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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-08-31
Brutality Begets Indecenoy.
PHILADELPHIA Times.

If the popular branch Of Congress would
command any measure OF popular respect 1t
should adjourn "a speedily as possible. The
proceedings OF Wednesday were the most
disgraceiul OF our more than hundred years
Of Congressional history.
And yet this consuming shame Is only the
logical grayitation from the brutality that
has ruled the House under Speaker Reed
10 the uDprintable obscenity that drove la
dies from the galleries, and involved four OF
the Speakers party followers into worse
than pot-house row.
Only under long reign of unmiXed bru-
tally could such unspeakable indecency
have been bred in great deliberatiye body
and now, when ladies must shun the de,
bates of the lawmakers OF the republic, and
when the grossest epithets Of the fish-mar-
ket are freely banded in personal brawls,
and when obscene speech is emphasized by
the scuflies OF the slugger, it is high time to
adjourn Congress and send representatives
back TO their constituents TO renew their
lessons in the common decencies Of life.
Let Congress speedily adjourn. The fall
ure of the tariff, or of the river and harbOr
appropriations, or Of any other public meas
ure, is uninportant compared with the
maintenance of the dignity and decency OF
the peoples branch of Congress. TO home
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-08-31
THE DEATH OF MAJOR D'KAY.

Major Sidney Dekay died this morning in
the forty-Seyenth year OF his age. Ms father
was the late George Coleman Dekay, who
achieved distinction as commodore in the
navy OF the Argentine republic during the
war between that country and Brazil, and
who in lsi7 took the United States frigate
Macedonian to Ireland with supplies for
the sufferers from the famine. His mother
was the only daughter Of the poet, Joseph
Redman Drake.
DAMAGE AT ASHBURl PARK.
The ocean has done an immense amount
OF damage at AshDury Park, \. j. The board
walk extending along the beach was totally
destroyed by the heavy surf. Several hun
dred bath houses were washed away. over
20.0oO people were at the beach this morn
ing watching the breakers dash up against
the beach, carrying destruction with il. IL
will cost not less than $4,000 to repair the
damage done BY the sea. AT one place two
hundred feet of beach was cut out.
GRANT LOSING PRESTIGE.
Among 1ammany men Mayor Grant has
lost so much ground during the past week
that grave doubts are now expressed as to
whether he is really candidate Tor renOmi-
nation. Many doubt that he is candidate,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-08-31

The Kearsarge. now lying off the foot Of
Twenty-third street, East river. in company
with the Dolphin and Petrol, has been
ordered to prepare Immediately for sea. the
destination, it is reported, being Central
America. She will start Monday. The
Pensacola is lying of Fort Wadsworth,
takig on board az supply Of ammunition,
preparatory TO her south American cruise.
The Enterprise is living at anchor oil staple
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-08-29
Origin OF Names of Fabrics.

Everything connected with ones
business is of Importance. Very few
dry goods men know the origin of the
names OF many OF the goods they ham
die. They may seem trivial points,
but they are OF interest to the man who
seeks to be thoroughly familiar with
the merchandise in which he deals.
For the information of such we give
the derivation of the names of the fol-
lowing goods: Damask is from the
City OF Damascus; satins from Zay town,
in China; calico from Calicut, "a town
in India, formerly celebrated for its
cotton cloth, and where calico was also
printed. Muslin is named from Nlosul
in Asia; alpaca, from an animal in
Peru, of the llama species, from whose
wool the fabric is woven. Buckram
takes its name from Fostat, a city of
the Middle Ages, from which the mod
ern Cairo is descended. Taffeta and
tabby from d street in Bagdad. Cam
brio from Cambria. Gauze has its
name from GAIA; blaze for Bajac;
dimity from Damietta, and jeans from
Jean. Drugget is derived from city
in Ireland, Drogheda. Duck comes
from Torque, in Normandy, Blanket
is called after Thomas Blanket, ia
nous ciothier connected with the in
PRODUCTION of woolens into England
about 1910. Serge derives its name
from Xerga, Spanish name for a Pc
culiar woolen blanket. Diaper is not
from D'Ypres, as is sometimes stated,
but from the Greek diaspron, figured.
Velvet is from the Italian vellute,
woolly Latin vellus-a hide or pelt).
Shawl is the Sanscrit sala, floor, for
shawls were first used as carpets and
tapestry. Bandana is from an Indian
words to bind or tie, because it is tied
in knots before dyeing. Chintz from
the Indian chott. Delaine is the French
''of wool. ."-IrQde Journal.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-08-29
DR.. TALMAcE'S MOTHER.
An Eloquent Tribute to Her Memory Dy
the Famous Preacher.

