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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-12-02

II. Kohu, of Prosperity. s. c., as pres.
ident; j. w. Emmerson, of Lakeland,
Fla, first vice-president, and Thomas
Gamble, of Savannah, secretary. The
association proposes to devote itself to
promoting the interests of Southern can
ners, and will hold meeting next March,
probably in Atlanta. to perfect per.
manent organization. The canning in
dustry is spreading rapidly in tho South,
and the necessity of such an organization
as this has been felt for some time. An
estimate OF the number OF cans packeu
last season in the Southern States is given
as 35,000,O0O.
The South Carolina conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, met
in their one hundred and seventh sessions
at Trinity. church Charleston, s. G. Bishop
Hendrix, of Missouri, opened the confer.
ence with the communion of the Lords
Supper. Twenty-Five applicants fol
membership were admitted to the con-
ference, and number of dcacons were
elected, and were ordained on Sunday.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-12-02
The Sharks CuriOu, Ear.

Sharks have lately been atfording con.
tributions to science. The biologists
have been vivisecting them for the pur.
pose Of finding out about the functions
of the ear, which in fishes is made to
some extent on the same pattern as in
man. The fact has been known fol
some time that the ear is not merely an
organ of hearing. It has to do with
the sense of equilibrium. Light ha:
been thrown on this matter by removing
portions of the auditory apparatus of
sharks. which are thus rendered unable
to maintain their balance in the water.
The part on which this faculty seems tc
depend is the "labyrinth," and the
same effect is produced by cutting tn,
nerves communicating with it.
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A COTTON CALAMITY.
II. M. Nei's Estimate of the Crop
Shows an Affirming Shortage.

A' 49, Nous CSkiudte Oh Cno SLOp
Shows an Affirming Shortage.
New ORLEANS, La, Henry NJ. Neil
has just issued his circular on the .condi-
tion of the cotton scrop. He lowers his
estimate to $500, 600 bales, and says:
During the last two week we have re-
ceivcd careful aud complete repor IS from
almost the entire cotton area and the
unanimous opinion is that the shortage is
so great as to amount TO real calamity.
These reports do not come from planters
only, but also from people who are look
ing for cotton for the purpose OF buying
it and whose interest it is to exaggerate
the prospect OF supply, not to underesti-
mate it. We have now reached the per
iod when the receipts ayc,elways found
to be governed principally by the size of
the crop, Us the time has passed when
the latencss of maturity has any effect
The weather generally has been favora-
BILE for transportation and the facilities,
which are. of course, greater every year,
and the prices have advanced far beyond
what planters would have expected or
been satisfied with had they had good
crops; there is, therefore, no possible ex-
planation of a light movement but the
one that the crop is very short. Per-
haps the planters are holding back some
what, they must be doing so or the crop
could not be even 6,500,00O; but does
any one suppose that at these prices
planters could hold back if their crops
were large? and yet port receipts to No.
vember 10th inclusive, are just equal to
those of 1ss6's7, a $500, 600 crop, 5OO-
600 bales behind those of 1887 'Ss, O
1000, 900 crop.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-12-02
Charleston and vicksburg Possofices

WASHINGTON, D. C.-There are only
two positions, rs postmasters, now vacant
in large cities, viz: Charleston, S. c., aud
Vicksburg, Miss. In the former office
A. III. Mowry, appointed during the
Cleveland administration, is postmaster.
He was appointed in March, 1887, and
his commission expired in December
last. DR.. Crum, a colored man, was
then nominated, but the nomination was
subsequently withdrawn. 1t is probable
that no appointment will be made and
that the President will permit Mr.. Mowry
to remain.
The Vicksourg postofice is in the
hands of the sureties of Mr.. Hill, erst-
while postmaster, and is being we'll con-
dcucted. There are several applications
on file for the position and it is believed
that the office will shortly be filled by
appointment.
Cabinet talk is still heard among the
politicians. They say that w. F. Har-
rity is booked for the Postmaster Gen
era'ship, and that Don NJ Dickinson will
probably be made Secretary OF State, al
though n anxious for the office.
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Drank the wh,skey and Died.

