Georgetown Semi-Weekly Times : volume 30, number 98 - 02-15-1896

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CHAINED TO NO PARTY'S ARBITRARY SWAY, WE'LL CLf"""    '> TRUTH WHERE'ER SHE LEADS THE WAY.
BY JOSIAH DOAR,
GEORGETOWN, S. C„ FEBRUARY 15,1896.
VOL. XXX---NO 98
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OVftflCE STYLES
THOSE BIG SLEEVES.
THEV S7IU. CONTINUE TO MAKE MEN DESPERATE.
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A OALL WILL CONVINCE YOU THAT OUR PRICES ARE
HALF WH \T OTUER HOUSES ASK- FOR
THIi SAME GOODS.
Bat Hen Find Fault Anyhow, Says Olive Harper—Theater Gowns and Hats—Sarah Bernhardt'! Costome-a—Creations of a Fashionable Modiste.
tSpedal Correspondence.] New York, Feb. 11.—Men make tho fews and enforce tbem. I saw a man last nigbt who I know went out of the theater vowing to do something desperate about tho big sleoves. They do seem to have an extra quantity of material for theaters. This man was little, but he didn't appear to know It until ho got Into a seat between two young ladies, protty both of them, but neither of thom belonging to him. The two pairs of sleeves were simply Immense. One pair was of crackling pink taffeta, oovered with pink orope lisso, and still further embellished with groat outstand-
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How Our Local Talent Was
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and Comedy
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Ing caps of laco nnd pink ribbon bows. Tbo otbors woro of plnid volvot, and whilo thoro was uo laco or ribbon to giro graco and mako thom appear too frail for any. thing but suppressed bad words/ tbey wero quito as dangerous to a man's ponce of mind. Theso sleoves were so vory largo that thoy completely effaced the man. Ho oouldn't loan forward, for if ho did, ono of the girls was snre to turn suddenly and brush his oarofully curled mustache, or tho other to rumple up his hair or tloklo hiB noso. If he leaned baok, those sleeves heaved a sigh of relief, whioh swelled thom to their biggest proportions, and al¬ together I think, tho young man didn't havo a good timo at all. And tho two in¬ nocent girls hnd tho tiniest of bonnets, and theroforo thoy sat iu tlio sorone con¬ sciousness of incommoding nobody.
On the other hand, if girls dou't havo big sleeves to oomplatn about, thero ore tho big hate, tho bustles or hoops. Tho men find fault anyhow. If .thoy want ro-. dross from thoir grievances, why, they' make tho laws, as I said boforo.
Thero was a vory swell audience to seo Bernhardt in "Camlllo," and whilo not otherwiso engaged I notod a fow of tho gowns and bonnots, for thero woro but two hats vtsiblo. ~Fauay waists of- pink, bluo, white, plaid and brocaded bodices woro ev¬ erywhere. Tho wido berthas, collarettes and flohus of lierro laoe woro ubiquitous. Spangles glittered ovory whoro liko stars in a frosty sky. Jcwoled passomentorie, jewoled nookbands, buckles nnd other ornnmonts wero worn by ail the young aud too many of tho old. In ono box a young lady woro a bodioo of oboney silk, with imnionso flowers on a white ground. The, sleovos woro onormous in themselves,, and woro made still larger by gauze fans stud¬ ded with sparkling spangles. Two of these stood up straight on eaoh shoulder. Tho nook was finished with a white llsso stook, also spangled, and with a great fan shaped bow at tbo baok. This with tho fans on tho shoulders made a gauzy setting for a protty faoe. Another bodice was of blaok volvot, with white loco square bertha. This laco was literally frosted with Imita¬ tion diamonds. Tho stook was of the blaok volvot. Another lady was not so happy in hor costume. This bodioo was of dull rod satin, over a blaok satin skirt. Tho stook was high, so woro the sleoves, and as the place grew warmer her oolor rose until It was impossible to toll whero the satin left off and. tho face began. Blaok velvet, plain and figured, was largoly rep¬ resented, aud it makes elegant bodices, being ornamental in Itself, and requiring but littlo trimming to mako it perfect.
