls Horrible Death.

IoRKvILLE, s. G. The l0-year old
child Of Mr.. X p B. Biddle was caught
III the machinery of her fathers mill ana
in few minutes her body was horrible
m,nglcl. One leg cut of, one arm tom
of, her back broken and her skull cursh.
cl in She lived in this horrible condi-
ton for some minutes, and conversed
ith her grandfather. Her agony was
xcruciating to witness. Inc child had
gone to the mill with her grandfather.
and while lie was engaged went too near
he machinery, and to d,>dful death.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-29
Senator Teller Thinks His Party
Must Bestlr Itself.

Chicago Special, New York Sun.
Un ted States Senator Henry NJ. Tell
CT, of Colorado, who is at the Grand Pa
cihc Hotel, said
The silver question has been shelved
for this session, but next winter another
free silver bill will be rcportcd. qpd, -. it
WIN an,a,or;., cars rst-o, IN, "eAp4r,enes
office has male me familiar with the
,ial affairs Of the County, and l think
nable inc to fill the position more to the
of the County hereafter, than l could
ut that experience.
J. a. CHAMBERS. ~
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-29
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

Bad salt meat is said to have caused
cholera on a British vessel.
Il is rumorcd that DR.. Pasteur has dis
covered cure for epilepsy.
Parts of a mastodon have been un-
carthed near Sherman, Texas.
If cork is sunk 300 feet deep in the
ocean it will not rise again on account Of
the great pressure of the water.
Experienced planters in the South now
raise the male cotton plant, being thus
enabled to secure the seed without the
lint or cotton.
Three broad patents on electric loco
motives and electric railway systems, ap-
plcation for which have been fled since
juno 3, 1880, have just been issued to
Thomas A. Edison.
The General Manager OF the Wiscon-
sin Central Railroad is reported to have
said that all the trains on that line will
be run by electricity before the Colum
bian Exposition is over.
The greatest enemy of suburban tele.
phone and telegraph poles is the wood
pecker, whose search for the numerous
insects which inhabit the wood often
leaves the pole literally honeycombed.
medical officer of the French army
is credited with a remarkable simple
cure for obesity. His plan is to restrict
the diet to one dish-it does not greatly
matter what-at each meal, and it has
proven very effective.
The part Of the larynx commonly
known as Adams apple has just been re-
moved from the throat OF man at tho
Carney Hospital in Boston, Mass, the
X~->-------.-r,--s-i--i-
affected part.
The electrical apparatus for extracting
teeth without pain has an arrangement
of adjustable prongs, carrying buttons
and connected with battery. The
buttons are placed over the nerves lead
jnu from the teeth to the brain, and
circuit is established the moment the sx-
.ractinp instrument touches the tooth.
Trials of compound armor plate at
Shoeburyness. England, are held to have
demonstrated that, when these plates
have been submitted to the Tresldden
supplemental process, they possess pow
ers of resistance and endurance much ex-
ceeding the compound plates tried in
this country in competition with nickle
| plate.
The longest span of telephone wire in
the world is said to cross the Ohio Rive'
between Portsmouth, Ohio, aud South
Portsmouth, Ky. The wires span the
river from a pole on the Ohio side, meas
uring 102 feet above ground, to the
| kentucky hills on the opposit" side, the
distance being 3773 feet between poles.
The wire is made of steel and its slze IL
No. II gauge.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-29
COL. KINGS HOPE.
Tho Efforts Of His Friends to Save
His Life Cheer Him On.

MENPnIs, TKNN. For several days
Col. H. Clay King, condemned to be
hanged on August l2 for killing David
II. Poston, has bccn in state of mental
aud physical collapse, but yesterday he
frightened up. The strong petition sent
from Kentucky to the Governor asking
that his sentence be commuted,i lis thought
to have created the hope in Col. Kings
mind for reprieve at last. This morn
ing Judge Greer returned from Washing
ton, where he and Judge King, of Texas,
went to make an effort to bring the case
under Federal jurisdiction 1t is thought
that there will be some action taken in
the case by the Federal court. Friends
of the murdered lawyer are receiving nu-
mereus signatures to petitions asking that
the law be enforced. -------------.---
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VOL. x,..xs.lH|l,I.szNEW.sERIEss
8 = cotton crop was ovs,
-Fst ssd : hslf million bales; thi, yea,
at win be over nine million bales.

The crushing power of domestic sof.
TOW Is strikingly manifest in the lives of
two queens, remarks the Chicago
Graphic. The sad later history of the
Empress Eugenie is we'll known. Not
10 well, however, is that of the Empires,
Elizabeth, of Austria, who, once noted
for equal beauty, has now lost both that
and brilliancy of mind. She is expect.
ing to summer at Carlsbad in strictess
privacy.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-29
Queen victoria's American Lawsuit

NEW YORK, N. Y.-Qucen Victoric,
through her American lawyer, moved i'll
supreme Court, Chambers, to vacate an
,rder requiring her to furnish $3.50 bonds
Tor court costs in her SUIT to recover So
300 worth of asphalt which is alleged To
nave been stolen from Trinidad and sold
20 the Standard Asphalt Company.
Decision was reserved
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Democratic National Committee

NEW YORK The Democratic Ma ional
Committee met here, Chairman Brlce Ire
siding w. F. Harrity, of Pennsyleamia.
"ss elected as chairman of the commit
zee, and ). p. Sheerin, of Indi4na, WAS
reelected secretary. Robert b. Roosc.
'"lt. OF New York, WAS elected tr, asmr
to succeed Charles j. Caada.