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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01
The Eucalyptus in Pulmonary Troubles.

Tho value OF the eucalyptus tree or
plant in pulmonary troubles has h""n
demonstrated. II is said that in local.
tiles whore these plnt, grow thichly
immunity from fever is enjoyed u
suggestive fnct TINT ought to h,mr
fruit in localities wncrc fcvcrs flourish.
And somebody further suggests to-
place in hospital corridors, particular
ly i'll hospitals where conSunptiv" md
fever patients are treated, tub and
pots of this plant to test its virtue. -
Chicago Times.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01
,.g.MyMrS

Put in bowl two large caulifowers
which have been cut in pieces about
an inch long, and one onion cut in
very thin slices; add two tablespoon
fuls OF oil, two of vinegar and 3 pinch
of salt and pepper. Mix all we'll to.
gether aud serve. Or, il desired, a
siisyoI8aiss sauce can ne used with
cola cnuliflower, which can be made by
this recipe: Put the yolks OF two eggs
in bowl with salt, pepper and the
juice of lemon and half q teaspoonful
of dry mustard. Stir with a wooden
spoon, adding by degrees, in very small
quantities, tablespoonful of vinegar,
then few drops OF good .olive oil,
beating rapidly all tho timennti the
sauce thickens and half pint of oil
has been absorbed. New Xork Re-
corder.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01

wow-wow sAUcz.

Wow-wow sauce Is the Attractive
name Of o preparation which makes an
excellent rclish with stewed or boiled
meats. Chop some parsley leaves fine ;
divide two or three pictled cucum-
bers or walnuts into email squares.
Put into saucepan q piece of hrtte-
the size of an egg. When Il Is melted
stir into 1t tablespoonful Of fine -four
and half pint Of beef broth. Add a
tablespoonful of vinegar and tea
spoonful Of made mustard. Simmer
together until pretty thick. Add the
parsley and cucumbers or vi
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01
CULTIYATINH STRAWBERRIES

The strawberry leaf disease, known
as the spot, has been much more inju-
rious during the last quarter of cen
tury than it was in former times; and
growers are looking about for some
explanation of the spread of this tron
BILE. In almost all cases II new va
riety "runs out" as it is called, and
chiefly through the operation of this
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01

The first horse ears in New York
were run along the Bowcry in 1898.
Now there are nineteen street railroads
in this city, using 2000 cars and 20, 900
horses. and carrying 1925, 900, 900 pas
sengers yearly.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01

london has 90, 600 telephones.


London has 90, ,00o telephones.
Italy gets s1oo, 900, 900 year from
tourists.
The owner OF q hairless calf at Brad
lev, Me-, refused showman's offer OF
$500 for 1t.
A boy in Hiswatha. Kan. rides TO
/ and from the pasture on the back Oh
one OF his cows.
A Chicago merchant has on exhibit
ton in his show window pair OF live
Japanese babies.
u ths rWQEl4s ~8iiiRita ~iRita f5qy tShs ~
gold and 81, 1856 tons OF silver.
Bismarck declares that hc owes his
rugged old age to the practice ofbsth-
ing regularly and freely in cold water.
The largest gold nugget ever known
was the "Sarah Sands" found in Aus
tralia. 1t weighed 233 pounds four
ounces, Troy.
Several OF tho Aztec pyramids exc
ceed 200 foet in height. They arc
generally composed OF a mound of earth
faced with stone.
duct of the mineral kingdom, is, in
all probability, resin from an extinct
species of conifcrous tree.
A cyclone lifted large sheet of
water from Portage Lake. Michigan,
and carried il high in the air and hall
mile inland, where it broke. In tho
space of mile the ground was COW
cred with fishes Of various sizes.
The great fall OF s'manna" in Mar
din and Diarbekir, Asiatic Turkey, has
been explained. Chemists who exam
ined the stuff report it to be species
of lichcn which is not known to grow
outside of Tunis, Morocco and AL
gerin.
A fish was caught in the lake Mt He'll
bronn, Swabia, in the year 1897 which
had brass ring attached bearing
record of the fact th,t the same fish
had been caught i'll the year 1890 and
released after having the queer label
affixed to his body.
1t is believed that whales often attain
| the age of 400 years. The number
! Of years these huge creatures have
| lived is nsccrtnincd by counting the
| layers of laminn forming tn" henry
substance known us "whalebor".'
These laminD increase yearly, juat III
the "growths" do on II tree.
When Catherine OF Russia was OF
the throne an ingenious peasant pre-
scntcl her with marvellous wat ii
which is mt present being oNhibita il
st. Petersburg. In size nnl sht;'. =
| somewhat resembles II chickens egg
When wound up e. tho proper pitch i
plays religious chautS, accompanies
with scenic effects.
Nectar in flowers is not honey
This nectar Is gathered by the tongue
of the bee and enters what is Gallo,
the honey bag, from which it Is ra
gurgitated by the bee on its return t.
the hive aud deposited in the hopay
cell. Even then it is thin md watery
and doos not become really hone,
until the wntcry parts have evaporntcd
In collecting the sweets the bees d.
not coniinc themselves wholly t
Nowcrs They extract them also frol
fruits.
Perfumes Guard Against Microbes.
70 guard against infectious disease
it is advisable to surround ourselves
as far rs possible, by an antiseptio AT
mosphcro. We accomplish this in
general way by the uso of fdisinfectants
but as many people find these rathc
disa8rccablc it is Useful to know tina
perfumes answer the purpose and nr
almost rs destructive to microbes a
the strongest chemical preparation
now III uso. Detroit Free Press.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01
August
Flower