Inever write or speak to woman,
SAYS DR.. Talmage in the LADIES' Home
Journal but my mind wanders off to
one model-the aged one who, twenty
four years ago, we put away for the
resurrection.
About eighty years ago. and just be-
fore their marriage day, my father and
mother stood up in the old meeting
house at Somerville, N. j., and took
upon them the VOWS of the Christian.
Through. a long life of vicissitude my
mother lived harmlessly and usefully
and came to her end in peace. No
child of want ever came to her door
and was turned away empty. No one
in sorrow came to her but was COM
forted. No one asked her the way to
be saved but she pointed him to the
cross. When the angel of life came to
neighbor's dwelling she was there to
rejoice at the starting of another i'm
mortal spirit. When the angel of death
came to that dwelling she was there to
robe the departed for the burial.
We had often heard her, when lead
ing family prayers in the absence of
my father, say: 80 Lord, ask not for
my children wealth or honor, but do
ask that they may all be the subjects of
thy comforting grace"' Her eleven
children brought into the kingdom of
God she had but one more wish, and
that was that she might see her long
absent missionary son, and when the
ship from China anchored in New York
harbor and the long-absent one passed
over the threshold of the paterDal home
she said: "Now, Lord, lettest thou thy
servant depart in peace, for my eyes
have seen thy salvation"
The prayer was soon answered!
1t WAS al autumnal day when we
gathered from afar, and found only the
ever. She looked very natural, the
hands very much as when they were
employed in kindness for the children.
Whatever else we forget, we never
forget the look of mothers hands. AS
we stood by the casket we could not
help but say: doesn't she look beau
tiful?" 1t was cloudless day when,
with heavy hearts, we carried her out
to the last resting place. The wither-
ed leaves crumbled under hoof and
wheel as we passed. and the sun shone
on the Raritan river until it looked
like fire; but more calm, and beautiful,
and radiant was the setting sun of that
aged pilgrims life. No more toll, no
more tears, no more sickness, no more
death. Dear mother! Beautiful mother!
"Sweet is the slumber beneath the sod.
While Tie pure spirit rests with God"
With such mother as an example,
is it strange that | should always have
cherished the most exalted estimate of
woman and womankind?
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-08-29
How Gold Rings Are Made.

Gold rings are made from bars nine
to fifteen inches long, two inches wide
and three-sixteenths of an inch thick,
is worth $1,000, and will make 800
four pennyweight rings. A dozen
processes and twenty minutes time are
required to convert this bar into mer-
chantable rings. First a pair of shears
cuts the bar into strips; then by the
turn of a wheel a guillotine-like blade
attached to the machine cuts the bar
into slices, one, two, or three-sixteenths
of an inch wide. A rolling machine
next presses out the slices and makes
them either fiat or grooved. Each strip
is then put under a blow pipe and an
nealed. The oxide of copper comes to
the surface, and is put into Il pickle of
sulphuric acid, after which the ring is
stamped '14k," ''16k," or "1Sk," ac-
cording to quality. Next it is put
through a machine which bends it into
the shape of ring of the size desired.
The ends are then soldered with an
alloy of inferior iineness to the quality
of the ring. Many people think that
rings are nodded because they can't
see where they are soldered. The ring
spins through the turning lathe, is
rounded. pared, and polished, first with
steel filings. then with tripoli and
rouge.-St. Louis Republic.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-08-29
Gaul and TeutOn.

A friend who has just returned from
Paris tells me a characteristic anecdote,
says the Critic. During the recent ex-
position there was a little railroad, five
miles in length, running around the
grounds. The track ran in and out
among the trees and buildings, and so
near them that a passengers head or
arm thrust out of the window was in
danger of being knocked off. To pre-
vent accidents of this sort warnings
were printed on large posters and
tackled up at intervals of a few yards
along the entire track. They are print
ed in almost every known language,
including Asiatic and African tongues.
shorthand and volapuk. My friend
counted over thirty languages and dia-
lects. You would have supposed that
none was omitted in such a list. But
there was one omission, and very inn
portant one. Not a single word of
warning was printed in German. Some
one said to the manager of the road:
"It looks as though you don't care
whether the Germans got their heads
and arms knocked Off or not" He
smiled a quiet smile. and replied: lit
does look that way, sure enough"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-08-29
Substitute for Coffee.

