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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-01

IDEA COAL Tor family use.
L Extra large size, si.5o per ton,
jel9 JOHN d. SOLOMON.
Phones lie and 2oa No, w. Sd st.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-15
Pollution of the Soil.

A curious accident, illustrating the
polluted condition of the soil on which
a largo and old CITY stands, is reported
in connection with the construction OF
an underground railway ut Govan,
England. Ono morning not long ago
two salesmeu in shop under which
the tunnel was being driven, suddenly
became seriously ill and dropped down
exhausted behind tho counter. They
were discovered in this condition by
two men who fortunately happened to
enter the shop few minutes -afterE
ward. The cause of the illness was
once apparent, rs n most offensive 90
sickening odor prevailed the premiteA
AS the railway tunnel is being drivSa
beneath the shop, it is believed that
the compressed air with which it is
worked forced an accumulation OF foul
gas in the soil up into tho shop. The
odor spread to adjoining buildings,
and several women and children be-
came i'll. The worlmen of the tunnel
have experienced no Inconvenience,
but pure air under pressure is con-
staritly supplied to them, which may
account for their immunity.-New
York Telegram.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-15
"Oiling the Voice."

Tho voices of singers need an occa-
sinnal "niling," and somo peculiar
remedies have been in vogue among
,in,crH. which it is interesting to
know. When Gallmaycr, the famous
euubrcttc, visited this country, sho
confessed to the writer that she treated
her thront before each performance to
II good rubbing with rum and glyccr-
inc.
This statement led to further invcsti
,ntions in this line, with the following
result:
I.nhntt, the great Swedish tenor, nte
tAn salt pickles before going on to
SIM. Wnchtcl used the yalk of on
cTY with sugar. Other vocal stars
drink soda water or punch. Walter,
the tenor, drinks cold coffee without
cream Iclin Trcbclli, the famous
contrnltn, who died hot long ago, al
ways drank lemonade before she went
on the stage. Kindcrmann chewed
dried pruncs during the intermissions,
nnd Sonthcim sworo by IL pin"h -
.,...n.i--forU-ru nrn. Some singers
who are passionate smokers, refrain
FROM smoking on the days on which
they nre to sing, while number of
cantntrices believe that their voices
are vastly improved by the smoking OF
cigarette just before the curtain rises.
st. Louis Post-Dispntch.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-15
Identification by the 1Ncth.

The idcntificatiop of bodies Tint
have been mutiloted beyond recogni-
tion by the usual rules has until re-
Gently been 80 difficult that every yonr
hundreds of bodies of heroes have been
coQsiSncd to nameless graves.
But II new system 0f Identification
has been discovered thnt il as accurate
nnd unfailing ns is tho famous system
of measurement employed by tho Pnris
police I'm keeping truck of the crimi>
nails of France. lt liz idsntiticntion by
Jnsans of tho teeth. 1t was first sug-
gested and put i'll pructicc by II New
York dentist. For years it hns been
tho custom of all first class dentists to
keep Il complete chart Of tho teeth &c
all their patients, together with
record of nll filings, romovnlsor other
work done to the mnsticators. These
charts and records nfe carefully filed
away and are kept M long ns the pn.
tient lives, A comparison of several
hundred of these charts recently mnd,
in New York showed that no two I"
them were idcnticnlly alike The iirs
and most noted instance whcro idcnti-
fcation by tho teeth was madc con
elusive was in the case of NorcrosS, tn,
dynamiter, who attempted the life o
Russell Sage, and was blown to pieces
While n trousers button furnished tn.
first Glow to his identity, it was no
until his teeth wero examined by hi
dentist that tho identity was rccog
nized by the young mans parents.
One of the victims of tho cold storag,
murder was identified Tuesday by hi
teeth. Why il it not possible to idcn
Sify oil of the charrcd bodies now q
the morgue by the same methodP-
Chicago Times.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-15
A Dentist Talks.