KNoxvILLE, TENN Sam Lancaster,
po fellow, misju ige his abilities. lie
had been drinking good deal for u
month or so. He wake into a saloon
and bet with the crowd there that no
could drink six small beer glasses full
OF whiskey the bet being against the
price of the W Iiskey. His wager was
taken, and he drank the six glasses OF
whiskcy. lie fell to the floor after
dr,nking the last, and in few minutes
was deal Alcoholic poisoning was the
VIC dict lie was twenty six years old
and a f cman on the +. T. V. g. @. roa T.
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Strange Eyes Of Bees.

The direotness of the bees flight is
proverbial. The shortest distance be.
tween any two given points Is called
bee line. Many observers think that the
immense eyes with which the insect is
furnished greatly assist,if they do not en-
tirely account for, the arrowy straight.
ness Of its passage through the air.
Every bce has two kinds of eyes, the
two large compound oues, looking like
hemispheres, on either side, aud the
three simple ones which crown the top
of the head. Each compound eye Is
composed of $500 facets-that is to say,
Su UujvJt Is rejected 5000 times on Its
surface. Every one of these facets Is
the base Of a hexagonal pyramid, whose
apex is fitted to the head. Each pyrs.
mid may be termed au eye, for eaoh has
its own iris and optic nerve.
How these insects manage this mar.
velous number Of eyes is not known.
They are immovable, but mobility is un.
necessary because the range of vision
afforded by the position and the number
of the facets. They have no lids, but
are protected from dust and injury by
rows Of hairs growing along the lines at
the junction OF the facets. The simple
eyes are suppose to have been given the
bee to enable 1t to see above its head
when intent upon gathering honey from
the cups of flowers.
Probably this may be one reason, but
it is likely there are other uses for them
not yet ascertained. A bee flies much
in the same way as pigeoa-that is to
say, it first takes an upward spiral flight
into the air, aud then darts straight for
the object in view. Now an expert
mcnter on insect nature covered. bees
simple eye with paint and sent it int {
the air; instead of darting straight oil
after rising, it continued to ascend
Apparently, then, these eyes are usci in
some measure to direct the flignt. -pear.
sons eckly.
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An electric railroad to run 100 mile,
an hour between Chicago aud st. Louis
is projected. "This sounds big" com.
ments the Now York Tribune, "bat the
range of electrical possibilities has by no
means been reached. The successful
operation of such road would doubtless
point to important changes in our
methods Of transportation. A speed OF
100 miles an hour, however, will require
an almost perfectly straight track, an I
on the great majority of the railroa Is of
the East 1t would be entirely out of the
question. One most excellent thug
about tho proposed new road is that ii
will hare no grade crossings"
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GUT OF WORK.
A Despondent South Carolinian Com
mits Suicide in Georgia.

A Despondent South Carolinian Com
mits Suicide in Georgia.
HAwKINsvILLE, Gar. g. Chestnut
committed suicide in room at the Pu-
laska House at noon, having taken three
ounces of chloral since last night He
claimed Marion, s. G., as his home. He
had been here only ten days, perfect
stranger, and was looking for work. He
had been very Respondent for several
days.
He had $13 80 on his person. A let
ter from his mother, received last night
from Galivant's Ferry, was urging him
to settle an account he owed there, as
tn, party did not think he had beer
dealt right with. No work evidently
caused the act
MINNEAPoLIs, MINN.-The discovery
has just been made that the wheat crop
of Minnesota and the Dakota, is millions
of bushels above all estimates. The re-
ceipts yesterday at Minneapolis were
ov,r 1, 100 cars, the heaviest days bust
50 Of the season, but on many other
days during the past month receipts have
run up to nearly 1000 cars. Grain men
have been estimating the crop from
$4,000, 900 to 1O5, 600, 900 bushels for the
three big wheat States, but they are all
beginning to hedge now. Thu Sc who
put their figures at 100, 900, 900 have ad-
ded from 10, 900, 900 to 30, 900, 900 more,
and those who figured higher than that
originally have gone up as high q
130, 600, 900.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-12-02
SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE.
Gov. Tillman Says in His Message
that the School System is a
HumbuC