I notlood quito a number of parsons who evidently wore false hair to augment that whioh naturo had bestowed.
Thore woro somo other things, too, but I 'oouldn't seo them all, for the play was over. And what wore Sarah's gowns like? Ob, I forgot to notice, more than that they
Despite the unfavorable weather tha entertainment of Mrs. Whitton's, for ihe benefit of the lipworth League was a decided success. A goodly num¬ ber of people witnessed it, and the program was admirably car¬ ried ou to the great delight and enjoyment of those present.
The concert led off with in¬ strumental music by Miss Ruth Hazard and Miss Kate Morgan, followed by a solo by MissBailoy Thess served to whet the appe¬ tite of the audience, fully as¬ sured if theso amateurs started out so well, that they would im¬ prove as tlio entertainment pro¬ gressed, i'or were they disap¬ pointed, wiien Mr. Whitton and Miss Iseman sang a duet togeth- er.The encore was freguent and impulsive, testifying how well this part of the program was performed. The recitations by Misses Jacobi and Taylor were up iu "G," as a well known critique at our elbow suggests. Misses Iseman and Hazard each rendered solos, and you could have heard a pin drop so eager were the audience to hear every note.
The comedy play in two ads, entitled "Box of Monkeys," was then put on the stage, and tlie actors, one and all, reflected great credit upon themselves, by the manner in which they personated their various parts. Mr. W. A. James represented a promi.-iiii.n- young American, half owner of the Sierra gold mine, Ed iv-iril Ualston by name; while Mr. H.VLL Oliver, was his partner, the second son of Lord Doncaster, as Chauncey Ogle¬ thorpe. Miss Kate Morgan was an admirer of rank, as Mrs. Ondego Jones; MissMalka Man- heim was her neice, a prairie rose, as Sierra Bengaline; Miss May Rumley was Lady Guin¬ evere Llandpoore, an English primrose, daughter of the Karl of Paynaught. This was excel¬ lent all the way through, and we have yet to hear of the first one who did not leave the hall well pleased. 1'he audience was delighted, and gave expression to'their commendation.
Mrs. Whitton and her assis¬ tants certainly did well, aud pleased every one. No greater meed of praise could be render¬ ed.
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Bnt It Blast Be Followed Secularly and Persistently—Ranilom Items May Bo In¬ teresting, bnt Not Valuable—Practical Hints by an Adept.
[Special Correspondence.] New York, Jan. 81.—Few peiBona who ore not collectors realize the pleas¬ ure) and profit to he obtained by keeping clippings, or, as they nsed to be called, "scraps," in a careful, systematic fash¬ ion. Ihe profit lies not only in the ed¬ ucational nature of the work, bnt in the actnal money value of tha collection aft¬ er it has been kept np long enongh in an intelligent way. Newspaper men ap¬ preciate this profit so well that in al¬ most every great newspaper office in tho country thousands of dollars ore spent yearly in keeping snch collections, and these in time- become exceedingly valu¬ able
Of course no individual collector can make a collection that will rival one of these withont devoting years of time and a great amount of money to the work. It is entirely possible, however, to make a collection iu 10 oris years that will be worth thousands of dollars.
It is a good rule not to attempt too mnch, at least in beginning, unless, in¬ deed, the beginner is confident of perse¬ vering long enough and working hard enough to make a very large general col¬ lection, in which case he should mark out his divisions and subdivisions as soon as possible.
Probably the best way to start ia to select some one subject in which the col¬ lector may havo a personal interest. By making a collection on this subject he will gradually learn how to collect wise¬ ly and will soon grow enthnsiastio, in¬ stead of tiring himself by attempting too much. Then one subject after an¬ other can be taken np in addition, or a general collection may be undertaken when habit has made the work easy.
