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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. II 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 year OF its
date:
VIRGINIA, Goth April. 1863, Mr.. Law
8s ye9Rssas sRoss to S9nsise ssss
you my measure, but, in general way, they
are 81 badly taken here thar l am con,
have you, therefore, take measure of gen.
tIeman who wears we'll made cloaths OF the
following size. Six feet high. and proper
tionately made, if anything, rather slender
than thick for person OF that hishth, Win
care to make the breeches longer than those
YOU sent me last, and | would have you
keep the measure of the cloathS you now
make by you and IL any alteration Is re-
uuirei in my next, it shalt be pointer out.
Mr.. Cary will pay your bill. an, sir, your
very ODE iient humble servant,
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
| Note 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. =. over the belly,
| and No. round ye arm, and from ye
| breeches end To No. is for waiStband;
b, thick Of the thigh c, upper button hole:
d, knee band; e, for length of breecheS.
| Therefore, il you take measure of per-
son about feet high Of this bigness. think
| YOU cant go amiss; you must take notice
| that the 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: six
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 OF
his body, caused him to tell his tailor to
measure a gentleman of only six feet,
assured that by some slight difference OF
his part from other men he may have
exactly the correct difference. He was
so correct in all his directions that thl
seems the only elucidation OF the ans
crenancv v.-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 q 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
SHRED 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 laborer in cities and towns
who has to work for dollar or dollar
aud 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
GOV. PATTISON FIRM NOW.
he Says He Will Remain in Home
stead All Summer If il is Necessary.

e HOMESTEAD, PA.-Col. Colgren, the
Provost Marshall, said to reporter: 81
was talking with Gov. Pattison about the
situation here, and he said something to
me that thought was quite important.
He said: Colonel, there are $4,000, 900
in the State Treasury. ! will spend every
cent of that money. I will raise more
money by morteaging the whole Safe,
and will stay here myself all summcr to
suppress this sort of thing and restore
law and order here asked him if l
might repeat that, and he said he had no
objections to my doing So"
The reporter mentioned this to the
Governor and he seemed somewhat annoy
ed by il. ~ have nothing to say on that
subject" he said, 81 would rather not
deny nor affirm il"
This statement of the Governor is the
scvercst blow the strikers have felt yet.
II means that even il the works are in
full operation with non union employees
the troops will remain here. The strikers
will have no chance of revenge.
1t meansthat the State Of Pennsylvania
has resented the usurpation Of power by
the strikers, and intends to crush the
spirit that prompted it.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-29
Roth Hoy and Cub Wall I'd.

One OF Mr.. Lampson's boys cam near
having serious encounter with lear
the other day. While gong 10 wor; ne
met large bear aud two cnos. lac
mother and one Of the cubs took "a ths
woods while the other cub climbed q
small tree The boy thought 10 capture
the cub, and climbed up after 1t, where
upon the cub set up sucn wall tina. the
mother soon returned and star'ei up
after the boy. 1t was no" ms tnrA 10
wall, which he did quite Justify. oylng
to the smallness of the tree, the bear
could not reach the boy; bur the s'tna-
ton was anything but pleasant during
the interval that elapsed before the ar
rival of the boys father. The old p'ar
took to the woods. Tney succeeded IA
capturing the cub by means OF ropes ana
gunny sacks, and took it home -Luhas
lCity Washington News.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-29
Building Ia 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 restora.
tion of an old time mansion near Hills.
boro which Mr.. Carr has on hand, hf
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
The under side, Hezckiah Hogg, June
2lst, 1741. The lumber used in building
the house was sawed in England and
shipped to Newberne,. and from
Now Berne distant about 900
miles, it was hauled on ox-carts, reauir.
in : something near month to make the
round trip. But if this be wonderful
undertaking, how much greater was it to
haul the brick in the same way with
which to build ia 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
davs.
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 " Taere is something
wrong about dam building in Pennsyl-
vania or the water reservoirs of the State
would be 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 sud.
den concentration of torrential rains In
ciou1bursts the descending 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, 1883, hailstones fell in
heavy masses and lay in drifts six feet
deep on Sweetwater Creek. After the
famous tornado At Hollidaysburg, Penn,
in 1888, the earth presented the appear
ance Of having been bombsrded, not by
drops, but by masses Of water, excava.
ting 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 clouds. And il they cannot be
made secure they should be built only In
places where, in case of bursting, the
resulting fool will not leap aud swoop
DO yn upon detenceless aud unsuspecting
towns and villages, but will expend its
force hsrmless'y.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-29
A Most Wonderful Creature.

