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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-09-11

| MORNING GOWNS OF KITCHEN TowELINa.
The grass cloths, linens, Russian
crash and kitchen toweling are all very
much tho rage for morning gowns.
The grass cloths are made elaborate
enough to be worn at garden parties,
and arc extremely pretty gowns. They
| also look best made up over silk !; that
is, with the silk lining; but more
than one has been turned out lately
with the under petticoat of fine
sat< <en. These gowns ore not cheap.
The material itself does not cost much,
but again it is the accessories which
make the expenses mount up. One
gown of grass linen, sent home the
other day from one of the leading
dressmakers, had n tiny polka dot of
heliotrope. The skirt, which was very
full, had ruche headed with quilted
heliotrope satin ribbon. The waist,
which was cut round, had deep yoke
COLLAR of open work batiste, lined with
white satin, from which, front and
back, went three narrow strips of
omen work embroidery. also lined with
the white satin, which extended q short
distance below the belt. The belt,
however, was passed over them and
kept them down in place. The belt
was OF fancy Dresden ribbon of hello.
trope and white, and inside the high
standing COLLAR was a ruche of hello.
trope chiffon. The skirt was lined
throughout with . transparent lawn,
the exact shade Of the grass cloth, and
there was a dainty petticoat of hello.
trope silk made with many pinked ruff
Ties.
The Russian crash and kitchen tow
cling are as yet not used for any other
purpose than the jackets and ekirts.
These can be had ready made, and the
swell taiiors are turning them out by
the dozens. The tailor's prices are
about five times in excess of the prices
asked in the shops, and for once it can
/ trutnfully be said that the difference
is not worth paying. The little, short
jacket with the wide, much gored
skirt, is the only pattern. Harper s
Bazaar.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-09-11

Tuesday Secretary Hoko Smith closed his
administration Of affairs of tho Interior De.
partmcnt and retired from the cabinet
The morning times., 1896-08-16
CAMPED OUT IN A TREE.
Tent on a Platform Built Between
the branches.

san FRANCISCO Cat
Everybody who has ever campcd out in
Niles Canon knows that there are number
desirable site. IL you pitch your tent
near the water the air is likely To be close
on warm days, to say nothing ofthe numer,
Gus mosquitoes. On the other hand, il
your tent is pitched on hillside it is diff
cult to find level place to build a fire.
and all the water has 10 be carried up
from the stream below. OF ooursc it is
more convenient to be- near the water. but
under ordinary circumstances not SO COM
Portable as being few feet above it.
Henry Gibson thinks that lie has solved
the problem ani a. the same time procured
a number OF advantages he had not IL oSed
for. He is one OF the first campers in the
canon, anu intends to remain all summer,
ST. that 1t is likely that many OF the later
arrivals Will take advantage of his way Of
pitching a tent.
Gison's scheme consists OF utilizing a
big COTTONWOOD tree. He selected one with
spreading branches, and in the space be-
tween then. he constructed platform of
flooring similar to that generally used
under tents when they are placed on the
ground.
One OF the branches had to be sawed off,
but the platform was made to fit in Ec-
tween the others as nicely as could be. On
this platform he has pitched his tent tie
same as he would on the ground. By the
use OF a iadderit is easyt o gct upor or down.
There are numerous advantages in pitch
ing tent this way, the principal one OF
which is that iris high and dry, and the oc-
cupants run little danger of taking Cold.
Besides this, it can te located close to gooI
water and near a level place for the camp
fire.
Another advantage is that grub and
cooking utensils can be placed cut of the
reach Of prowli1g animals by putting them
III a basket and hauling them up to- tae
platform. AT night the ladder can he
hauled up and the occupants Of the tent
will be as secure from intrusion as IL at
home III their bedrooms.
The tent IN q tree has already attracted
the attention OF a EInilcr Of prospective
campers. Gibson saysit cont cost cent
more than it does to put up a tent In the
ordinary way. It only takes little more
time. but when you are there you are fixed
The morning times., 1896-08-16
Saving GINS Mautela

