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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-01

much more systematically and for
longer time than with us. II has been as
certained that cattle may give the char
acteristic fever OF tuberculosis when IN
iected with tuberculin. although the dis
ease is present in a very mild form or Is
confined TO portions OF the viscera, which
are not eaten The Germans. therefore,
do not wholly reject all cattle giving the
fever reaction for tuberculosis, but they
examine the slaughtered animals. and
where evidence Of the existence Of tubcr-
culosis occurs. the flesh Is steamed so az
10 be rendered sterile before Il Is allowed
TO be marketed. Ii Will be many years
before any satisfactory system Will be
evolved except I'm the larger cities. and
even in the larger cities care must be
taken not TO unnecessarily reject meat. as
otherwise our supply will very soon be
exhausted or it's price prohibitiye
Enquirer" will be answered in our
next. SANITAS.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-01
THE MEANING OF ALABAMA,
What is known Concerning the Deri
walton of the Name ofthe state.

There has always been dispute regard
ing the meaning Of the name Of this
State The name itself is derived from
the name Of the Alabamos tribe Of In
dams, q branch of the MuscOgee or Creek
tribe. either by blood relationship or by
conquest and subsequent adoption by the
Greeks and there is a popular legend
that the name was taken from an eX-
preston used by the chief Of the tribe
upon the lands now called by that name.
Finding the land good and the climate
inviting the chief is satd TO have ex-
claimed:"Here we rest" From this the
tribe came TO be called the AlabamOs.
This story has been objected TO on the
ground that It is not reasonable that a
tribe should change its name because OF
such an incident in its history. 1t must
have had a name at the time offs mi
grafton. and a name rendered dear 10 the
tribe by its wanderings If by no other ex-
perience Besides, the students OF the
Language fail 10 agree that this word
has the precise meaning tradition gives
Il. Gatschet. for example, translates It
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-01

cose; honey Is glucose. But glucose IS
harmless and. therefore. TO be passed
over. IL is said. by the way, that bee
keepers. besides furnishing paraiiine
combs for their bees. are feeding the IN
sects on glucose TO increase the amount
Of honey stored.
Ten pounds Of glucose are manufactur-
ed annually for every man. woman and
child I'm the United States The substance
is obtained from corn. but IL could be
made from rags or blottlng paper just as
well II they were cheaper.
AS TO JELLIES.
Nearly all OF the jellies are artificial
products composed OF glucose. gelatinc,
cochineal for coloring, and chemical flaw
oring extracts. The more costly brands,
however, ara apply jelly. cOlored and
favored. Apple sauce is pumpkin boiled
in cider Commercial chocolate is large
~ a mixture Of starch. sugar and anil
nal fats. with oxide of iron for colorng.
GRADUATED sugar cannot be easily falsi-
fed. but It Is quite otherwise with the
brown and the pulverized. Putrid blood
IS sometimes employed in the refining OF
sugar. II IS said. and that IS dangerous.
Bologna sausage is made from the meat
OF unidentified animals. more or less de-
composed.
In the next article. something VIII be
said about adulteration Of medicines,
liquors and canned foods.
CHILDREN'S TOYS.
The editor Of a Journal on children's
affections, has this TO say in a recent
article.
one OF the most noticeable peculiarittes
Of childhood is a tendency TO become at
. -, fhfnRg and to cling TO
them most persistently. The young child
loves certain nursery songs. and never
tires OF hearing the mother sing them
over and over. He loves certain stories,
and listens with minute attention TO their
hundredth repetition. lie becomes at
tached 10 certain toys and persistently
goes back 10 them In preference 10 the
new and more handsome ones, and clings
TO- the old diIapIdated doll In preference
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-01