My wife suffered with indigestion
and dyspepsia for years. Life be.
came burden to her. Physicians
failed to give relief. After reading
one of your books, I purchased a
bottle of August Flower. 1t worked
like a charm. My wife received i'm
mediate relief after taking the first
dose. She was completely cured
now weighs Io5 pounds, and can eat
anything she desires without any
deleterious results as was formerly
the case. c. H. Dear, Prop'r Wash
ington House, Washington, Va. O
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01

Bccchams Pills correct bad effects Of over
eating Bcecham's no others. 25cents /. h,.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01

II your Back Aches or you are all worn out,
good for nothing, it Is general debility
browns Iron Bttcrs Will cure you, make you
strong, cleanse your liver, and give you a good
appctite-tOncs The nerves.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01

Ladies' needing tonic, or children who
want building up, should take Browns Iron
Bittcrs. IL is pleasant To take. cures Mnlar a
Indigestion. BiliousHcsS and Liver Complaints,
makes tho Blood rich and pure.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01

BRoUrHERs, OF Brooklyn, has been laid of
temporarily on account OF general poor
work
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01

BASEBALL has its singular phases. st. Louis
has taken five straight gamae f-c:i Chiu.xu.
put 1t could capture only one In three from
Louisville
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01

The player-manager has not been q sigma
success this year.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01
We euro Rupture.

40 matter or how long standing. WRITE
f4r Tree treatise, testimonials, etc, to 8. J.
nollcnsWorth & Co. Owego, Tioga Co, N. Y.
Price 81; by mail, Sl.i5.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01

KELLER, Brooklyn's third baseman, was ;
score card hoy in Brooklyn in 1890.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01

IT is now assured that Catcher MacNTahon,
OF New York, whose third finger on the right
hand was 80 badly shattered, will not play
again before 1894
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01

Apclles is said by Pliny to have in
vented the use of canvas i'll painting.
He also employed oaken tablets.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-01