''Td rather have three women pa
tients than one man," said we'll
known practitioner in dentistry.
''They show without doubt far
greater amount Of courage and pa
ticnce under tho often oxcruciating
torturcs of tho drill and forceps than
men"
"Havc they moro plucky
'Indced they have. Dozens of my
women patients could mention who
undergo the most acute agony almost
without d vince, while Lind that tho
majority of mv5i are absolute towards
in The operating chair, and the very
sight of the Instruments s often
enough to make some great, big,
strong fellow pale with nervousness.
"Men always demand gas when their
teeth are to be extracted; on the other
hand 1 have seen fragile-looking wo-
men refuse gus and sit down calmly in
u chair and submit to the otherwise
unavoidable painful process of extrac-
ticn without u murmur.'
(Which has the best teeth2"
"Well, 1 think women are moro apt
to attend strictly to their teeth, where
as the average mani is too busy to stop
for dentistry until the stern Necessity
Of pain causes them to do SO. Tobacco
is ns great an evil with mon as candy
, and sweets with women.
"Whom do 1 consider the best pay
Well, / can very truly state that
have never lost d penny of none!
owed me by woman. Oftcntinies
lave been warned by my brother den
fists not to have actresses as patients
but they have never failed to pay me
In some cases it was two years after
hal done work for an actress that
received the money all tho way from
England, explaining that circum
stances had rendered it impossible fo
her to pay before then. st. Loul
Republic.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-15
Strange Story Of an Insane Man.

/ hoard remarkable story in an up.
town club few nights ago. It was
told by prominent Now Yorker. Tho
the possibility of sane persons being
iucnrccrntcl in insane nsylums.
"You htvo nil cited cases of sano
persons being locked up" said this
instance Of M insane person who once
escaped.
Gle had been confined III an asylum
in IN adjacent State for some time.
Tho keepers got negligent, and during
one of their lnpscs of vigilenco tho
person in question escaped.
"iIc cnmc direct to New York, and
having met me socially several years
before looked me up. l knew nothing
ubout his montal condition nt the time
and there was nothing unusual iii his
mnunCr.
"I introduced him i'll my club and
| vouchrd for him ut tho hotel where ho
hal engaged suit of rooms. lie
| lived like n prince for week, running
up big bills.
"Df course this thing could not go
on for any length of time, and Mt the
expiration OF II week tho asylum a,
thuri,ics had gotten trace OF him an,
tracked him to New York.
"rhcv camo on and took him IL
custody. He was entertaining part,
"t ncwly-mndo mrlunint"ncca Mt tn
club. You never would have imagine.
TINT ho was II crazy man until he Sc
cyrs upou the mndhouso keepers.
Il
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-15
uneasy Rnv.1 .--

Vueen Victoria leads q auieter and
loss rufhed life than tho sovereign of
any other country in Europe. She "A
not bothered with the business 81 rnn.
ning her 0oyernment; sho never oets
involved In tho squabbles 81 parties
sne moves from one Of her royal resi-.
denses to another according to he,
pleasure; she indulRes in a fore;on
St Cur whenever she is 80 disposed.
one doos not need even to keep an eve
ON the princo OF Wales nowadays, and
her domestic cares must be light.
All the othor sovereigns have q hard
simo OF 1t, Hero is Oscar III, King Of
Sweden and Norway. to-mented by Inc
horwogiah malcontents, by the OBJ.
struotivo Storthing and by. Ibseh.
here Is William III, Of Germany, driven
TO his vito end by hectoring adyer.
barics. Here is the King of the Greeks.
George l, always hard up, and at this
time almost overwhelmed in n eea "a |
troubles. Here is the KING az }bs |
Belgiana Leopold II, whose throns
was nenaoed a few weeks ago by his
robeliious subjects, and saved for n
lime only by his prudence. Hove q
he little King Of Spain, Alfonso XIII,
vio must be frightened when he hears
'is subjects shouting forsP republic.
Here I, re. 4rss ars,y the htair5G 5Gzqr Of Rdssin, the
nd tho Sultan of Turkey, tho h6rurr
hips Of whom are known to all the
world. The young Queen of the
Wilhelmina, the middle:
.3cd King of Portugal, Charles 1, and
hc old King of Denmark, Christian
x, loads solitary, quiet life, but
hey don't amount to much and may
meet with bal luck nny dny.
Among all the sovercigns of Europe
t is her Brittuuic majesty alone who
> nlways perfectly serene. e.-Cihcihnati
Commercial
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-15