to the most gorgeous new one. All this
is common knowledge TO every oD5erF0r
of children.
An explanation, or a partial eXplana-
ton. az least. is not difficult % reach' A
chfd's mental capacity rs yet undeVelop-
ed and his comprehension is very smal.
SIe knows and appreciates the old IaIlu-
lar doll and its few clothes. The new one
with It's claing eyes and Jointed hmDs
and its complex and elaborate dress Is
beyond his small comprehension. IL tres
him as much 20 investigate ana uhraFei
an its mysteries as it does MS lawyer
father To master an intricate case. 80 ne
returns 20 the old one that ne loves anu
comprehends without effort.
If The child is content with simple toys,
why force upon him that he does not
love so much? Why not follow the plain
teaching of nature and allow him TO pass
his early childhood in the most simple ana
contented manner possible2 IL Is entirely
true that he can soon be- educated out
of these simple tastes, too often at the
expense of his own contentment and the
hapDiuess of those about him When ne
has once formed taste for less simple
amusements, he cannot be forced Dack
into the old ways Of life. IL he becomes
accustomed 10 a multitude OF toys ana
a mob of dolls and daily expects some
thing new. the time will come when his
requirements cannot be fulfilled. He has
tried and has become tired Of every
amusement adapted 20 his own age ana
OF that far in advance of 1t, and he be-
comes a burden TO all about him.
Mental development is gradual and IS
not OF a sudden growth. The infant out
grows his rattle and ring, and the young
child gradually grows beyond his simple
TOYS. But there are then ready for him,
more elaborate playthings, and these in
turn. as childhood advances. give place
10 books and games. Each period of
childhood. youth. and age has It's appro-
pirate amusements. The child, under Judi-
,i,,,s r,,naeeuout masses from one stage
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-01

When General Ftzhueh Lee sailed
from Havana on tho Fcrn. General
Blanco. turned 20 one OF his aides and
said. Lee is 20 magnificent diplomat"
Every country acknowledge that tho
United states has scattered over tho
facc OF the earth the finest set of diplo-
mats ever dispatched from a country.
The diplomats from other countries may
fan I'm this or fan in that they may
Jack "a knowledge OF the language. the
customs. The advantages and The climate.
but our diplomats are apparently 20 the
manner born, for they step into q foreign
country ike Minerva from the head of
dove. fully ready for the fight.
When George Washington talked or
sending diplomats from his infant coun-
Try 10 foreign courts he said owe must
have men who understand u.s." That is
the feeling that every diplomat from THAI
day TO this has had. lie feels that he
understands his country and, as James
Monroe said twenty-five years later He
must he able 20 express himself felici-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-01

a country may be called. Great Britain
SIS a giant corporation controlled by the
Queen and Parliament; France IS another
ruled bv "a President. Germany is a vast
domain under % monarchy and Italy -
another corporation OF the earth's sur
face.
Now a diplomat who goes from this
country 10 Great Britain or France or
italy or Germany. goes there with these
words in his mouth. "The United States
owns a part of the earths surface ana
the waters OF the globe il IS not going
e. give them UP: j am here TO see that
Won respect their ownership and TO check
YOU should you attempt 10 trespass on
their rights. I viii keep them informed
Of your movements and Will resent any
thing that looks like an infringement
with this declaration practically upon
his lips the minister goes 90 the foreign
country. IS presented az court. meets the
ruler and begins an interchange Of friend
Is relations. The more friendly he sue
cccds I'm keeping the relations the more
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-01
ADULTERATI0N0F
FOOD GROWING
Many Table Articles are Composed
of Strange Quantities,
TUBERCULOSIS TRANSMISSION,
Decided Cultural Difference Between
That Affecting People and That
Affecting Fowls-Let the Child
BE Perfectly Natural

Continuing the remarks on the subject
Of adulteration OF food. it is annoying to
pay for butter and to get oleomargarine;
but the housewife having learned phil
osophy I'm domestic affairs, may console
herself with the knowledge that oieomar-
garine IS not unwhOies0me. OF course, 1t
IS not a perfect food like butter, never
theless, IL IS palatable. and keeps" much
better than butter does. Unfortunately,
however. the oleomargarine itself Is not
pure, it contains refuse pork fat with
uucheerful suggestions Of trichinae), bone
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-01

they are cherished with more devotion
than we cherish the survivors OF the nn-
cient 'cedars Of Lebanon
The evidence is not conclusive OF the
question raised but 80 is of more than
usual interest as bearing directly upon IL.
and perhaps making easier its final So
luton Mobile Register
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-01

County Counselor Reed. Of Kansas City,
says that all corporations enjoying pub
lie franchises may be taxed upon tina
market value OF their capital stock
Telephone, street railway, gas and cleo
trio light companies are included. Judge
Johnson, OF Denver. has announced that
the water franchise is taxable.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-01

Fan River Loom Fixers' Association
has decided that they mold in good stand
ing all members OF military companies
and others who may be called 20 duty
until they return, and IL II be the lot OF
any OF them 70 die IN the service OF tho
country their wives. mothers or nearest
kin can draw the funeral benefits.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-01
Gov Coyote.

