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The times., 1898-09-30

One of the first orders the Republican
State committee of New York will issue,
it is said, will be to Withdraw all of Mr.
RooseveITs Rough, Rider men from the
sacred precincts of Gotham. The Rough
Riders have had things pretty much their
own way in New York for the past three
or four weeks. They have practically
owned the town Citizens have We'd with
each other to buy them drinks and the
police have had orders not to interfere
with them. The natural result has been
that Rough Riders have become a real
nuisance and the publid has grown very
weary of them. They put up with it for
a time cheerfully but. the feeling today is
that Col. Roosevelt VIII lose votes if he
permits his men to continue to make
an exhibition of themselves around the
bar-rooms and the music halls of the city.
The campaign from this time on in New
York will be plain matter of fact business
and all side issues will be relegated to
the rear.
The times., 1898-09-30

The nomination of Judge Augustus Van
Wyck by the Democrats of New York at
Syracuse yesterday for governor was
somewhat in the nature of a surprise.
Judge Van Wycks name had not been
mentioned in connection with the nomina-
ton before the meeting of the convention.
1t is understood that Croker was at first
inclined to favor the, nomination of Judge
Van Wycks brother, Robert a. Van
Wyck, the present mayor of Greater New
York The chief objection to the nomina-
ton of Mayor Van Wyck was that in the
event of his election 1t would have neces-
STATED a special municipal election for
mayor of New York a year hence, which
was a risk Mr.. Croker and the Democrat
ic leaders were not willing to take. Judge
Van Wyck is older than his brother. the
mayor. He has been on the supreme
court bench of the State for a number of
years, is an able and clean man, and will
in the judgment of those who are in po-
sition 10 know, make a most formidable
candidate.
The times., 1898-09-30

When he became ambassador from this
country to England Mr.. Bayard was prac-
tically a broken down and disheartened
man. For this reason Mr.. Bayard did not
achieve the success abroad that his
friends naturally anticipated he would.
Mr.. Bayard was never known TO publicly
or privately criticise Mr. Cleveland. His
sense of loyalty 40 his chief prevented
him from doing that. but his silence and
his general appearance were more elo-
quent than words. 10. tGsnlgt.i,5cf= .nf ,l-
The times., 1898-09-30
GENERAL POLITICAL GOSSIP.

The friends of Thomas Francis Bayard
have held that thegreatest mistake of his
life, politically speakeg, was when he re-
signed his seat inSthe United States SEN
ate to become se2reHry of State in Mr..
Cleveland's first Eab9net. At that time
Mr.. Bayard was oEesE the most conspicu-
Gus figures in thesHemocratic party. He
had occupied seatin the Senate for sew
enteen years andim morally certain to
hold it for life if he cared to do SO. His
name had frequently been mentioned In
connection with the Presidency and but
for the fact that he hailed from such
small State he would have been the
Democratic standard bearer for the Presi-
-dency long before Mr. Cleveland was ever
heard of in the political world In many
respects Mr.. Bayard was the ideal states
man of the Democratic party. He was
looked up to and respected on all sides.
In the Senate his opinions were deferred
to and carried great weight in shaping
the policy of the Democratic party in
matters of legislation. In the national
councils of the Democratic party Mr..
Bayard was most potential and his ad-
vice was sought upon all occasions, and
1t was never treated with anything but
the greatest respect.
The times., 1898-09-30


When Mr.. Bayard entered Mr.. Cleve-
lands Cabinet he was at the zenith of his
power He had national reputation ex-
tending back over quarter of a century.
1t was thought by many that he would
overshadow the President and quite
number of newspapers indulged in COM
ments TO this effect. 1t may have been
the publication of these articles that in
fiuenced Mr.. Cleveland in his subsequent
treatment of Mr.. Bayard. Be that as 1t
may, Mr.. Bayard was not fitted by ma
ture, temperament or education to cope
with the coarse and brutal nature of Gro
yer Cleveland. Born and reared and edu-
Gated a gentleman, he was as much out
of place in Mr. Cleveland's official family
as ii is possible to imagine anyone to be.
There was no bond of sympathy between
them and there never could be. Mr.. Bay
ard soon found himself relegated TO the
position of a mere clerk. His opinions
and recommendations were either ignored
completely by Mr.. Cleveland or openly
sneered at. The result was that Mr.. Bay
ards spirit and independence were in a
short time broken and he never was quite
the same man again. To the end, how
ever, he was always the same genial,
quiet, modest, and polished gentleman,
and as such his friends will always love
to remember him.
The times., 1898-09-30
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