Since tho State University of Ten
nessee opened it's doors to women the
womcn's clubs Of the state have been
raising money for II building on the
university grounds. Tho Knoxville
ladies are also preparing gold and sill
ycr souvenir medals in commemoration
nf th, admission of women students.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-15
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort aud improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced In the
remedy, Syrup of FiG.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
In the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, tie refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and 1t is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by ell drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being we'll informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-15

We offer Ono Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure. ua .
F. j. CmnNEY tS Co, Props, Toledo, 9.
nev for the last 10 years, and believe him pcr-
frSti, honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliYa-
ton made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo.
Ohio. ,,
Druggists Toledo, Quo.
Halls Cntarrh Cure Is taken internally, act.
Ing directly upon tho blood and mucous sur.
faces of the system. Price, Toe. per bottle. Sold
by ali Druggists. Testimonials iroo.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-15
What Chinese TpiCureS Eat.

A Chinese mandarin has forwarded
the menu of banquet given mt
pcking to the foreign diplomatists,
the menu of which follows: FIRST
came four classic dishes namely,
swallow nests with pigeon eggs, shark
fins with crabs, dogtish with wild
duck, duck and cnulitlowcr; then sue
cccd dclicncics served i'll cups placed
before each guest; swallow nests,
shark fins, plain morris, vegetables,
mushrooms with duck feet, fried
partridge, pigeon III slices; then there
appeared four dishes namely, ham in
honey, PURGE of peas, vegetables and
dogtiah; four side dishes: hnricot
cheese with bamboo buds Ia kind of
asparagus), roots of bamboo, chicken,
shclliish; four hors d'oeuvcrs in
duplicate, ham and chicken, fish and
Gizznrd, pork tripc and vcrmicclli,
duck and pork outlets. Each guest
had also placed before him plates OF
almonds, pistnchio pmstc, pears and
oranges. Finally, The following were
the ronst and boiled meats: Sucklir
pug, ronst duck, boiled chicken, b'S,
pork. There was prufus ;2
European and Chinese W;
opium was smoked, for of
is not yet rcconcilcd to tn
it owes TO the East India
Asiatic Quarterly.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-15

those which had been pfeyiousiv re-
lected' The experts Of ten years ago
wonid be sadly puzzled to- day to make
selection OF frst-class diamonds for
.ne American market. Indeed. the
trade Is q most difficult ono to cater
to-full OF anpoyances and hazards.
requiring special training and uniia q.
Sfng vigilance. "=New York Times
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-15

There u no religion in a whine.
coat ef psint adds no warmth {,
tbe house. f7,T Z
s: go 81 never goes home with ar
a fool Is sure TO tell whoshe Ia bv
5 the questions he asks.
No matter how good the gun Ia Il Ia
wsssfng powder to shoot at the moon.
Every man lives in q glass boz.
.ns>- = svueDody is always look
II our faults were written on our
,oreheads oil men would hang their
1t Is folly to sit down and do moth
ing because we cannot do everything
ut once.
The great thing about influence ia
shat It sets forces in motion that will
never stop.
You can find hundred people who
are courageous where you will find ono |
who is patient.
Tho selfishness of man is probably
the ugiiest thing upon wL:ci!. angels
ever have to look.
LII some people were birds they woulJ
sit down in the dust and complain that
their wings were heavy load
How much bigger il always makes
as feel to look at other people through
Inc large end of telescope. Il
) There is many vito hungering for !,
u occasional word of approval who ,
~ 90 buried In a rosewood caskot.
\ sFhena a particular man marrios n
- ,1onf 2 -. nsfs...s.t,::SAueper, it takes q good h
: 81 4Vg 5kQth s'"->,to mal:p,l
heir home happy ono
five had as much Charity for tho G
aults Of Others o. we havo for our r
wn, the desert would soon become h
lower garden. RAMS Horn.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-15