Speaking about smart animals" said
the real estate man. 'I want TO go on re-
cord as saying that there is no animal
that can hold Il candle TO the coyote fot
smOOthuess. When / frs. went out 20
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-01

Chicagos mayor has issued written or
ders 10 every foreman In the Bureaus OF
Streets and Water-Pipe Extention, pro-
hibiting the use OF profane language to-
ward laborers under them under penalty
of instant discharge.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-01
The, wife Of the

Ambassador sis presented to Queen horsarval and
hatTis prosantat Court Italy the King nO
present oallod presentations Eada0lyOo the ambassador
arrival he asks an AUDIENCE is granted After
for the Queen
tberftogeer separately. Mrs. Draper and Ivereeceived
together. opportunity King tho
Diplomat Court dinners and ballsa
YougsItrulyS
''~''ss' .. "'''' STATES NI1X-- d as88>~f1---
Stikeen River journal. (Fort Wrangel, Alaska) 1898-1899, 1898-07-16

and crew seemed to be entirely
unmindful of the fact that there
were lives other than their own
to be saved. More than half the
lifeboats and RATS were left hang
ing to the davits or securely fas-
tened to the deck. Those on the
port side were left untouched al
though filled with passengers,
and went down with the ship,
carrying their precious burden
of human life to a watery grave.
There are no survivors who
saved more than enough clothing
to cover their nakedness. Nearly
all lost their savings and they
were mostly working people go
ing home to European lands.
The Seattle P.-I. of July 8,
gives a story of the loss of the
Brother Jonathan, which oc-
Cured off the Oregon coast on
July 81, 1868, causing the loss OF
POO human beings. The contrast
between the action of the Amer.
lean crew on that occasion, and
the action of the French crew
aboard La Bourgogne is very
striking. Capt. De Wolfe, OF
the Jonathan, after seeing his
passengers and such Of his crew
as could be accommodated in the
boats safely away from the ships
side, stood on the bridge with
the remainder Of his crew quiet
V awaiting a certain death, hap.
by in the consciousness of hay.
ing done his full duty as an
American sailor.
Stikeen River journal. (Fort Wrangel, Alaska) 1898-1899, 1898-07-16

Price list on all other furs and skins
furnished on application. Full prices
guaranteed. careful selection, courteous
treatment. and immediate remittance
on all consignments.
Stikeen River journal. (Fort Wrangel, Alaska) 1898-1899, 1898-07-16


knives were used by some of the
crow.
The officers were poWerless
over their own men, and only
four were saved. The fight for
life on the decks of the steamer
did not last long, for in little
more than half an hour she gave
Il long lulch to port and went
down. AS the ship sank beneath
the surface the vortex of the wa
ter sucked down everything on
the surface within a certain ra-
dius. When the suction ceased
those still alive saw about POO
bodies come out of the water
with Il rush, as ii the sea were
giving up the dead after having
swallowed the ship.
But the struggle for life still
continued after the ship went
down. Hundreds still iloated
about grasping for RATS, boats
and wreclage in frantic endeav-
ors to keep above water. Even
then many of those in the boats
showed their brutality by beat
ing off those who attempted to
climb aboard.
BY this time the small boats
Of the Cromartvshirc had come
uD and the work of rescue began.
The crew Of the ship worked he.
roically and saved every one who
had managed to keep above wa
ter, but even then scores fell
away from the boats, rats and
Wreckage, exhausted, and We're
drowned. 1t was all over in an
hour, although for some time af-
ter great pieces OF wrecka@e
came shooting up from the bot
tenn, marking the spot whore the
GREAT liner had gone down. But
little attempt was made to recOV-
CT the bodies OF any of the ILL.,
fated passengers and crew, and
the battered hulk at the bottom
of the ocean will probably be
their tomb.
In the afternoon the steamer
Grccian was sighted coming from
the westward, and Il few hours
afterwards the CrOmartyShire
was in tow and arrived at Hall
fax on July &.
Strangely enough Mr.. La Casse
is the only man of the saloon and
cabin Passengers who survived,
while his wife is the Onl V woman
Of 200. not only of the first sa-
loon cabin. but of the whole ship.
who escaped. Mrs. La CasSe
was aroused from her berth by
her husband. who was on deck
at the time OF the collision. When
she reached the deck of the list
ing ship, she saw the captain Of
the steamer on the bridge and
some of the officers at other points
endeayOring to direct the efforts
Of the crew to launch the boats.
There was little response to the
orders of the officers. The crow
seemed parolyzed.
Matters. were quiet and there
was no panic at first, although
the decks We're becoming more
and more crowded with fright
cned people. The steamer was
listing and settling, and then a
wild fear seized ON the throng
and the people lost their reason.
Mrs. LaCasse was separated
from her husband in the scram-
BILE, and the steamer listed so
badly that She slid down the de
clivity and into the water. She
had taken the precautlon, at her
husband direction, to put on a
life belt before leaving her state
room, and shortly after being
thrown into the sea she was
seized by the arm and drawn on
the life raft Her savior was her
husband. A moment later the
i'll fated steamer diSappeared, and
Stikeen River journal. (Fort Wrangel, Alaska) 1898-1899, 1898-07-16
TERRIBLE DISASTER At SEA,
British Ship Cromartyshirc Col
lidcS With the French Liner
La BourSoGne
SOS LIVES LOST-A MASSACRE