A new substitute for coffee may turn
up in a berry known as ''gaertnera. :"
The British consul at Reunion says that
at one time he has received many let
ters from merchants in England asking
for information respecting shrub then
called "mussaenda, the discovery of
which, it has been said in some COM
mercial journals, would deal s.vere
blow to the coffee and chicory trade.
About two years ago rumor was
spread that the berry of this shrub
could be advantageously employed as
a substitute for coffee and chicory. 1t
grows to about ten feet high, has very
few leaves, and it's branches are wide
apart. The berries do not grow all
along the branches as is the case with
coffee, but in lunches at their extreme
ties. At present it is only met with in
the mountains, where it grows wild. 1t
might be produced on an extensive
scale; but with its inferiority in fra
GRANGE and color it could hardly COM
pete with coffee.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-08-29
Meerschaun History.

In 1928 there lived in Pesth, the cap
ital of Hungary. karlo Kowatee, a
shoemaker. whose ingenuity in cutting
and carving on wood brought him into
contact with Count Andrassy, with
whom he became great favorite, says
the GLobe-Denaocrat. The count, on
his return from mission to Turkey,
brought with him a piece of whitish
clay, which had been presented to him
as curiosity on account of its extra
ordinary light specific gravity. 1t
struck the shoemaker that, being
porous, it would be well adapted for
pipes, as it would absorb the nicotine
The experiment was tried, and Karol
cut a pipe for the count and one for
himself.
He would work on them at odd mo-
ments during working hours without
wiping the wax from his hand. He
noticed that the wax gave the pipes a
smoked more sweetly. Other noble
men hearing of the wonderful species
of clay imported it in considerable
quantities for the manufacture of pipes.
The natural scarcity of this clay, known
as meerschaum, and the great cost of
importation in those days of limited
facilities for transportation rendered
its use exclusively confined to the
richest nobleman OF Europe up to 1880,
when it became more general article
of trade. The first meerscaum pipe
made by Karol Kowatee has been pre-
served and is now in the museum at
Pesth
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-08-29
Many Dfocking Birds.

A writer who has recently visited the
Bridal Veil Falls in the Yosemite Vail
ley thus describes the mocking birds in
that vicinity in the New York Press:
s.Millions OF brown-coated birds there
were everywhere, until the whole OF
our very nature seemed perm ated with
their music. Sometimes low and sweet,
again sad and plaintive, and then full,
rich and triumphant, like p@an Of
JOY and gladness. while we looked at
each other in wondering silence. Just
as it seemed that the melody was un-
supportably sweet, and that our hearts
could not contain more without the re-
lief of tears or shouts, the wind died
away and the water again struck with
an awesome roar into its rocky hollow
with TO Vi that made the earth trem.
bic, and was again lashed to furious
foam and the song of the mocking birds
hushed. Thus it goes on ever and ever,
alternately, and has for ages, the song
OF the birds and the thunderous revera
beration OF the cataract"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-08-29
A Noted Tiger.

A tigress in the Nagpur district has
a fondness for the employees of the
Bengal-Nagpur railway, frequents a
tract of country only about nine
square miles in area, and is possessed
of extraordinary cunning and sagacity.
Last year, up to June, she had killed
seven people, beside wounding others.
She lives in a rocky and precipitous
spur, in which there is a heavy bam-
boo and other jungle. Several springs
of water rise at the foot of the scarps,
and there is a cave which shows many
signs of being used by her and her
family. A big stone just outside of the
entrance is scored deep and long with
many scratches of their claws. In
February last in broad daylight she
carried off one of a gang of permanent
way men from under the eyes of his
companions. She has been shot at
many times and her cubs killed but
she has got off scathless. Sometimes
the man-eater trayerses very long dis
tances.-Londoaa Times.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-08-29
Artificial Lightning in War.