COLUMBIA, 5. C.--The General Assem-
bly, Of South Carolina convened and will
continue in session thirty one days. The
make up of the two houses show that
rotation in Office has taken hold of the
voters in South Carolina in earnest
Much of the "driftwood" of which Gov
Tillman complained has been set atloat
and newer timber selected. Out of 125
only thirty six of tho old members have
been re turned. The former officers of
both houses were reelected. The speaker
of the House is Ira b. Jones of Lancas-
ter. In the Senate the caucus system
was inaugurated by the Tillmanites, who
arranged the officers beforehand.
Gov. Tillman's message was transmit.
ted to the Legislature and read. The
message treats entirely of State issues
there being no reference to Federal mat
tiers. The Governor pronounces the
present school system humbug, says
that the slight increase Of the assessed
property during the sixteen years the
white people have had control indicates
that we are q very improvident and non
progressive people," or that there is a
great deal Of tax dodging. He calls up.
on the reformers ''to keep their pledges
and support the South Carolina Col
lege, not abolish it, as recommended by
the State Superintendent of Education.
He declared that the adherents of the
old regime have largely withdrawn their
patronage from the college because they
could not have their way in controlling g
it, and the county of Charleston, which
has always supported the college zeal
ously has at this time no student Within
its walls"
The Governor pitches into the Judges
for according what he terms especial
consideration" to banks, annd accuses
them of having overriddcn their power
and interfered with the Executive branch
of Government.
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two small circular piles of powdered sugar,
designed to represent the circle of sand that
Foucault arranged upon the ground all
around his pendulum.
The plate represents the earth. As long
as it remains stationary, the match, at
every oscillation, will pass exactly through
the furrow that it has made III the two plies
Of sugar.
If, in order to represent the rotary motion
of the earth, we gently revolve the plate,
and consequently the forks and cork, we
find that that has no influence unnu. tha
proof of this iii seeing the match at every
oscillation make a small furrow distinct
from the preceding.
We can thus demonstrate in simple and
practical manner the principal of the inv ri
ability OF the plane of oscillation Of the pen.
dulum upon which was based the Cc'ebra-
ted experiment of the French scientist.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-12-02
Officers of the Knights of Labor.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-The Knights of Labor
elected tn sc officers: General Master
Workman, Il. v. Powderly; Secretary
and Treasurer, j. w. Hays, General
Worthy Foreman, Hugh Cavanaugh.
The executive board chosen consists OF
l.. V. Powderly, John Davis, T. B. Nc.
Guire, and A. w. Wright.
Previous to adjournment, the conven.
tion adopted resolution on the Home.
stead strike, rcciting that it was the
sense of the Knights CT Labor that the
outcome Of the recent struggle was de
feast, great economic questions. The
resolutions ordered that the general ex,
ecutivc board be instructed to issue an
appeal for aid for needy strikers.
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"Compr2sScd Tea. "

A novelty for travellers who enjoy the
cup that cheers is Compressed tea. I"
This is put up by certain Russian firms
resident in China. 1t is made of the
fine dust Of tea-leaves, but is none the
less expensive for all that, for it is COM
pressed by the powerful force Of steam
machinery into compact tablets which
take up about one-sixth the space which
the same amount of loose tea-leaves
would occupy. These tablets are in
turn enclosed in tinfoil, then in fancy
paper wrapperJ, and finally packed in
metal lined cases. Put up in this way,
the tea is considerably easier to carry,
and the fine dust of the tea which is
usually sold at low price is made use
of to good profit. Tnese tablets Of tea
have been extensively used for some
time in Russia, for every Russian enjoys
his cup of tea aud knows but little about
coffee, though the Turk, who is at his
very doors, makes the very best coffee in
the world. Thus far these tablets OF tea
have not been imported to any extent
into our country. View York Tribune.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-12-02
A Cow i'm a Bear Pit.