HEaTPAYlNG thing for agents Ia our PHOTO.
MN GRAfH FAMILY RECORDS other Pto-
lures and Pramcs. Address Dept N
:. r. Gerry AZ Co., ii 10 IS Jefferson st Chicaso
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-07-20

the 18th century, when lot of eut-throats
made themselves masters of large part of that
great island, awning the natives into submits
sion. Stirring up wars among the inhabitants,
they were able to determine the issue of every
conflict by the superiority of their weapons.
From the prettiest of the female captives they
selected as many wives and concubines as they
wanted, thus providing themselves with ex-
tensive seraglos. By excessive cruelty they
made themselves as much feared as If they had
been so many demons. On one occasion they
would all have been killed by the aborigines
who formed plot to take them unawares, had
it not been for warning conveyed just in time
by a woman. Quarrels among themselves
finally induced them to dwell separately, like
so many feudal Princes, each with his retainers
occupying citadel in the forest which could
only be approached by labyrinthine paths de-
Tended with formidable thorns.
Up TO within very recent years piracy has
always been very bad on the Mediterranean.
Shortly before the commencement of the
Christian era freebooting was extremely popu-
lar in those waters. The rovers used then to
tie their prisoners back to back and throw
them into the sea-
Some of them captured Julius Cesar when
he was young man. They offered him his
liberty for 20 talents in money-about $4,000.
He laughed, and OF his own accord offered them
so talents While waiting for the ransom to
arrive he jOked with them and taught them to
repeat poetry. When they forgot their lines
he called them barbarians and said that he
would cruelty them. On obtaining his liberty
he fitted out squadron and took his former
captors making his jest earnest by executing
them to man.
Nevertheless piracy subsequently grew to a
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-07-20

vessels of the United States Navy. When a
freeboOting craft is overhauled, she is seized
and prize crew is put aboard to fetch her TO
The nearest port belonging TO the captor. There
she is condemned and sold, the persons who
manned her being handed over to the civil law
for punishment.
ship without q nationality, which commits
depredations, is pirate. However, France re-
CARDS and treats as a pirate any ship found on
the high seas whose papers are irregular, even
though she has done no violence. vessel fly
ing a national flag without right to do so may
be taken and confiscated by any ship represent
ing the nation TO which the colors in question
belong.
The United States and England both regard
slave traders as pirates. This country hangs
slavers. The last execution of this sort &C.
Cured in 1861, the capture being made by the
slOop-of-war Mohican. Up to that year, by
treaty with Great Britain, Uncle Sam was
obliged to keep certain number Of men and
guns on the west coast of Africa for the sup
preston of the slave trade.
Slavery being wiped out in both North and
South America. there is no longer any traffic
in negroes between Africa and the New
World. Trade in such merchandise still
prOspers on the east coast of Africa, however,
where q British squadron is maintained for
the sole purpose Of capturing Arab dhows
which carry cargoes of blacks. As late as 1890
the United States maintained a feet in the
West Indies with no other object worth men
tioning than to catch pirates
About 1900 the Island of Barataria, near the
mouth of the Mississippi River, had become a
great rendezvous for freebooters A number of
armed schooners, dubbed the }" Mosketo Fleet"
On account Of their size, were sent by this Gov
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-07-20
THE PENSION BUREAU.
Judge LocIiren Gives Figures to Show that
the Work Goes On.

Judge Lochren Gives Figures to Show that
the Work Goes On.
Having learned that reports had been circu-
lated that not single pension had been allowed
by the present Administration under the act of
June e. 1890, the Pension Bureau officials
have made public the following statement:
The Democrats assumed charge of the PEN
sion Bureau April ]. 1893. For the following
months, April, May and June, 1904 original
certificates of all kinds were issued. Of these
1854 were invalid certificates under the act of
June 81 $780, 9,043 widows certificates under
said act; making a total of ii ,297 original GER
tifcates issued under the act of June "a, $780,
for the first three months of Democratic power.
In addition to this there were issued 1869
additional pensions under the act of June 81,
1890; making grand total of IL COS certificates
issued under the act of June 81, 1890, during
the first three months of Democratic control of
the Pension Bureau. The total number of
original certificates of all kinds issued during
the fiscal year ending june 90 1893, was
121, 628, Of which 99,207 were under the. act
of June 81, 1890, and pa were issued to army
nurses.
There were also issued during the past fiscal
year 1868 certificates granting additional
pension under the act of June e. 1890. Dur
ing the fiscal year ending June 80, 1892, there
were issued 222, S37 original certificates, and the
net increase to the rolls was 1879 900. AS the
total number of certificates issued during the
fiscal year just closed is but 12l ,628. 1t will be
seen that To-, 1903 less certificates have been
issued for the fiscal year 1893 than were issued
for the fiscal year 1892 and as the loss to the
rolls during the past fiscal year, from death
and remarriage. ETC., will amount to at least
SO, 900, it will be seen that the net increase to
the rolls during the past fiscal year will be but
81, $685. against 1873, 90S, difference of 108 2e0
less increase for the fiscal year 1893.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-07-20
PIRATE RAK1NG A MERcHAYTMAN.