''This is the age of patent new inven-
tions for killing bodies and for saving
SOULS" is what Byron wrote nearly
century ago. There is man over in
Trenton who comes forward today
with scheme for killing bodies which,
he thinks, when duly patented, will
revolutionize modern warfare. Unless
he is in error, the plan will certainly
serve to put an end to battles, because
the inventor will by this ingenious de-
vice kill whole armies in day. The
mans name is Grinnell. He is Jersey
man and feels little anxious to know
what the effect of his plan will be be-
fore getting patent on it. He wants
it used only in case it would put an end
to wars. The Jerseyman, you will see.
is kind-hearted destroyer. His in
vention resides in the power to pro-
'duce lightning by artificial means:
By the use of small dynamo Grinnell
has already killed the flies in 2Ox2O
room, and by little work in perfecting
his scheme he expects to be ahie to kill
an army any fair day in the week. The
act of Wholesale destruction will have
to be suspended on wet days.-M T.
Letter.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-08-29
Wood-Sawing!
The RESORT!
THOS. WHITEHOPN. Proprietor

EgThe famous w. H. McBrayer
hand made Sour Mash and Old Crow
Bourbon Whiskles.
Weinhurd's beer on tap. Schlitze's
celebrated bottled beer. knicker-
bockers Beer.
The gentlemen's favorite resort.
Fancy mixed drinks a speciality.
Keeps constantly on hand all kinds of
imported liquors and cigars. Liquors
for medical purposes speciality.
MAIN STREET, Corvallis.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-08-29

1t may relieve mental worriment on
the part of somebody to learn that the
way to say Mpwapwa in the true Afri-
can style, barring certain nasal embel-
lishments, is as though it were spelled
Emp-wah-pwah.
In Russia in 1883. there were pub
ished 5.318 books, of which II, ,395, ,050
copies were printed.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-08-29
New Wrinkle in Fancy Furniture.

In Market street furniture store is
exhibited parlor suit that is said to
be unique. with one exception, in this
country. 1t is upholstered with palm
leaf fans. a single fan forming the seat
and another the back of the chair. The
framework is of gilded bent wood.
Two fans make pretty substitute for
the cushioned bottom of tete-a-tete,
and even the table top is of fans. 1t
was made to order for West Phila-
delphia residence, and the only other
suit like it is in New York. Both were
modelled after designs shown at the
Paris Exposition. = Philadelphia 1's-
gaIirer.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-10-31
CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS.
alr. Koosevefts Very Liberal views-.
Civil Service Service Reform Iden.

Air. Koosevefrs Very Liberal views-A
Civil Service Service Reform Iden.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.-A well known
Republican leader, not now in office,
but prominently connected with the
Congressional Campaign committee, has
received from Hon. Theodore Roosevelt,
Civil Service Commissioner, a contri.
button OF $50 to be used for the leciti.
mate campaign expenges in any Con.
gressional district where it is needed.
Ex-Governor Hugh Thompson, also a
member Of the Commission, has sent in
a contribution in cid OF the Democratic
cause. In conversation to-day Mr..
Roosevelt said:
There IS no reason why under Re.
publican administration all tho coutri.
buttons should be made to the Republi.
can campaign fund, and under Demo.
cratic administration they should all be
to the Democratic fund.
The clerks are G3 lnuch ut liberty 20
contribute to one party Us to another,
and they are perfectly aaie and free to
make no contribution ii they go prefer.
Within the classified service the en-.
ployes are under obligations to no party,
Governor Thompson is Democrat
serving under this administration; be
makes q contribution to aid his party.
! an Republican; l aid mine. II We
did not want 10 contribute, we would
not. No one can force government
employe to contribute. Nor, if ho De.
sires to contribute, compel him to con.
tribute to this party rather than that.
THAT is all there is in the question,
except that no employe shall solicit di.
rectly or indirectly irep any other en-.
ploye, and none shall g.ye to, or take
from an eniploye. II thers are political
clubs OF which government employees
are members, there is no reason why
they should not be Democratic rs well
CD Republican. But any ore of thcm
will be prosecuted il we have evidence
OF their trying to obtain contributions
by intimidation.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-10-31
WANT RECIPROCITY.
Cuban Tobacco Growers and
Manufactures Union
IRE ANXIOUS FOR A TREATY.
Their Petition Forwarded to the
Spanish GOvcrnmc rt..Thc Copy
RccclycG by tho department
of State at Washington.