The enormous costs of the rare carths
used in the composition Of incandescent
gas niaDtels has led TO the formulation of
a process for the extinction Of their oxides
from nIthemanteis which have become useless.
The process consists of reducing the residue
Of the n,antels with ten times their weight
of bisulpnate OF sodium. taking mp theprod-
uct In water and adding oxaIate OF am
monta In excess TO redissolvc the OK
al1tes Of tbcriuns ana chromium, while the
oxalates Of cerium, lanthanIum, erfium
and yttTium remain insolubde. The liquor
Is then filtered. the un<iissoIved oxalatcs
semainIRg IN tire litter. The residue fs
theDssested With concentrated hydrochlofic
acid 70 obtain stse oxalates Of ttorium and
zircoBlum. Exchange
The morning times., 1896-08-16

certain Of the finest writer's In England.
Before he carried the London stage with
his audacIous and, in an artistic sense, de-
Iiehtful cumedies, the British playwrights
were healthy, wealthy and wise Pinero
had given us 1.-The sq6irr, Sweet Laven-
DER and other cxceIlcnt pieces. Henry
Arthur Jones had given, rs THE Middle
man, ""The Silver King'.and various works
of honest and unpretcptipus quality. Sim
pie Sydney Grundy was doing well IN
modest wny: SO was Robert Buchanan; so
was Joseph Hatton; 40 was Chambers; SO
was Stephenson: 20 was everybody writing
for the Londonn STAGE :-.'il.s,.'-i'i li.'s
But Oscar Wilde changed all that His
Lady windermcre" was brilliant and
dacious and fascinating. 1t never took
well with Tho common people, who have
the sounde.st Judgment In such matters
but over the sparkling style OF ii liter
ary men lost their heads. No play writ
ten in recent years received SO much dis.
cussion in the papers. and Oscar Wilde,
who had long been notorious, suddenly
became celebrated. The other authors,
Jealous AZ their new rival, studied his ccni-
csIy to arrive ut the secret Of its IeDown,
became victims OF its style and presently
every mothers SOD Of them tried TO iini-
tate rim. Oddly cnougii-for Wilde was
purely French in method-they somehow
mixed him up with ItseD. and before long
we saw the incongruous spectacle of sober
EDgiishmen borrowing Irish wit to put
In Partisan clothes that covered Norwegian
bodies.
Two successful results followed these at
tempts Sydney Grundy wrute Sowing the
wind.'' which. although not scoI play.
touched some mawkish sentiment in the
public and was prosperous. Arthur ". Pi-
neto. who is nothing IL no. artistic. blended
the Wilde Ibsen styles more ingeniousiy
as,.i produced that notable work. THE Sec
oi,l Ms. Tanqueray.'' But all the other
chaps fell intn disaster. Henry Arthur.
Zones deserted his enriy principles to write
that specious but rubbishy imitation OF Du-
mas called .The Benefit of. the Doubt"
Ha,lioa Chambers perpetrated that appall-
ing thing. John a ID Dreams-'' Clement Scott,
an excellent adaD;er. turned his atten-
f.cn fro;n Dora TO Denise" A. W.
Cattle came into fame like mushros.1
in the night with 1.-The Transgressnr'
Charles Hanan evolved that unsueaf a oie
atrrity. "The ODiam Eater" and Jerome
X. Jerome Quilted the safe field in which
he had found 1.-THE Master of woolbar-
The morning times., 1896-08-16