THE TINES. in all its editions. Morning, Even
ing and Sunday, viii be mailed to one address
for FIFTY CENTS per month Addresses changed
as often as desired.
The times., 1898-09-30

Readers of THE TINES who may at any time
be unable to procure copies of 1t at any
stand railroad station railroad trains.
wiG confer favor upon the management by send
ing Il this Office information OF the fact.
The times., 1898-09-30

1t is related that at the second meet
ing of the Cleveland Cabinet, in 1885, the
President almost paralyzed his Secretary
of State by addressing him as Tom"
Tom" Mr.. Cleveland is reported to
have said, Il wish that you would make
out the commission of Mr.. - as minis
ter to and have the papers in my
hands before o'clock tomorrow morn
ing" Mr.. Bayard, says a close friend of
the late statesman, was too stunned 10
make any reply and as he walked slowly
back TO the State. Department his head
was bowed in deep, thought. Probably he
would have given almost every thing that
he had on earth at that time to be back
in his old place IN the Senate and his
own master again. rse
The times., 1898-09-30

New Workers of all shades of political
opinion agree that the Democrats have
nominated very strong ticket and one
that will stand very good show of win
ming in November.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-09-29
The Smart Wives of Farmers.

One of the sights that show plainly
the place of the American woman is
familiar to persons who have passed
their vacations in the country. cit
is more eloquent to me-" said man
who had passed several weeks in the
hills of Connecticut, ethan all the re-
ports of debating societies, women's
clubs and temperance unions that
could be bound together in year.
Driving along the country roads will
come a young farmer. The horse,
the wagon and the man will show plain
ly that he is small farmer. Probably
he wears q pair of dust-covered over
alls that make him look like the poor
est of his hired men. But the woman
who sits beside him in her smart shirt
waist and trim sailor hat would not be
out of place on the beach at Narragan-
sett. He would stand a mighty poor
show there if he appeared in the clothes
in which he is familiar to his neigh
bors.
But the young woman has learned
from the summer boarders how to
dress herself just as they do, and she
is usually able to stand well the COM
parison with them. If there happens
to be baby in the wagon-and there
usually is one-it will resemble the
mother and not the father in dress. It
will be as much done up in laces and
ribbons as the city babies that are. try
ing with their nurses to get its COM
plexion and ruddy beauty.
"It is only Sunday that the father
is likely to show that he has come at
all under the influence of the city visi-
tors in the matter of dress. He may
show it then in the way his scarf is
tied. But the manifestation is never
more apparent than that, and seems
under these circumstances to be sug-
gestion of his wife. But SO far as she
and the baby are concerned, she has
learned her lesson from the influence
of the summer residents, and can live
up to New York Sun.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-09-29
Gleanings From the Store.

New felt walking hat.
Corsets of broche coutil.
Wrappers of printed lawn.
Wool bu nting in dark colors.
Ladies' tan linen outing suits.
White corded pique in all sizes.
Boys negligee waists of madras.
Flannel nightgowns for little ones.
Boys footless and footed bicycle
hose.
Madras waists of bias tucks for
misses.
Eton suits OF cheviot serge, tailor
made.
Black moire velours for separate
skirts.
Cotton goods initiating cheviot mix
lures.
Misses linen skirts in tan, blue and
white.
Negligees of wash silk and figured
dimity.
Misses dotted swiss frocks with lace
and ribbon.
White pique suits with colored COL
lar for girls.
White China silk parasols with hem
stitched effects.
Foulard frocks for little ones of six
to fourteen years.
Silk neck scarf of thin texture with
applique lace ends.
Golf and cycling skirts in heavy
double-faced cloths.
Girls jacket and blouse suits Of
crash, duck and linen.
Windsor ties for small girls to wear
with cotton shirt waists.
Homespun, crash, grass and trans
parent linen frocks for girls and
misses.
Girls organdie frocks in dark blue
with bright flowers, white lace and
white ribbon sash.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-09-29
Some Shark Stories.