Missionary work in Siam is now
chiefly in the bands of the Presbyterian
Board, which commenced it's work
there in 1910. Twenty years of labor
were expended Nbcforo II single convert
was wen from Buddhism to Christian
ity.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-15

American pioneers were God fearing
and Bible loving. They stakcd out
town lots i'll twenty-five Goshcns.
twcntv-cne Shilohs, eleven Carmels,
eighteen rabors and Mount Iabors,
Twenty-Five Tions and Mount Iions,
twcntv.six Edcns, thirty Lebanons,
twcmtv-six Hebrews and thirty-sia
Sharons.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-15

Malaria cured and erRdicated from tho Hys
tenn by Browns Iron Bitters. which "nr "h's
tho blood, tones tho nerves, aids at est on.
Acts like n charm on persons ~ general III
health, giving new energy aud strcu:th.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-15

WonKMEH near Laredo, Texas, cxlumed
an old iiint-lock musket, full-cockcd, loaded
nm primod The sto,k was partially petri-
ficd.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-15

The United States produces thirty
five per cent. Of nll the lcnd Of the
world.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-15

For dyspepsia, indigestion and Stomach uls.
orders, use Browns Iron Bittcrs-thc bcsI
Tonic II rcbuilds the Blood and strcnHthcns
the muscles. 4 splendid medicine for weak
and dcbiiitated persons.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-15

LIGHTNING recently struck the British shil
Oxford Off Cape Hattcras and ruined ever!
compass on board.
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No matter OF how long standing. WritN
Tor free treatise, testimonials. etc, To :. y.
liollensworth ~ Co, Owcgo, riogn Co., \. \.
Price 81: by mail Sl.l5.
DprFY, of Boston, leads tho League In
number Of base hits.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-15

Frog pics were invented by tho
Italians iu the Fourteenth Century.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-15

CHICAGO has tried no less than eleven
pitchers.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-15

Beecham's Pills instead OF sinshy mineral
watcts- Beecham's-no others. - cts. n box
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august
Flower

clam ready to testify under oath
that if it had not been for August
Flower I should have died before
this. Eight years ago was taken
sick, and suffered as no one but
q dyspeptic can. employed three
of our best doctors and received
no benefit. They told me that had
heart, kidney, and liver trouble.
Everything l ate distressed ME so
that had to throw it up. August
Flower cured me. There is no med
icine equal to it," LORENZO +.
SLRRPRR, Appleton, Maine. q
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five had as much Charity for tho
faults OF Others o. we havo for our
own, the desert would soon become u
flower garden. RAMS Horn.
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8 II l. 81
The record-union., 1893-04-03
Another Plaza Adyocate-

EDS. RECoRl-UNIoN: What has become
of that fine new hotel that was to be
erected on the Plaza? Now, I want to
put myself on record as being heartily in
favor of the Plaza for a new hotel, and |
will venture to say if it was put to vote
OF the people majority would be in favor
of 1t being used for this purpose. This
talk of it being the only "breathing spot
IN this city, is all bosh. This city is full
OF parks that can be utilized for this pur-
pose instead of the Plaza.
Everyone comedies that we need new
first-ciass hotel, one that will reflect
credit on us; and we all know that struct-
ure of this kind will cost a great deal OF
money. And we know, too, that the
grounds alone will cost at the present
price OF real estate here nearly quarter
of 4 million dollars.
Now, by using the Plaza this amount
will be saved, and can be put so that it
viii go long way toward building the
edlhce. But the truth of the whole mat
ter Is, that unless we use the Place we will
have no MOTEL, for it will be next to i'm
possible to raise money enough to buy a
site and put up the building. So we
might as well have it settled now as to
whether or not the property can be used
for this purpose.
Would our Board of Trustees be in
favor OF granting it? | want to see a
hotel in this city that will outshine those
of our neighbors, and | want it on the
flaza. a MERCHANT.
The record-union., 1893-04-03
INDUSTRIAL AGITATION.