Having chosen a subject, the next thing is to get clippings. Newspapers, frade journals, technical periodicals and even magazines may be obtained second¬ hand for the asking or at a nominal price by almost any one who will look after them regularly. If the colleotor can arrange with the exchange editor of some newspaper for the contents of his wastebasket, he can command a wealth of material.
Having the clippings, the collector ranst arrange a plan of keeping them, or he will find in a little while that they are. not much better than waste paper. A great part of tho valuo of a clipping lies in the ability to put yonr hand on it at a moment's notice, and this cannot bo done unless tho collection is kept sys¬ tematically, and the simplest plan is the best, if it is such as to admit of divi¬ sions and subdivisions without confu¬ sion.
In the first place, eaoh dipping must be carefully marked with the namo and date of the paper from which it is ont. Long bladed shears, light ones, are the best tools for cutting, and a blue pencil is altogether the best for marking.
Next get a lot of cheap envelopes. They must be substantial enough to stand some handling. With these and a big alphabetical index book the outfit is complete. Don't got a' scrapbook. The labor of pasting clippings in a book is generally wasted, for any attempt to change the order of the clippings after they are pasted will involve a mutila¬ tion of tho book or the clipping or both. Having the clippings and the envelopes, put the first in the second and mark each envelope with a number, 1, 2, 8, and so
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COEBECTED UP TO DATE
Prices ef Spirits Turpentine and
Rosin in the New
York Market
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A NEAT SWINDLE WORKED UPON A CONFIDING BRITON.
CORECTEB SEMI-WEEKLY BY JIES8 H. KAMINSKI AND CO
Corn, 50 cts. Meal, 95 a$l 00 Bbl Grist, $2.40 Feed Oats,—37j^ cts Seed Oats,—50 to 55 cts D.   S.   bellies,     6     cts S. butts, 4 3-4a5 Rice, whole, 3 l-4to4cts. Cotton, mid., 7 3*4 Flour 3 50 to 5 00. P. Grist sks, 1    to  110
CORRECTED     SEMI-WEEKLY     BY MESS. MARKS MOSES AND BRO.'
Yellow dip, 1.60.
Scrape, 1.15.
Virgin, 3.00
Spirits Turpentine, 26
Rosin, common, 1.05
Rosin quiet and steady in the New York market. S'trained, common to good, 1.57 1-2 to 1.60. Turpentine dull and nominal at 29 l*4a29 3-4
Marine News.
Tho steamer Two .Brothers ar¬ rived on the 12th with 150 bbls of rosin and 22 spirits.'
The steamer Maggie arrived from landings on the Waccam¬ aw river on the 12th with 6S1 bbls of rosin, 10 bbls of spirits 9 bales of cotton and 1 bdl hides.
The steamship Croatan salied on the 14th for New York with 1801 bbls rosin, 93 bbls of spriits, 116 bbls of tar. 179 bbls of rice, 26 cases! of can goods, 9 bales of cotton  and sundry
Stages of Water.
The Hciglith of tho Water atniffercnt
Points—Inforc tattoo for
the Planters FROM YESTERDAY'S DAILY PAPERS
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were very high In tho neok In front and vary low in tho baok; very dinging, and had no waists at all, as they fell straight down in front from neok to foot.
This morning a note from a famous mo¬ diste took mo off to see two of her newest "oroatians" for visiting. When agrande modiste makes a dress, she does not make it. Sho "creates" lt. One of these was a flecked ohevlot blaok and tan. It was bor- dorod with blaok marten at tho bottom, and tho basquo opened over a ton Bilk not trimmed with laoe. The wide oollar was of blaok velvet, with gold colored silk em¬ broidery and somo more laoe was set over tbo Blooves. The hat was in several shades ot brown. The other creation was of reseda colored oloth, tailor stltohod aronnd the bottom. The bodice was of reseda taffeta, gathered in close shirrs aronnd the shoul¬ ders. The rest of tho bodice was of bro¬ caded silk, with reseda ground and dark green and russot rod figures. Tho sloeves were piped with largo cords covered with oloth, whioh gave them the admired stiff¬ ness. Tho bottom was arranged in dou¬ bled slashes all around. The hat matched the gown. Olive Habpeb.