A comic scene took place q ab1Sea time
frur osPermupdingcn was driving cow
into the capital, and had arrived at the
Muristalden when the animal bolted,
and, jumping the rails round the we'll
known bear pit, arrived at the bottom
without injury. The proprietor thought
that his COW was lost, but he was mis-
taken. She attacked the bears bravely,
who, utterly routed, retired into their
den, into which she would have fol-
lowed them had she not been prevented
by the keeper of the animals, who let
down the trap door. Then the cow
went to the slaughter house and fulfilled
her destiny New York Times.
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President D. w. Fisher, OF Hanover
College, Ind, gives the Now York Iude.
pendent Information which throws some
light on the possible origin Of American
races. He says: One OF the recent grad.
uates of Hanover College, w. T. Lopp,
for the past two years ha, been in charge
of the Mission School for the Eskimos,
at Port Clarence, Alaska, on the Amer.
lean side of Bering Strait. A letter
under date of August 31st, 1892, to my.
self, says of last winter: "No thaws
during the winter. aud ice blocked ia
the Strait. This has always been doubted
by whalers. E,kimos have told them
that they sometimes crossed the strait Oh
Ice. but they have never believed them.
Last February aud March our E,kimos
had tobacco famine. Two parties (ave
maps, gent with dog sleds to Eas. Cape,
~ THE Siberian coast, aud traded some
beaver, oth. aud marten skins for Rus
5leNa. tobacco, and sc.rSasd safely. II
is only ya,Gfhg an occasional wiuter that
they can do this. But every summer
they make several trips In their big
wolves skin boats--forty feet long.
These observations mag throw some iigat
upon the origin Of the Prehistoric Races
Of America" Mr.. Lopp 10 in every way
reliable man, aud It would seem to5be
a pity not to give to the public tho i'm.
portans fact which he has narrated above.
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In an article urging the construction
Of better roads in the United States the
Now York Sun remarks: Much OF the
--AnaAziAA.--~----;----Sx
wagon wheels, relic OF the days of
high .nriced iron. .F Pho narrow rim is
very hard on the average road when
heavy loads are carried. But accepting
this peculiarity of the tires, a fuudanen-
tai rule in road construction should be
to keep the substances which form the
/! bed firmly in place. This need is shown
by the shearing strain on road foored
with gravel. In cities blocks of stone
or asphalt can be laid, but not in couu-
try districts, on account of the cost, aud
the best ordinary substitute for the
country is angular bits of stone, SO
driven together, on the macadam prin-
ciple, that they will not be moved by
the pressure of wheels.
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A Soldiers Home Proposed.

COLUMBIA, 8. C.-1n the Senate bill
was introduced by Senator Abbott look
lug to the establishment of a home for
aged and disabled Confederate soldiers
in this city at cost of $40, 900 and $3.50
per year for each inmate.
4 bill will also be introduced to am
end South Cardinals general election law
known as the eight box law, the idea
being to retain some of its features and
incorporate some of the features Of the
Australian ballot 81 stem.
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together with the feather trimming. The
upper part of the skirt has the darts neces
sary to make it set well on the hips. Thes,
parts are very carefully sewed and pressed
and IN order TO make them invisible. AZ
the back the dress falls in folds, The
bodice, which is joined to the cape, decends
some inches below the waist, and the front
breadths of it are lined. The yoke is OF
velvet edged with feather trimming to which
is adapted the fold that crosses tho yoke.
This fold can be made either in silk, tho
same shade rs the dress. OF in different
shade 1t gradually diminishes as far as
the back, where it entirely disappears under
meath the cape. The vest is perfectly
straight is fashioned OH muslin lining
without darts and lined with silk. In cut
ting the cape, - it is somewhat difficult, il
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-12-02
Inventions of the Hour.

A machine for imbedding wire netting
In glass.
A tailor's measuring square with a
plumb bob attachment.
A printing press operated by an elec-
tro.magnetic mechanism.
A pneumatic cushion to be placed on
the ends Of telephone receivers.
A process for making artificial mica
sheets for electrical insulation.
A paper knife that is especially adapt
ed to cutting the wrappers on rolled
papers. ,u,uus q,
that they may be arranged at any desired
angle.
An electric branding stamp, the type
being kept red hot bv means of an cleo.
trical resistance.
An electrical light hanger that is ad !
Unstable to any angle by means of uni
versal joint.
A door lock so constructed that when
the key is turned it switches on the
lights in the room.
A mat formed of sections, each section
having loop OF rigid material will,
rings Of rope surrounding it, the sections
being clamped together.
A gravity motor for pumping pur
poses, the weight being lifted to the tor
of derrick, whence, by a clock worG
system, it operates pump as it slowly
descends.
An automatic medicine stand for the
homepathically inclined, consisting ol
two cups, two spoons and an index that
automatically marks the next cup from
which medicine is to be taken.
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AN AFTER-DINNER EXPERIMENT.
Foucaults Pendulum Easily Initiated
With an Oranka and Thraad