A number of citizens have organized,
under the laws, to promote industrial
activity in Sacramento. Their articles
of incorporation and bylaws appear
in our local columns. Their plan
is to proceed upon the lines pur-
sued successfully by number of cities
and towns in other States and by some in
California-that is, to offer special in
ducements for proprietors of existing
factories backed by large capital and an
established trade to locate here either
original or branch establishments.
The warrant for the present movement
is, say the promoters, IN half-dozen dis
tinct business-like offers now before
them to do precisely what is needed, and
to put into the city, with the assurance OF
permanency that large investment, long
experience and established trade give,
several manufacturing plants, that will
add largely to the industrial population
and augment the general trade output OF
this place very greatly.
This new improvement association has
had presented to it also the scheme OF
sggregating local capital to organize
manufacturing enterprises from the base
up. Their response is, that while that is
thing to be conserved, it is not so speedy
nor beneficial as to bring in established
hnS
already, and that new capitalization calls
for seven or eight times the amount OF
money output by the people that is
needed to deal with existing manu-
factories, and they cite instances of this
in other cities, but add that with the
establishment of the interests they seek
to draw here the enlargement of local
and establishment of original home
factories will follow naturally and in due
time. as experience has proved elsewhere.
The plan adopted now is to ask the peo-
pie to manifest their desire by an informal
voting proposition, that will give security
for the bids the association wishes to
make, and, as stated, for which several
manufacturing enterprises are ready to
enter the lists. The task is the easier, it
is held, because of the natural advantages
of the city, which it is unnecessary to
recapitulate, since they are so well known
and are patent to intelligence. That they
have not been availed of more fully has
been the cause of great deal of express
sion of surprise by Eastern visitors. Sew
eral of these have hailed from localities
where Industrial activity has been created
by such stimulating inducements as it is
now proposed to apply in behalf of Sac
rsmento.
The whole question is now to be placed
before the people, and it will remain
with them to decide whether it will
be to their interest and enhance values
and augment general prosperity and Sc
cure greater trade and commercial ex-
pansion for this city by approving the
plan of the new association.
The record-union., 1893-04-03
AN UNDERsrANDABLE THING.

San Francisco journal quotes, with
approval, from an English writer OF
obscurity, who assaults the Southern
Pacific Company with the silly charge
that it was organized as it is for the ex-
press purpose, among others, of avoiding
taxes. OF course the commonest intelli-
gence knows this to be veriest nonsense,
since every man is aware that property is
taxed at the point of its location and
nothing is in California exempted except
State and municipal property. No mat
ter where certificate of incorporation is
made, no immunity from taxation where
property is. can be given.
No one needs to go far to ascertain
why great enterprises operating in and
through several States are incorporated in
another, as in the case of the Southern
Pacific Company. In California special
statutory Acts of incorporation are for
bidden. Because of the belief that the
general incorporation laws of California
are insufficient and lacking in certainty
and completeness, it was deemed wise
to Incorporate under special charter
where the laws permit it; because it is
economic and wise to bring all the parts
of one system as far as practicable under
one management by consolidation
through lease and thus promote efficiency
of service and economy of expenditure
and thereby enlarge capacity and lessen
the costs to the public for use of carrier
lines, became necessary.
This is as we understand it; it is as
business men understand and see it, and
as all well informed people know it to be.
1t is not within the possibility of truth to
say that experience has not demonstrated
its wisdom. That it in any way, shape or
manner relieves capital from any obliga-
ton to this State, or any State in which it
telligence must comprehend. This truth
is emphasized by the fact that no claim
for exemption from taxation or obliga-
tion to locality has ever been set up be-
cause of such special chartered incorpora-
ton. Had it been possible to establish
any such claim for that reason, it must be
confessed that the Southern Pacific Com
pany has had every reason to do it to pro-
tect itself from unequal and illegal as
sessmentS.