The Itlttlo daughter of Mr. Fred "Web ster, Holland, Mass., hail a vorv bad cold uml cough which lio Uiul not been ablo to cure with anything. I gavo him u 25 cont bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy,snysW. P. 11 olden, merchant and postmaster at West Ilrimflel'd, and the next time I nmv him he said it work¬ ed like charm. This remedy is intended e.--pei;iaHy for acute throat and lung dis¬ eases such as colds, croup antl whooping- cough, and lt is Ininous for its euros. Thoro is no danger in giving it lo ohil¬ dren for it contains nothing injurious. For salo by all drug store.
The Columbia Register says Judge Simon- tnn seems to be on the constable's side now Several daya ago he wrote fo ¦ o*jc of tbo force, informing him that whiskey marked ''for personal use" could be soiztd, and says he ia anxious to get hold ot parties who hare liquor ."hipped to diem with that mark, when the stuff is used In blind tiger?. All the whiskey now skipped into tin's State is marked pcrsonai-'use, but the con¬ stables will continllu to seize it.
All thiB is simple enongh and is de¬ scribed in detail only becanso the details of tho system aro absolutely necessary. As has been snid, n dipping ia useless nnless yon oan find it when you want it, and without n system you cannot find it, even if you remember it, without a long search.
The index therefore is the key to the collection and requires some study and constant care. Vory likely a single clip¬ ping may have to be entered two or three times in the index. It must bo en¬ tered at the time it is pnt into the en¬ velope and the envelope is numbered be¬ canso any putting off of a part of the work means doing it all over again. Yon can always find envelope 139, for example, but unless you look at yonr in¬ dex first you will not know whether it is 78 or 180 tbat you want.
Snpposinc*, then, that you have, a clipping about Professor Jones' explo¬ rations in Java. It has heen put into en¬ velope 130. You must enter it in three places in the index, something like this:
A Strong Man's Feat,
George A. Sohneok, tho landlord of tho Davis hotel, at Delaware avenue and Mar¬ ket street, possesses strongth that would set most of tho rivals of Sandow in the shftdo. Ono of his favorlto foots is to stand in an open doorway, place his opon. hands against tho jams of the door, and taking three men, wolghing from 160 to 200 pounds eaoh, on his shoulders and back, lift them, together with himself, from the floor, and hold them in that po¬ sition for several minutes. This feat it¬ self, without any woight resting on the person, performing it. oan be accomplished by very few, whilo with Mr. Sohneok, with from 500 to 600 pounds on his back aud neok, it is almost an overy day ocourrenoo. Mr. Sohneok takes little or no oxorclso.— Philadelphia Record
Do you wish to be a successful sports¬ man? Then step in und get your huntiog outfit from Kaminski & Co. Tlicy have hunting coats, leggings, shot belts, rubber boots, empty and loaded shells, breech and muzzle loading 'guns, powder, shot, primeis Sic. ic.,. | 	
Guess what innrried man hid behind the dining room door co surprise his wire with a jkiss when she entered; as the door opened he throw his arms and kissed—the cook.
Do you want to make a useful piesent? Then let Kamipski & Co. sell yon one of their beautiful carving sets.
Guest, whauinan connected with this oflice is so fond of lemon pios. This is an easy onol ',
School book), school liooks, full supply for graded andlcountv schools, at Iseman's drug store.     \       	
Guess whatclerk received a bouquoi ol violets from liis girl on last Tuosday night.