eminent 10 nose ont the robbers cruising
around the Gulf and the Florida Keys. One
Of these little vessels was commanded by a
young man who died in Washington year
ago. Admiral David d. Porter.
In 1892, while taking load Of pepper in the
harbor Of Qusllsh Bstoo, on the west shore of
eumatra, the American ship Friendship was
seized and looted by piratcal natives. Com
modore DOwnes was sent 10 ayenge the out
rage. BE found the place defended by several
small forts. which he proceeded to take by
assault, one after another. They were defended
with desperate courage by the Mslsys, but all
Of them we're captured after great slaughter.
1t is by inficting salutsry lessons in cases Of
this sort that the safety Of United States COM
merce is assured. One of the latest instances
Of piracy with which our Navy has had to deal
occurred in 1871. A steamer called the For
ward, without a nationality, had been commit
ting depredations in the Southern Pacific. The
slooT-oi-wsr Aohicsn pursued her into the
Teacapan River, On the west coast of Mexico
There the Forward ran aground, and her people
fed TO the shore, opening FIRE from the banks
upon the Mohican. The latter boarded the
pirstical craft, while under FIRE, and burned
her.
The squadron engaged in hunting ont pirates
in the West Indies had always a sufficient
occupation. Up TO 1880 freebooting was a
regular business in those waters, numerous
vessels belng constructed especially for carry
ing it on. They found refuge in the curious
little harbors around the Island Of Cuba.
All over that region there are ever so many
uninhsbited islands and keys, with hsrbors
secure and convenient for the cleaning and re-
fitting Of vessels. These isles have plenty Of
water, and abound with food in the shape OF
turtles. sea-fowl, and fish. Thus they were
most admirably adapted to the purposes of row.
ing outlaws. At the same time the commerce
Of Great Britain. France, Spain, and Holland
with the West Indies afforded countless prizes
IN the way Of merchant craft 1t was hardly
possible for ships-of-war to catch the rovers
among the inlcts and little bays which they
knew so well. From these refugees their pratt
cal expeditions set forth TO Guinea and the
Azores, sailing even as far as Madagascar and
ske East Indies
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-07-20
DEATH ROLL INCREASES
Rear-Admiral English Dies of Cholera
MOrbus.


Rear-Admiral Earl English, a hero of two
wars and a retired officer of the e. s. Navy,
died suddenly at his home Washington of
cholera morbus, Oh Sunday, July 16 The
Admiral had served his country through the
Mexican and civil wars besides participating
in numerous smaller affairs.
Admiral English was born at Crosswicks n
j., Feb. H. 1924, and was appointed Midship-
man in 1910, and was attached to the frigste
Constellation. He served calamity during
the Mexican war; after which he was ordered
to the Naval Academy. He served on the
Pacific Coast for several years. While COM
handing the Dolphin, engaged in deep sea
sounding, he was successful in bringing up the
first soundings from the bottom of the ocean at
the depth of 500 fathoms, the result of which
was the laying the first ocean cable between
England and this country. During the war Of
the rebellion he commanded the Somerset and
Sycamore in East Gulf Squadron, capturing a
number of blockade runners. In May, 1864,
be took command of the Wyalusing in the
sounds Of North Carolina, where he remained
until the war closed. While in the sounds he
assisted ia the capture Of Plymouth and the
rebel ram Albemarle, besides taking part in
various other engagements. During the revo-
luton in Japan he harbored the defeated Ty-
coon on board the Iriquois, for which kindness
he received the thanks of the Tycoon. He
served in various capacities until retired upon
reaching the age limit, in February, 1886.
The Admiral leaves wife and two daughters.
Since his retirement he has spent his time in
Washington and Culpeper, Va, where he had
an interest in National bank and Summer
residence. He was buried from the Epiphany
Church oil Wednesday, July 10.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-07-20
Ton Mich Talk.