A good shark story comes from the
West Indies. "a large steamer" the
diver relates, chad struck on a reef
and then slipped off into deep water,
taking down with her the mails and a
valuable cargo. There were some
papers that were particularly wanted,
and I was in the chart-room under the
bridge working for them when sud
denly, as I turned, I saw the wicked
snout of big shark close to me. 1t
was nice fix to be pinned up in the
corner of little square room with a
big brute between me and the door.
I went creepy all over, 1 can tell you.
But I kept still and so did he, except
that he worked fin lazily, like q screw
steamer holding on against the tide.
1 got the knife in my belt loose, and
waited. The shark evidently did not
know what to make of me, and grad
ually drifted over to the other side of
the room. 1 began then to move to-
wards the door, and had almost
reached it when the shark made q
second rush in the same direction
and disappeared Which of us got
the bigger fright T don't know"
But encounters with sharks don't
always end so. Some years ago an
English diver, who was at work on a
sunken wreck off the island of Diego
Garcia, had visit from the same
shark every day for week. At first
he had no trouble in soaring it away;
it was enough if he gave turn to the
escape-valve in his helmet and let out
a little air. But at the end Of the week
it had become very troublesome. The
diver signalledf for knife and looped
rope, and then boldly held out his
bare hand as bait to the shark. The
monster came on with rush and was
turning on its back when it was
stabbed by the diver, who then passsd
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-09-29

One of the stimulating effects of the
war already appears in the increasing
activity in American shipbuilding. AT
the various yards along the Delaware
River orders have been placed within
the last month for thirteen new ves-
sels-several of them to be of the
largest size engaged in the merchant
service-and contracts for five or six
others are under consideration. In
the Maine shipyards, at Newport
News and on the Pacific coast there is
4 growing prospect of similar prosper
ity, and it is not unlikely that the next
year will witness an extraordinary ac-
tivity in all branches of marine con-
struction. The close of the war
marks the beginning OF new and
prosperous era in the American mer-
chant marine.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-09-29
The First War Nurse.

A short time ago Miss Florence
Nightingale, most famous of army
nurses, celebrated her seventy eighth
birthday, and memorial address Of
congratulation was presented to her
by Americans in London and Ameri-
can nurses, grateful for the interest
she has shown in their volunteer
movement in our war with Spain.
Miss Nightingale has served well
for more than the allotted span OF
life, and now the heroine of the Cri-
mean war has come to lie all day long,
and all the days, in shaded room in
her London home. 1t is bedridden
existence, but it is one made beauti-
full by the light of other days. No
one forgets Florence Nightingale, nor
does she forget.
Her room is always Uttered with
new books, magazines and papers
bearing especial reference to the
womanly art of nursing the sick. She
herself writes pamphlets on the sub
iect still, and pencils and note paper
are as abundant in that sick room as
is printed matter. Health and youth
have failed her, but not the old inter
est and zeal. Now, as ever, she
shrinks from publicity. No. reporter
or newspaper correspondent need
send up his card, but she is always
accessible and at home to any one
who is honestly interested in nursing
or care of the sick and who seeks her
aid and advice in this way. Encour-
agement and counsel she has for such,
but never an interview has she yet
granted to a journalist. So it IS easy
to see how deeply alive she is to all
matters concerning the American
nurses who have offered their services
to the United States Army and are
ready to serve their country in the
wer with Spain.
From the first the aged heroine's
interest mas been made manifest to-
ward them, and hence the American
colony in London have in grateful
appreciation sent this memorial to the
CHEEKY sick chamber at 5 Hyde Park
square, London W., for it is CHEEKY,
and a loyal spirit dwells undaunted
there. She who has looked upon
death with fearless eyes is not abashed
at the destroyer's drawing her to him.
A brave heart is the sublime test Of
endurance.-Trenton IN. J.) Ameri-
can.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-09-29
The Country Toilet.