Explorations—"Jones In Java"	
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Jones, Professor—"Exploration In Java"... 139 Java—"Jones' Exploration" 139
Now, it may easily happen tbat you might bo looking up explorations, and envelope 17G might have Smith's ex- plorations in Ceylon, and yon might get both out at the same time. Then, both boing ont of tbe envelopes at once, you would not remember bow to replace them withont hunting baok through the index. This would lead to confusion, and confusion means destroying tho val¬ ne of your collection, so this is ono of tho most important things to remember —always put tbe same number on tbe clipping (with the blue pencil) that is on the envelope you put it in.
Keeping scraps is like keeping ao. counts—it must be followed regularly and persistently to he of much nse. Scattering items, picked np now and then at random, may be interesting, but are not likely to be valuable. If, how¬ ever, a certain time be devoted to tho work every day, and certain publications are watched regularly and carefully, the collector will be surprised to find how soon his clippings will become useful for reference and how soon that useful¬ ness will assume a real pecuniary value. DA.-to A. Cua-ns.
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The House of Representatives have pass- ed recently several railroad measures of very great importance. It passed hills to fix the rates for the transportation of pass¬ engers by railroad companies in this State, to require railroads to provide separate first class coaches for Ihe accommodation of white and colored passengers and to limit tha hours of the work of employes of rail¬ roads.
Onr people nre growing more and more in the liablt of looking to our drnggists for the latest and best of everything in tho drutr line. Thoy soil Chamborlain's Coogh Remedy, famous for its cures of bad colds, croup and whooping cough. When in need of such a medicine give this remedy it trial and you will bo more than pieasud with the results.
It is better to have good intentions for one hour than not to have them at all There Is no man who is not the better for pure, unselfish resolves, however brief they may be.
English. French and German hair, tooth and shaving brushes, the finest und most durable in the market, at Iseman's drug store.
Letter to the Late "Mr. Y." Tolllne of Treasure In Which Hu Is a. Shnro Owner, Falls Into the Hands of His Executor. He Takes the Bait anil Is Hooked.
The story of tho latest improvement in the old gold brick gaino comes from Loudon and is told in Truth of that town in n recent issue. It cost ono Eng¬ lishman $0,000 and may hnve cost oth¬ ers as much. Troth doesn't tell tho namo of tho victim, but calls him Sir. X. Somo timo after Mr. Y. diod n letter was received in England addressed to him. . It wns dated Snn Frnnoisco nnd was signed "Sponcor." Tho letter wns apparently written by somo ouo who had been in correspondence with tho man to whom it wna addressed, nnd it was a report of alleged operntions to got possession of n mysterions treasure about whioh Mr. Y. knew. Tho \vritor snid thnt success>hnd crowned tho efforts of himself nnd friends, nnd thnt Mr. Y.'s shnro of tho profit wns -5350,000. This shnro wns to be scut to London in a raw stnte, becanso Spencer wouldn't allow it to bo disposed of iu America, The letter asked how Mr, Y. would nd- vise having his shnro disposed of. Tho letter renohod Mr. X., tho oxeontor of the estnto of Mr. Y. Truth continues the story aa follows *.
"Mr. X. thought it worth attention, and wreto to Mr. Spencor informing him that the gentleman to whom ho bnd written wns (load nnd inviting fur¬ ther information nbout tho enterprise. In due courso an nnswer ennio brick from Mr.'Spencer, fnll of rcgrots thnt his 'dear old friend' shonld hnvo died just when the fruits of his vonturo woro on the point of hoiug gathorod. In a no¬ ble spirit of generosity Mr. Sponcor ox- pressed the desire of himself nnd his partners that tho dear old friend's share in the profits shonld bo paid ovor to his estnte, provided thnt tho executors would onrry tho mutter through. For this purposo a mooting in Now York was snggestod. Again feeling Hint ho' would not bo justified iu dropping tho matter, Mr. X accepted tho proposal nnd arranged to meet hia correspondent in New York.