The chameleon has for ages been an OBJ.
jcct 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 a mouse; again, with back
curved and tail erect, it is the exact
counterpart of miniature crouching
lion, which no doubt gave origin to its
name, Chameleon, which clearly means
"ground lion" By initiating its sides
and hattening back and belly il 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 it's means
of concealment. AS is we'll known, the
least excitement, as in handling, will
cause change in the color. In its nor
,mal state it is Of 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 hues 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
Rennhlic
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-29

A prosperous German residing il
America writes Of recent visit to his
native country, thus: cone day saw a
review of cavalry in Berlin. There were
thousands OF men cantering gsyly along
TOR the entertainment of the young Em
,peror-the War Lord as he calls him
"elf' The next day went into the
,eosntry, and not very far from the cap.
'ttal l saw sight that was pitiful
enough. One woman was holding q
iplow, and this was being dragged
Through the earth by two other women
and dog harnessed together. Here,
chen, were two pictures--the 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

YoRKviLLx, o. g, The 10-year old
child of Mr.. X. P.-B. Biddle was caught
in the machiuery of her fathers mill and
iu few minutes her body was horrible
manglei. One leg cut of, one arm torn
off, her back broken aud her skull cursh-
cd in She lived in this horrible condi-
ton for some minutes, and conversed
= ith her grandfather. Her agony was
aycruciating to witness. The child had
gone to the mill with her grandfather,
and while lie was engaged went too near
he machinery, and to dreedful death.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-29
"a Strange Degeneration.

It is urged nv the German millers in
opposition to the Use of American corn
In Germany that Italy and other parts of
Southern Europe its use causes the pella-
gra, peculiar fsease akin to dyspepsia,
which not unfrequentIy terminates fatal
ly. This disease is not known in the
United States, nor in Mexico, where
corn forms the staple Of food among the
poor, nor has it ever been traceable to
the use of corn grown in America, but
solely of that raised in southern Europe.
It would seem that the trouble comes
from some degeneration Of the corn
raised out of its native hsbitant. New
Orleans Picayune.
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 incoyse of lis for
tune Should the chiir tother, who is
cousi;. .. the testator, ns'cn no son liv-
ing at the time of the Duchess death the
money will go 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

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:
'Managea' What is that7 Does it
mean to control7 We manage horse.
We use our superior human intellect to
control and guide his superior physical
strength so as to obtain the best
results. But a wife is not a 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 wife'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 con-
fding ward. And this will so react
s,nop 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
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

Bad salt meat is said to have caused
cholera on British vessel
It is rumored that DR.. Pasteur has dis
covered cure for epilepsy.
Parts Of a mastodon have been un-
earthed near Sherman, Texas.
If cork is sunk 200 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-
plication for which have been filed since
June 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.
A medical officer Of the French army
is credited with 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 the
Carney Hospital in Boston, Mass, the
S->.-~------r,-<--iH l:-Ai-A-:--
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 ad-
ing from the teeth to the brain, and a
circuit is established the moment the ex-
tracing 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
shs country in competition with nickls
plate.
The longest span Of telephone wire in
the world is said to cross the Ohio River
between Portsmouth, Ohio, and South
Portsmouth, Ky. The wires span the
river from pole on the OHIO side, meas
uring 102 feet above ground, to the
Kentucky hills on the opposite side, the
distance being 3773 feet between poles
The wire is made of steel and its size II
No. u gauge
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-29
FF{BR7 80 3 80
COL. KINGS HOPE.
rho Efforts of His Friends to Save
His Life Cheer Him Up.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. For several days
Col. II. Clay King, condemned to be
hanged on August 10 for killing David
H. Poston, has been in a state of mental
and physical collapse, but yesterday he
frightened up. The strong petition sent
from Kentucky to the Governor asking
that his sentence be commuted,i is 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.
o,erous signatures to petitions asking that
the law be enforced. - -
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-29
VOL. Y XXIII.s--N JEW SERIES
Il ] ysts sAs cotton crop was o.; ov.,
ae1s ana half million bales; this yea,
1t Will be over nine million bales.

The crushing power of domestic sor.
row is strikingly manifest in the lives of
two queens, remarks the Chicago
Graphic. The sad later history Of the
Empress Eugeuie is we'll known, Not
20 well, however, is that of the Empress
Elisabeth, 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
Murder Near Winston.

WINSTON, N. G - Ellen Smith, girl
of bad character, was found dead in the
woods near Winston with a bullet-hol'
in her breast The police are after ictrr
McGAff, who was seen with the gil ,i1 |
~ thought 10 have committed the mu e
icr.
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.
I'm ted States Senator Henry NJ. Tell
CT, of Colorado, who is at the Grand Pa
cifc Hotel, said:
The silver question has been shelvcd
for this session, but next winter another
free silver bill will! be Ieg9Iytt,sSad t,Sad end. it
t.r;o, .ne-. A. -'-'~ -
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-29
Democratic National oommi..e =.