With an Orange and Thread.
At dessert, it is possible, by means of an
apple or All orange, to repeat the Foucalt
pendulum experiment, which was executed
under the dome of the Pantheon in 1851,
says the E'ccfri:ui Ay'. Pass q match
through an orange and allow the ends to
protrude on each side, and TO one of these
ends attach u thread. Attach the other ex.
trcmity OF the thread To the head of Il pin
inserted in cork aud support the latter by
means of three forks, the handles of which
rest upon the edge of plate. Now cause
the pendulum to.swing after SO regulating
the length of the thread that the lower
point UT tho match shall come very near the
bottom OF the plate AMI mark its passage in
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White-Tie Races,

Race meetings in India generally in.
clude some comic features, and the
latest novelty is "white-tie race" in
troduced at Kirkee. The competitors
ride certain distance, dismount, and
kneel before lady while she ties a
white tie round their neck in a. neat
bow, then they remouut aud start for
the winning post. Much depends on
the lady's Chicago Times.
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The National Farmers Congress.

LINCOLN, NEB. The National Far
mers' Congress held its final session. The
laxity of the inter-Statcs commerce law
was condemned. A resolution was pas
sed expressing sympathy for the Farm,
ers' Alliance and kindred organizations.
Savannah, Ga was selected as the place
for the next meeting in December, 1893
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An Awful Littis n $.

puHAsT, MIca Herman ore,,ss, y sne
eight7year- old son ola prospeross lar.
mer near here, confessed TO a. fmps
70 poison his parents by patts.r ssparis
green into the well because h;s =. &, 4 nsti
chastised him. His parents @ two
farm hands are seriously IN ana lug 'nsid-
erable stock has died una c"'
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The number of schoolhouses in thu
United States is 216,3 $50. The esti.
mated value of all public school prop.
erty is 1928, $685. ,532. The total reve.
nues of the public schools are: From
permanent endowments, $9,s25, 127
from taxes, State, $25, III, ,067; local,
$Ss, 3as, ,3s5-At1s, sos, 41s; from other
sources, $s,7s4,431. Total revenue,
$1S5, 125, ,O10. e- 49, ess;S'
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Oae good result which the illustrated
American thinks is likely to follow Eng.

=
tue sfoppage- OF The zlcoutract la00R'
business. The supply Of labor for the
coffee plantations in Mexico is small,
dear aud unreliable. The planters, there.
fore. turned to the natives of the South
Sea Islauds to obtain the worImsu need.
ed. Two years ago cargo Of 3Oo Gil.
bert Islanders was landed. The natives
were uuder contract to work on tho
coffee plantations for three years at from
81 to $40 noath. At the expiration
of that period they were to be returned
to their homes. Notwithstanding. the
contracts the laborels were virtually
slaves. How many will ever reach homo
again remains to be seen.
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The garment sketched full length in the
picture is pelisse made of poplin, or broad
ribbed benglinc, and trimmed with sable
The bias at the bottom, the cape and yoke
are all made of maroon or brown velvet.
Rehind ,..bnitt. sssia"N fGehS rafgnr -c5tfar Is
:rimme with fur. The yoke of velvet is
adorned in front with ornaments of passe
mentrie and at the back with a band OF fur
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The rumors that the Empress Freder-
ick and her SOB, the German Kaiser, do
not get on we'll to yether are quite with.
out foundation. In fact, in Germany,
the accepted idea is that the country is
in reality ruled by Hel Majesty, aud that
Kaiser Wilhelm takes no step without
first consulting his mother.
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ms viii TO De Uarriea Uur.

New YORK. The trustees of the estate
Of the late Samuel j. Tilden report that
settlement between thcE, and the rela-
tives contesting the dead'sss .,at 10
will has been reached aud thai -
inal idea of establishing lib6ry and
reading room in this city Tor the educa-
ton of young men, to be known as the
''Tild n Trust" is now actually 10 sight
and needs only official endorsement