. "To New York bo wont ncqordingly, and there mot Mr. Sponcor nud his friends. They expressed surprise nt find¬ ing him so yonng a mnn, nnd ou this ground betrayed rolnctnnco to go fur¬ ther with tho business. Mr. X,, how¬ ever, succeeded in overcoming their scru¬ ples, and they produced tho first sample of the treasure—apparently untivo gold in large nuggets. Mr. X. wns to havo ov¬ ery opportunity of testing tho vuluo of the stuff for himself. For this purpose two nuggets, woighing nbout 000 ounces each, were brought to him nt liis hotel. He wos invited to drill them, nud did so with a center bit. The dust drilled ont wns collected ou a sheet of pnpor and taken possession of by Mr. X. for further tests. Ho fused it himself into a lump and took it to n jowoler, who nt onco pronounced it to bo pure gold, and offered to buy it as snch.
"Having thus satisfied himsolf, Mr, X. met bis frieuds agaiu nnd told them he wns ready to complete tho trausno- tion. After complimeutiug him ou tho businesslike way iu whioh ho hnd noted,' they told him that thero wns a grent deal moro of the stuff to bo takon to England, and it would bo uocossnry for him to make four journeya for tho pur¬ poso, but thnt ho could now stnrt with the first two nuggets on payment of tho 'thousand pounds.' Tho reader will ob¬ serve that not uutil this point is thero the slightest indication ns to what tho proceedings wero all tending to.
"Mr. X. oxpressodsnrprisont tho men¬ tion of the'thousand pounds,' nnd his friends, on their side, woro surprised nt his surprise. Tho pnymont of £1,000 hnd heen clenrly agreed to iu tho corre¬ spondence with tho deconsotl. Snroly Mr. X. had secu roferouces to it iu look¬ ing throngh his tostntor's correspond¬ ence? At an earlior period possibly Mr. X might havo shied at tho suggestion that ho was to buy gold with gold, bnt, having thoroughly satisfied himself of the genuineness of the treasure, it seem¬ ed to him foolishness to raise nuy diffi¬ culty ovor a mere matter of dotnil. Ho cabled to England accordingly for tho £1,000, nnd, on its arrival, pnid it over to Mr. Spencer in oxchango for tho two nnggets, with which ho dopnrtod for England.
"It will not surpriso tho intolligout reader to hear that when ho got home and came to hnve tho precious metal as¬ sayed it proved to be worthless, hoiug composed, it is said, of iron pyrites slightly gilde-9 nnd compressed by hy- draulio pressure in ordor to givo tho right weight for bulk. The totnl cost of those two prceious nnggets to Mr. X, including his oxpeuses out of pocket, was about £1,200. No doubt he has also acquired valuable experience, but it will probably bo considered dear at tho price."
The New York police snia that this trick wns nn entiroly now ono to them, but that they didn't doubt its truth.— New York Sun.
Go to Lucas & Doar's for fine smoking nnd chewing tobacco; they keep the "Gold¬ en Grain and "Half Shell!"
The biggest nnd best Towel you over, saw —-almost big enough for table eovel—only floe, at Steele's.
Guesa who was the couple standing on the postotlico stops courting ono day last weok.
You will spend jour money to advantage ifyou visit Kaminski &Co's big store.
Guess who is tbe young lady ''popped" the question the other night?
Why pay more, when you can huy cheap¬ er?
Others arajulvnncing prices; I am lower¬ ing thom! Just look at theso prices; I will give you a banvl of best Flour for •1.50, or 33 lbs. for SI .III)
Best Butter at Mo.    Oiotl llnttor nt Jillc.
Grits at luc per peck.
Meal ut 15c per pock,
Whole rico Sllc. peck;   niiif rim Ufa peok.
Eggs, 8c don.
Tea S5c, SOe and 75 cents.
Lemons, 15c per dozen.
Sugar, Coftee.      »    -
Seed Irish Potatoes, i!5 per peck.
All at Steele's.
For all kinds of linidivme, wholesale nnd retail, Knuiuski & Co. will sell you, ns thoy h'ave tho stook, and will guarantee full valuo received.
For sheet zinc, sheet ¦ lend, Russia iron stovo boards, seo KaroiuBkl k Co.
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