is very much more, and he still has before
him the problem or transporting the bai-
ance of his performers, who hold neat con-
tracts, which will pay dividends alter Sep
ternber Is. Oscar seems to have a problem
worthy of linn at last. 1 shoultln' I be sur
pfised if the uDconquerable Napoieon of
vaudeville would build steamer and then
exhibit it after the trip.
4 HILARY BELL is an accomplished
II discourser on dramatic TOPICS The
other day he turned his attention
to the case or oscar Wide. What
is 10 become OF him?" asked Mr.. Bell.
lie thrIyes on prison life. He is, there
fore, confronted with the appalling rOssi-
biity OF a heightened existence and notb-
ing 10 live for. Morally, socially, aud So
lar as intellectual reputation is concerned
he is dead. Somewhere or another, some
body OF another wrote a fancitul and grew
some story about twins OF the Siamese
Kind, iuseparably united. One OF the twins
died, and the other had to sit with the
corpse until it's decadeut poison crept
through his veins aud laid him low
Wilde's fate will be worse than that he
is doomed to sit looking at his past Tor
ten, twenty, maybe forty years. DID you
ever see oscar Wilde? Did you ever talk
20 him? He weighs $50 pounds lie ia
sleek. contented, pblegmatic, without Con-
science, aud without shame BE has no
sense OF his position. and has grown fas
and comfortable in prison. For another
year he will be picking Oakum aud walk
ing the treadmll, putting on flesh and
phiIosopby-and then?
What will become OF him when the jail
gives up its dead and he comes into the
world again? If his insanity were of e Kind
that called for permanent confinement In
lunatic asylum, all would be well. But the
perverted brain thrives on its own miasma,
and this unfortunate creatures talents will
increase In phosphoresccnt briiliancy, like
the scales OF deca ying fish. Oscar Wilde
will come out OF Jail next spring in some
sense better equipped tina ever to tight the
battle OF life, in which he'is o longer to be
q contestant. He viii be a living dead man,
the surviving member OF the Siamese wins,
buried, all but his head, which will continue
to grin in q CHASTITY fashion at fate. His
health lis good, his muscles are being exer-
cised, he has time for meditation in his
cell He is better fitted than before to
earn literary fame; but no publisher would
print his works, for nobody would read
them. No manager would produce his
plays, for no audience would witness them.
The horror OF Oscar Wilde grows apace.
The best any one can wish Tor him is that
death may follow the turnkey and carry.
the dramasist into the next world before
he can return to this one.
It is necessary to consider the blightfng
Of this once brilliant career in order 70
understand the present apathy OF the Eng
fish drama Oscar wilde desfro yed hf1 wife,
childreu, his mother sad htmsek Bss,
move tfssa inst, me toppicdf fie0 n,isfestxns
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wouldn't Move.

Some time ago the village authorities OF
.Newburyport, Mass, decided TO widen
Prospect street. To secure the required
width tt was necessary to cut into varius
houses. All Of the citizens but ors moved
their buildings. He permitted cirpenters
to slice enough off his home to make tho
street wide enough, and gratefully ac-
copied the money rendered for dumages.
Then he had The side OF the Damaged
building boarded up and continued 10 live
peaceahiy IN the house which had bern en-
deared to him BY associations. Now it
IL proposed 70 widen tie .sereet agaiD 10
get room for SIDEWALK. and another slice
may be cut OF sise hesBe cf the ol,s<iaase
nsn.-NeW Yoxk Word.
The morning times., 1896-08-16

Many people have genuine curiosity to
know il they should be seasick in case
they should take an ocean voyage. An easy
way to put the matter to test is to
stand before the ordinary bureau mirror
that turns in its frame and let someone
move it slowly and slightly at firSt and
gradually growing faater, while You look
fixedly at your own reflectien. II you
feel no effect whatever from it tie chances
are that You can stand an ordinary sea
voyage without any Qialm.--Exchanse.
The morning times., 1896-08-16
HIS WITS SAVED HIN.
Charged with Stealing Bottle OF
Medicine-Afessenge Explained.
Erct0nge

Some years agoa n man was arrested and
sentenced To, three months hard iator on
tie charge Of stealing tott,e Of medicine
that he had been asked to call for by n
doctor for one OF lis patients the man
Icing a messenger and carrier from the
town to the village in which the Patient
lived.
Some months after the man was brought
up again on a similar charge, aa1 when in
the deck was asked by the ma gist rate il he
hal anything to say in his defense.
Yes. Your honor,'' replied the man. Il
was asked by the doctor to call again fos
another mans medicine. and this bottle
sttr,d on the Doctors desk labeled. To be
taken as before"
acedless to say, the man was discharged,
amid rpars OF laughter.
The morning times., 1896-08-16