Sergeant E. B. Dunn the Forecaster of the
Weather Bureau at New York City, who was
thought to be the man who would succeed Prof.
Harrington as Chief of the Weather Bureau
here in Washington, has killed his chances by
having himself interviewed by one of the New
York daily papers. When shown the published
account Secretary Morton expressed both sur
prise and Indignation.
1t is absolutely untrue" he said, that l
have asked Prof. Harrington for his resigna-
ton, nor have l any intention of doing so.
Dunu's suggestions in regard to matter of
this kind in relation TO his chief are quite out
of place. When suggestions in regard to tho
management of the Weather Bureau are want
ed from him he will be invited to present them,
not to the public, but to his official supsriors
For Mr. Dunn's own sake trust he has been
misquoted Otherwise he has professed knowl-
edge upon q subject of which he knows, SEEM
ingly, no more than he does Of decent discip-
lineD
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-07-20
Modern Boreias.

DR.. Henry G. Meyer. Of New York, and his
wife, were arrested in Detroit, Mich, last week,
by New York detectives charged with whole
sale poisoning. Meyer, it lie alleged, is an ex.
pert physician, who has been using his knowl-
edge of chemistry to poison certain persons for
their life insurance. His alleged wife, who is
said to be very beautiful woman, would cap
tivate some man, marry him, get his life insured
in her favor, and then administer the poison
furnished by DR.. Meyer. This has been going
on for several years. and the detectives think
that at least Is persons have been disposed of
in this horrible manner.
The parties have been captured and removed
to New York, whore most of these villainies
have been perpetrated. and they will shortly
be tried for their crimes. Since the days OF
Lucretia Borgia nothing like this case has come
to light. The insurance companies that have
been made the victims of this wholesale poison
ing have been the active agents for bringing
these criminals to justice.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-07-20
SILK FROM WOOD.
How to Spin Wood ColIodion into Fibers
for Weaving.

How to Spin Wood ColIodion into Fibers
for Weaving.
The Chardonnet process made its first appear
ance at the Paris Exposition of 1889, where it
received the highest award the jury could give.
The question now is whether it can be utilized
for the general good.
The "silk" is manufactured at Besancon, In
France. The raw material is wood pulp. The
pulp is carefully dried in an oven and plunged
Into a mixture Of sulphuric and nitric acids
then washed in several water baths and dried
by alcohol. The product thus prepared is dis
solved in ether and pure alcohol, and the result
is collodion, similar to that used in photog-
raphy.
This collodion, which is sticky and viscous,
is inclosed in solid receptacle furnished with
a filter in the lower end. An air pump sends
pressure the collodiOn is passed through the
filter, which removes all impurities, and flows
into tube placed horizontally.
This tube is armed with 300 cocks, of which
the spouts are made of glass and pierced by a
small hole of the diameter of the thread of a
cocoon as it is spun by the silkwOrm. The
spinner opens the cock, and the collodion
issues in thread of extreme delicacy lit takes
six to make thread of the necessary consistency
for weaying).
The thread is not, however, fit to be rolled on
the spools by reason of its vscosity and softness
the matter is as yet collodion and not silk. To
produce the necessary hardness the inventor
resorted to very ingenious but simple method.
The little glass tube already mentioned is sur
rounded by small reservoir constantly filled
with water; when the thread issues from the
aperture, in the manner described, 1t traverses
this water, which takes up the ether and
alcohol, and then the collodion becomes solidi-
fed and is transformed into an elastic thread
as resisting and brilliant as ordinary silk.
On account of the materials employed in the
manufacture of this sIk-wood, ether and
alcohol-it is at first dangerously n1ammable.
BY plunging the spun thread in solution of
ammonia it is rendered as slow of combustion
as any other material.
Many silk merchants, brokers, dyers and
men who manufacture silk goods think that
the process will eventually give practical and
profitable results