Among the prettinesses of the coun-
try toilet is the floral parasol, that
is as perishable and attractive as the
flowers it represents. When opened,
q floral sunshade illustrates either a
huge peony, rose, poppy or sunaower.
Large petals of silk are cut out and
artfully adjusted to a foundation of
silk, and about the ferrule end pufed
yellow chiffon represents the golden
heart of the flower. Vivid scarlet
poppy parasols are most popular,
mounted on black stats, tipped with
gilt. Palpably for companionship with
such sweet frivolities are the picnic
hats made all of silk muslin, either
shirred onto frames of wire and
trimmed exclusively with bows, tufts
and pompons of the same goods, or
built like the parasols to represent a
flower. The floral hats have wire
frames, and to the net that covers the
wire is made fast clever design of
petals. The petals are cut from Lib
erty silk and tinted. They overhang
and cover the brim, while succession
of green silk caly1 leaves close round
the crown and crinkled inner leaves
that enclose the stamens. The flower
hats are copies of those worn this sea-
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-09-29
Miss Mamie Sampson.

Miss Mamie Sampson, the third
daughter of Admiral Sampson, who
lives at the family home in Glen
Ridge, N. j., is, in appearance and in
truth, typical American girl. Pos
sessing ip a marked degree her
fathers ability and cleverness, yet,
unlike the reserved and dignifed
Admiral, her manner is at once frank
and open. A round, girlish face, with
mass of brown hair rolled away flom
the forehead, laughing mouth and a
pair of roguish brown eyes looking
from beneath long lashes, is but an
indifferent pen picture of the young
lady, for what picture cannot por-
tray is the abundant vitality and ex-
uberant spirits which characterize the
subject.
Miss Mamie Sampson views life
through rose colored glasses, and,
while duly appreciating the risks in
Cured by her brave father at the front,
yet she enters into the enjoyment of
her surroundings with the zest and
abandon of a schoolgirl; and, indeed,
she is little more, having just COM
pleted her education with year at
Wells College.
Just twenty-five, she is one Of four
daughters by the Admirals first wife.
The two older sisters, formerly Miss
Margaret and Miss Katherine, are
married into the navy, being the wives
OF Lieutenant Ray Smith, of the Indi-
ana, and Ensign Richard Harrison
Jackson, of the Foote. The younger
sister, Miss Olive, just turned twenty,
will shortly be married.
Owing to the changes incident to
the life of naval officer, Miss Samp-
sons education has been varied one.
She has attended the institutions of
learning in the various towns in which
she has lived, which in the nature of
things has been intermittent.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-09-29
SINGULAR STATEMENT.
From Mrs. Rank to Mrs. Pinkham.

The following letter to Mrs. Pink
ham from Mrs. NJ. RANK, No. 1854
East Susquehanna Ave, Philadelphia,
Pa, is a remarkable statement Of "a
lief from utter discourageAeh~ ShS
says: \
"Inever can find words with which
to thank you for what Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has done
for me.
"Some years ago l had womb trouble
and doctored for long time, not see
ing any improvement. At times
would feel well enough, and other
times was miserable. So it went on
until last October, I felt something
terrible creeping over Inc, knew not
what, but kept getting worse. I can
hardly explain my feelings at that
time. I was so depressed in spirits
that did not wish to live, although I
had everything to live for. Had hys-
terra, was very nervous; could not
sleep and was not safe to be left
alone.
Indeed, I thought would lose my
mind. No one knows what 1 endured.
81 continued this way until the last
Of February, when saw in a paper a
testimonial of lady whose case was
similar to mine, and who had been
cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta.
BILE Compound. determined to try it,
and felt better after the first dose. I
continued taking it, and to-day am a
well woman, and can say from my
heart, Thank God for such a medi-
cine"
Mrs. Pinkham invites all suffering
women to write to her at Lynn, Mass,
for advice. All such letters are seen
and answered by women only.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-09-29