WASHINGTON, D. G., Oct. 3O.-Tht
Department Of State haa received n copy
OF Ia petition forwarded by the To5accc
Growers' and Cigar Manufacturers
Union Of Cuba to the Spanish Govern.
ment, urging tho negotiation OF recip.
rocily treaty between Cuba and the
United States. The petitioners assert
that they ara confronted with simple
pro5lem-"On the one side ruin, stagna.
ton, misery and vague hopes; and on
the other side abuadence, wealth and q
promising future"
TIE Spanish law Of commercial rcla.
tfons OF 1882 framed for the purpoee OF
protecting Spanish products, the peti.
tlon says, deals Cuba q blow, while at
the aame tins the prodn ctious Of Spaia
receive no benefit from 1t. The greater
part OF the Spanish goods imported, II is
asserted, do not need the protection Civ.
en- them.
The petition says: "The United States
buy from us tobacco and Gugar to the
extent Of SOL, 900, 900, aud they want to
pay US for that tobacco and sugar they
consume with tue goods that they pro.
duce. To-day they only sell to us Sl0,.
100000 or Sl9 100000 and they desire to
increase this amount to the Sol ,0OO, 900
they buy from us. We will lose mar.
ket that consumes 100, 100000 cigars an.
nually, with value o! 5000, 600 to S..
100000, and over 100000 bales with a
value Of $780, 0000-just over half our
commerce in this line. The damage
that We shall suffer cannot be over esti.
mated; the cultivation OF the rich leaf
will diminish to one.half.
The business crisis that threatens US is
terrible, imminent, and its consequences
very serious dangers.
The cigar manufacturer conclude by
lndorsing the action OF the Havana
ytamber If Commerce, heretofore pub.
,iShet, and asking OF the government
that without losing time negotiations be
opened with tho United States for a !
treaty on the basis of free |
sugar, and reductions on duties on to-
oacco within tho limits already pre-
;crlbeI; that negotiations be entered |
nto with some other countries, so as to |
nsure facilities for the export OF Cuban |
products.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-10-31
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
a Great Social Sensation in the.
City Of TouIon, France.
PERSONS OF HIGH STANDING
Arrested on Il Serious Charge The
Mayor In an Uncnviabls Light.
society Bciio III Trouble.
Other News from Abroad.

PARIS. Oct. 3o.-The scandal a. Tou.
lon growing ou. Of the arrest Of NJ. Fou.
toak, the Mayor Of that city, on tho
charge ofbeing party to.a conspiracy to
procure Il criminal operation upon hin
mistress, Madame Jonquicres, has occa.
stoned much comment owing to tho
olsh standing Of tho persons involved.
Madame Jonquiereu, who is creole, is
tho wife OF Capt. Jouquierea, Of tho
sfench navy, aud daushter.in.law Of
Admiral Jonquieres. She isGlso u sister. !
tn-law OF Admiral Columbeaud, com.
nander OF tho French Tonquin squad.
ron. NJ, Fouroux;s n retired naval oili.
cor. The midwife in the case who il n
VINO. together with Madame Jonquieres,
~ y aIso under arrest, lie named Laure, and
y was at her house that theillcgal operr.
non is said to have taken place. Mad.
sme Anbertine, the divorced vile Of n
roulon solicitor. was the go.bptween for
mayor Fouroux and Madame Jonuuferes.
Inc operation was performed on The eve
u capt. Jonqulere's return 10 Toulvu.
rom long voyage. The Intimacy be.
weeen the Mayor and Madame Jon
luieres ceased two months ago, and In,
attcr came to Paris. From this city she
wrote to Mayor Fouroux demanding
money, and upon his refusal 10 complY
With her demands she communicated
he facts OF the case to the procureur ut
.oulon: An inquiry was made and tho
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-10-31
FORAKER AND MbNhGEE
Address n Grsnt Nesting ut Huntingdon.
Good Work.

Address Grent Nesting ut Huntington,
Good Work.
Speeta! Dispatch to The IH.eliigcnctr.
HUNTINGTON, W. Va, Oct. 3O.-Thc
largest and most enthusiastic meeting
OF the campaign in this county, Demo.
cratic or Republican, was held at the
Opera House in this city last night.
Standing room was at n premium and
the immense hall was packed 10 over.
flowing with eager lis!erera 10 the clio.
quent and convincing arguments of the
speakers. The bali was opened by Hon.
J. B. Mehager, Of Point Pleasau:, who,
IN speech OF one hour, did himseli
honor and the Republican party great
credit. Ex.Goyernor Foraker, oil Ohio,
followed Mr. Menager, and for nearly two
hours, barring the frequent and enthu.
siastlc outbursts Of applause, held the
lmmenae audience in the closest atten.
tion. Upon his introduction tho ap-
piause was deafening, and the ladies'
waved theis handkerchiets enthusiastic.
ally. at the close Of the speaking an
lmpromptu reception was held by the
Governor on tho stage. The Republi.
cans OF West Virginia may look cut for
a good report from Cabell county and
the district below the kanawha.