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ami =, rnr, + ,I,r,moI, the couns sfn fIrxf.
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had notI,,ny m do Thns these ontsIde
th,.at.rs I'm ye b.ner,tcd v.ther than lost
..From vbat I am fold a oocd many of
| these iss.ai CON, ro,tsss 7nr ,,'ca,e,s naya
ioinet, the svn.,icate fnis vaar as an ex.
nar,m.nt That ;s sn CIV S,,av n,.. ready
n bolt NJ n r,rmer,,s rosi1, ~ the nia
does moi suir n em Rmt nm. the whole.
N is Brely m II n mana ccr can have I,is
axr.,msa. asw,~.., ,,d ras.;vs, a roir .,,l.
ary in ;,f.tlttiou wnv SHOULD he mt ,tin ine
sim n is a n after IprerIy- or eYra,inent.
and the fonnnp seaxon will eli The ,a,e !"
-
10 profession other than the theatrical
N presents SO many oddities of legal
ouibbjing. A lawsuit ia bread and
honey 10 a performer. The latest
queer case comes from that queer town
on Manhattan lsIapt which sp,Iis over on
to Long and ana into Jersey. oscar Ham,
mersteIn hlred a wire nerformer narned
Hen AbdaIiah. and gave MIN a contract for
eight weeks. ON his very first appe,rantz,
Abdailah fell from his aer;,it thread aoSi
nearly killed himself. Mr. BammersieIn
was so shocked and his patrons wore 80
distressed that LIE decided then ana ther
that he would have NO more aerial ner.
forma noes in his theaters. Although An.
daIlab has appeared but one might. Mr..
Hammerstein geperously Y se Mt s / 20. a week,s
salary. to the hosDital. Was Rem CRATE
rul? Not much. He's out OF danger now. and
thanks the man who gave hhn an engage
ment and nay for work upperrormed nv
appea airing nightly at The stage door ready to
do his act and finally suing Mr.. Hammer
stein for the balance of his eight weeks,
salary But Hammerstein hired Abdallah
to perform On the wire. not to fall from il:
to please his audience. not to disappoint
them; to encourage an interest in aerial
feats, not to piace them nnder fine nan.
The morning times., 1896-08-16
Opening at tue Grand.

AAAsse al suc uEhk1U.
The regular season at the Grand Opera
House Will commence August "a. The
management has secured Tor tbe- sinitiai
attraction Emma X. Steiner's Gaiety Op-
era. company, beaded by Miss Carrie
Roma, who justly merits the reputation sic,
has won Us vocalist Miss Roma last Al
peared here as soloist with Sonsa = Rand
Miss Clara Thropp has been specially en-
gagged iof the Washington season, and will
10 doaDt ADD large number OF Washing
lonfahs 10 her long list of admirers during
her engagement. Mr. Frank David, the
Washington favOrite, is also with the COM
pany, and hfss many friends here will be
pleased TO accord him a hearty reception
ne company also includes Nine. Alice
GaIiiard, Miss Minerva Sweigert, Hiss Flor
ence Handy, Miss Jeanette Dufrord, Miss
Winha .AfoSers, -Messrs. Francis Gaillard,
3onn Z. havens, Frank. Thropp, William
Hicks, Rebert Vance, and Reny Smith.
Miss Emma r. Steiner, the composer and
orchestra director, win conduct every
performance. with every accessory to- a
complete operate organization, including
q perfeeuy drilled chouHs- Of forty voices
ana an orchessra OF twenty pieces. The
opera season will begin with a magnifl-
cent revival OF "Amorita,- by the cele-
brated composer, Ozibaika "Amorita''
VIII DC Gwen a brilliant production, with
all The stage effects, handsome costumes,
properties, electric calciums. etc. Tie
young and beautiful Florence Handy win do
singing specially in the scene Of the slave
dance, and Miss Wilma Rogers and Miss
Jeannette Duff0rd caclA.dP SOLO dance.
The onlt change hi th4 Iptcyof the Grand
Opera House this season will be in the
prices. which will range from 10 cents
%. fept& wtelA god reserxeff-seat On
tne rRst fio0f for 26 cents, and this scale
Wflpoalsfss1ysbeunintsas6a thrcuxisostth thss
entire scason: The box,qfqce win be open
sss!s',ss"ss sn a. :.seNof seasl fuisd Assdss
The morning times., 1896-08-16