Says the Philadelphia Times: cit IS
nearly sixty-seven years since the
death of Stephen Girard. Thanks to
the wise benifcence which inspired
the disposition OF his large fortune,
the good it was designed to do grows
with the lapse of years. The college
he established is now educating and
maintaining some sixteen hundred or
phan boys; the fund he left for the
improvement of the harbor is now be-
ing applied for the construction of
modern wharves and broad street
along the water front, of which the
city OF Philadelphia will have reason
to be proud, and the latest instance of
public benefit from Girard's wisely
bestowed bounty is the transformation
Of his old farm in the southwestern
section of the city into apublic park. ="
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-09-29

son at chateau parties in France, and
from the same source comes the COM
mendable fashion of trimming rough
green, brown and yellow straw hats
with foliage aud fruit. For many
long day we have all worn cherries
and occasionally grapes on our head
gear, but it has remained fer this sea-
son to ripen our military peaches,
plums, pears, apricots and currants
and gooseberries, while already almost
common have grown the strawberry,
blackberry and raspberry hats. Usu-
ally round coarse Lombardy straw
shade hats are used for this purpose,
and the foliage is massed on the crown
and brim with knots of fruit placed
wherever tasteful fancy dictates. No
lace, ribbon or flowers are permitted
by OH artistic trimmer, and as the
plums, pears and peaches are copied
only in miniature, their effect in decor
alton is never heavy.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-09-29
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A Chinese Typewriter.

A missionary at Tung Chow has IN
vented Chinese typewriting machine.
The characters number about four
thousand, and are on the edge Of wheels
about a foot in diameter. Twenty or.
thirty wheels are required to carry all
the characters, and two keys must be
struck to make an impression. The first
turns the wheel, and the second stops
1t at the required letter, which is then
brought down to the paper. The ma
chine is complicated, but the inventor
(Dr. Sheffield) hopes to make 1t more
simple. There are $4,000 characters In
the Chinese language, each represent
ing a distinct word. The 1000 in COM
mon use have been selected for the new
machine. j..
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-09-29

Ensign Rowland Curtin, of the con-
verted yacht Wasp, who with boat
crew captured the city of Ponce, Porto
Rico, is grandson of Andrew Curtin,
war Governor of Pennsylvania. When
the Wasp entered the harbor of Ponce
the Ensign went ashore in a boat
under flag of truce. A great crowd
was gathered on the water front, and
until he was assailed with cigars and
pineapples he did not know whether
he was meeting an enemy or friend.
He demanded that the military Cover
nor of the place come to him at once,
and declined to goto the Governor.
He then sent this message to the
Spanish leader: 81 demand that the
city of Ponce surrender within half an
hour or I will lombard the place. "
The Spanish soldiers fed the town.
Curtin is a small man hardly past his
twenty-second year. The Curtins are
living up to the family tradition.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-09-29

the looped around its body and sent it
up to the surface. A cool head should
certainly be included in the equip
ment of man who seeks to earn his
bread in the sea.
The story is told of diver who saw
two ghosts, 'full fathom five" under
the surface. He had gone down to
the wreck of large steamer, and was
crossing the main saloon when two
gray sharks of enormous size came
shambling towards him. He did not
wait to make notes for the Psychical
Society, but gave the danger signal
and was at once pulled up. Told in
the cheerful light of day, it seemed
rather lame story; and another diver
went down to see what he could make
of it. Towards him also came the
shambling gray shapes. He stood
irresolute for moment, and then 60
ing boldly forward, struck his hatchet
through a mirror! The ghosts were
only dim reflection of his own legs,
much enlarged, of course, as every
thing is that a diver sees through the
great frontal eye of his helmet.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-09-29

The membership of Baptist churches
in Massachusetts is said to average
one hundred and seventy to each
church. OF the one hundred and
seventy, ffty-three and three-fourths
On an average are men and one hun
dred and sixteen and one-fourth are
women. The same proportion is said
to hold good in other States. One
reason given for this state of things is
that necessarily ministers see more of
the women and children than of the
men and boys, have more influence
over them, and naturally preach too
much to them and not enough to the
men,