NEW York The Democr Ratio Ma ional
Committee met here, Chairman Br,ce ere.
siding. W. F. Harrity, OF Penney eanis,
was elected as chairman of the commit
tee, and 8. p. Shserin, of Indisna. was
reelected secretary. Robert B. Roose.
Welt. OF New York, was elected Or, as ar r
to succeed Charles j. Carda.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-29

The largest town clock IN the world
Is in the tower of the Glasgow Univer-
tity, at Glasgow, Scotland. The c!ooS
weighs about ton and half, and has.
q pendulum weighing 800 pounds.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-29
queen viotoris's American lawsuit.

New YoRK, N. Y.-Qucen victorie,
through her American lawyer, moved in
supreme Court, Chambers. to vacate an
order requiring her to furnish $3.50 bonds
for court costs in her sult to recover 90, :
300 worth of asphalt which is alleged to
have been stolen from Trinidad and sold
TO the Standard Asphalt Company.
Decisiop was reserved.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-29

Terse: Mudgc-"oh, I say, old man,
how are you off fnsnciallya" Yabsley-
UAwau h-fndianaooli Journal.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-29

The world is full OF men who have
things they want to sell for less than they
aaid for thsun. --Atchison Globe.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-29

She was diving to church in buggy
with young man who was smoking u
cigarette, when some burning tobacco
fell from it into the foot of the buggy.
Her Undertaking caught fire, and she
was burned to death.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-08-23
About a Water Right.

In the Third District Court this AZ.
teFnoon Ezekiel Holman brought suit
against theiMingo Furnace Company,
laying the damages at $1,000.
The complaint alleges that since
June, 1891, plaintiff by purchase has
had the right 10 use two twenty-iliths
OF the water flowing IN Little Cotton.
wood creek. also to convey tho same
through the Sandy ditch 10 a point
where the latter Ia intercepted and
tapped by the Allsop ditch, thence
TO the Allsop reservoir, near Sandy;
thence taking tho water by means OF
gates, pipes, etc, into Sandy, for do
nestle, manufacturing and other pur.
poses.
That defendants have OF late been
wrongfully preventing plaintiff from
divert,ng and using this water, anu
therefore, In addition 10 claiming dam.
ages, he asks that the defendants be re-
strained and enJoincd from further
interference with his rlghts.
Rawllns and Crilohlow are the
plaintiffs attorneys.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-08-23
UTAHs EXHIBITION CAR
From Northern Counties 20 Leave Ogden
for Iowa This Evening. ''f'

The car Of Northern Utah exhibits 10
be taken to the Iowa State fair at Dcs
Moines, left Ogden last evening for
Logan where samples Of the many
products Of Cache valley will he placed
aboard. On the return trip this morn.
ing short stay was made at Brigham
city, where the Box Elder exhibit wns
put aboard. The car reached Ogden at
g:10 O'Clock this morning and every
thing Is now In readiness TO place In
position.
The car Is u regulation Union paci fic
baggage and will be transported TO Des
Molnes by all the RAILROADS free OF
charge. IL has been decorated aud on
each side Ia placed twcnty.four foot
aireamer bearing the words, "Utsh In.
dustrits for the Iowa State Fair"
The farmers Of Weber county, and In
fact OF the entire northern and eastern
tier OF countieb have responded TO the
call and Mr.. Robertson has received
aid from most unexpected quarters.
Among the many thousands OF beauti.
ful samplea and specimens which
viii be displayed TO the Iowa farmers
are i03-pound watermelon and y
mammoth squash that takes two
mems united slrongth TO lit. The
Plain City consignment which IN
cludcd samples OF peanuta, elephants,
fru Its, cereals, vegetables, sweet pota-
toes and numerous other products
arrived yesterday and was much adj
mired by callers ut the Chamber Of
Commerce.
The car In charge Of Messrs. Robert.
son anu Bowen VIII love Ogden, east
bound, at O'Clock this afternoon, and
ON the way out viii receive the Nor
gan and Summit COunty's exhibits at
Echo. IL will reach Des Molnes on |
Thursday afternoon and will remain
there eight days, whom n transfer to |
the Nebraska State Fair at Lincoln |
viii be made. A stay Of SIX days will |
be made there, and then II satisfactory |
arrangements can be- made, Utah will |
be- placed before the 81. Louis District |
Fair. The car viii bo well supplied
with Utah Views and literaturo.--
O0den Standard.