row. to chase after the strange gods OF
"A Way tu Win Woman Henry Irving
Was the only maBager in England, AugUstin
DAILY the only one IN America, who remain
ed steadfastly against this new craze in the
drama.
Even Sarah Bernhartlt fell a victim to 1t,
and announced the production Of 'SaI0me.'
For time the influence OF Oscar Wilde
ruled the stage IN England. and this country,
nnd, as weinaS see by later manifestations,
the London authors have not yet escaped
from IT. Outof his dung con cell the fat hand
OF tins feIen stretched forth to dictatc the
last plays OF Henry Arthur Jones, Arthur
ydney Grundy. Thes,rangc,
unhealthy, Svengali-like influence Of Oscar
Wilde was far-reaching and long-continued.
lie hypnottzed even thatmixture OF wit and
madness, Bernard Shaw: cast spell over
Augustus Thomas, Bronson Howard and
henry Guy Carleton; obtained Possession Of
Clyde Fitch and inesmerized Richard Mans
field.
The morning times., 1896-08-16
DR.. :. Heis:'e:r. is e.!
zs.essataierAya
7o3 r. Street Northwest

over sig years practical experience in wash
ingtou. wn give his lsessoaai attention TO
each patient for the treatment OF Catarrh,
Dysnensia Rheupatism, all Nervous and
MrM Diseases Bladder and Kidney
Troubles, and all special diseases OF men
and women.
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cnHSlu TATInN IN NJ rEEsoS J E..s 20 OR FREl

OFFICE hours daily, 10 70 12 q. m., 3 to Z
pm; Sunday TO p. IN.
The morning times., 1896-08-16

. NatHaniel hartWiE, laSb season Win
Marie Wainwright as leading man, goes
with the new syndicate stock, presumably
to take Charles Mackay's place.
Edmond de Goncourt, the French drama
.tist, and one OF the founders Of the modern
naturalistic school. is dead at seventy four.
+ ZOla delivered the funeral grafton.
Henry Di1ey will be starred in His
Absent Boy" playing the role originated
last season in this city by Frederic Bond.
Margaret Craven will be leading lady.
1t is said that Sol Smith RUSSELL is cUnsid-
ering w. ID. Howelrs dramauzation OF The
Rise OF Silas Laphain,' which was Origi-
paIly announced as a possible play for W. II.
Crane next season.
i y One advertiser in an English dramatic
paper wants "a coiored man; must be tall
and of dark complexion" and another
seeks to introduce a new song which must
be aung in pantomime."
"A colored woman who was q witness in
my police court the other day gave the Dame
OF candace DOhegny. That would De q
good name for soubrette or for an apart
nent building. .''-Rff Hall.
The aIls;ar LAS You Like IT, production
at Asbury Park was q financial fiasco.
Jimmy Powers said: ''This was my first
ShaEespearian essay. The first time did
Shakespeare, Shakespeare did me-
1t 10 said that Mansfield 10 considering
Sorrows Of Satan, ;" dramatized from Cor.
reIli's novel Satan may as well te pre-
advertised that there is sorrow In store
for him II he gets in Hansfiead's clutches.
The fipt money Joseph Arthur ever earn
ed was paid by an editor in On order on .
confectioner who was deadhead adver-
tiser. The candy man gave Joe half bar
rel of moIdy gum drops a. hard a. flint
and deadly Is bullets.
Frank BaYrett, the eldest con OF Wilson
Barrett, has Left Engiand for Ruluway0
sWhere n iutnnds to offer himseR for
service In the mounted police Young Bar
fett's tastes tend. .distinctly toward nsIlf-
tary sarroundings. and soOe yesss ago
The morning times., 1896-08-16

HARLES ALFRED BYRNE is one ofthe
\ wellkDown men of the profession.
He had something TO say the other
day about the new syndicate chain OF
The morning times., 1896-08-16

4 10 profession other than the theatrical
~ preseats 80 many oddities Of legal
' Quibbfing. A lawsuit is bread and
L honey 10 a nerInrmer The Iafes6
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-06-27
Early PittsiOn. No. l.

4 When in 1873 the plantation of Gar
IMMERSION was incorporated into Il town
q he patriotic settlers imbued with the
spirit of '76 would not have their town
namedsfor one who WAS loyal to Old
Englandas was DR.. Sylvester Gardiner
so although the greater part of the town
washfs property, his name was discard
ed and that of Randolph chosen.
During the passagcKof the bill tbs
name was changed to Pittston.
But in 1903 when tho town was di-
vided, the dividing. line being the Ken
nebec river. that portion west of the
river was given the name of Gardiner,
and in another and comparatively
recent division of Pittston the name of
Randolph, laid aside a century before
also came into use.
The first Pittston town-meeting fol-
lowing the separation was held in April
1903. The warrant commenced:
Seal
Kennebec ss.-To Jacob Loud Con-
stable of the Town of Pittston. in said
county, greeting:-1n the name of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you
are hereby" etc. etc, ito assemble al
the Westinghouse in said town" etc
~.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-06-27
CALEB STEVENS,
ABIATHER KENDALL,

oeieslhieH u TIttstoi.
1rahsactiohs Oh TINS meeting were
list chose Samuel oakman, Esq, Mod
orator 2nd, chose Nathaniel Hall. Towr
Clerk: ord, chose Jedediah Jewett
ptNiu oro"eii' talep stevens, Jr
o@lectheh ana Assessors OF Pittston
sworn, 4th, Samuel oakmen Esp,
lown treasurer; 9th, voted an adjurn-
meht Tor one hour to bring their votes
Tor Governor, Lieut.. Governor and Sen
aeof.
lhese votes having been brought in
the meeting continued with the Choosing
oil surveyors OF lumber and cu,lers %
slaves, surveyors OF bricks. hogreeves
cutler OF hoops and slaves, scalers o.
leather, tything men of Pittston, fenc,
viewers ana ned drivers. surveyors o
highways, auditors of accounts, schoo
committee, fish committee, scaler o
weights and measures, agent for tht
town. scalers OF wood and bark
me llst OF those chosen for thes,
oitices numbers seventy-three. bu
some OF the names are repeated.
thefe We're twenty men chosen sur
Vcyofs OF lumber ana cullers of slaves
suggestion OF a more fiourishing lum
Der tfade than Pittston has al present
23rd, voted to raise two hundred dol
iafs Tor defraying town charges.
-f'ii, Noteu 10 raise TOUR hundred dol
lars LOT schooilng
-olh' *ooo Tor highways, 10Th. 5000 il
adaitlon. Inc price OF labor on highway
was set at one dollar per day.
zoth, JACOB Loud, Constable, and h.
pid OF Collector OF Taxes at four dollars
anu seNehty-nNe cents.
-9th' chose bondsmen for Collector
0oth' voted upon an article in the war
ran. 10 choose a committee to adjus
ana settle All accounts and demand
Nnetelh the town OF Gardiner or indi-
Nluuais are Interested With this town.
he committee appointed for this was
9aliuel oakmeh, Esq, Caleb Stevens
H. JACOB Loud, David Crowell, Jede-
Juan 'eWett' Esq
IN ARRANGEMENTS for towns poor
->a'hdiiei Haliey' Jr., bid OF Jonathan
~ at one doiar Twenty-Five cents pen
"eeh' "ashlhS ana mending Including
"l.h ana 3Zhd, votes relative to schoo
money were passed.
55fd' MAYOR Samuel Howard received
- Noees iol county treasurer, drew