t, in ono of the thick fo@s which
at this time of year han" heavily
eyer the Grand Banks and Sable
Stand, in the north Atlantic, Oc-
Cured one Of the most horrible
disasters in the history Of trans
Atlantic commences.
Without u moment, warning,
the French liner In Bourgognc
with - souls on board, was run
down by the iron sailing ship
CromartvShire, and sank within
half an hour, carrying with her
to the oceans bottom over 500 of
her passengers and crew, while
the balance who were not drown
ed by the fearful suction struG-
gled and fought for life until 1863
were at length rescued by the
crew of the CromartyShire, which
ship survived the collision.
The story of the fearful de-
struction as told by the few pas
SenTerS who Wore dragged ON
board the Cromartyshire and la
ter brought to Halifax, y. s.. by
The steamer Grccian. made this
disaster one of the most horrible
and cruel ever recorded in the
history of a civilized race.
Instead of the heroic discipline
which so often has been the one
bright feature of such aWful.mO-
mentS. the crew of the steamer
fought like demons for the few
!ifebOatS and RATS. battcrin9 the
hel pleSS passengers away from
their only means of salvation,
with the result that the strong
oNrrcame the weak. for the list
OF 1913 saved out of the wreck
bears the name OF but one WO-
man.
The Bourgogne left New York
on the previous Saturday bound
for HaVrc, while the CromartV
shire was on its way over from
Glasgow with a crow Of twenty
one mon.
Although the transatlantic
steamships have Il definite course
the Bourgogne was, by all ac-
counts, forty miles on more north
OF these lines.
The fog was Very denSe and
the. Cromartyshire was sailing
along with reduced canvas and
blowing the 70" horn. Sudden
y, out Of the fog rushed q Great
steamer, and in a moment there
was a fearful crash, the iron
PROV Of the sailing vessel plnng-
ING into the port side of the
steamer just under the bridge.
The shock was terrific, and
tore a tremendous hpla IN the
steamer, while the entire bow Of
the ship was demolished. The
steamer plunged OH into the FOG
again, her whistle CRYING for
hrI p, while her rockets signaled
her distress.
The Cromartyshire was round
cd to, and her master, Capt. Hen
derson, was considerably reiiev-
ed in finding that she was in no
danger of sinking. Off to the
eastward could be heard the loud
call OF the steamer, and as the
fog began to lift all the boats on
the ship We're launched. Half
an hour after the collision the
mist curtain began to lit, giving
a clear view for miles, and then
it was that those on the Cromar-
tyshire realized the fearful strug-
gle for life on board the Bour-
go%ne.
The collision had come so sud
denly and at such a time in the
morning that few besides the
crew Of La Bourgogne were on
deck, but the shock aroused near
ly everyone, and within "a few
minutes the decks were crowded.
At first it seemed as if there was
some attempt at discipline. A
few of the boats were swung off
Stikeen River journal. (Fort Wrangel, Alaska) 1898-1899, 1898-07-16
THE
Providence
FUR co,

PROVIDENCE, r. l.,
Wants all kinds of raw furs,
skins, ginseng, seneca, etc.
Prices quoted for the next sixty days
are us follow:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-02
WHAT CONGRESS MAY DO
MAY PROVIDE FOR CONSTRUCTION
OF THE NICARAGUA CANAL,
Charter a Pacific Cable Company and
Authorize the Laying of a Wire to
Alaslka-President Favorable.
Special to the indianapolis journal.

WASHINGTON, Oct lin addition to
bills affecting the army and navy which
are to come up during the last session of
the Fifty-fourth Congress that body will
probably devote a good deal of time to
three other measures of the utmost impor-
lance to American commerce. Since the
Oregon made her magnificent run from San
Francisco to Key West the necessity for
shorter route between cities of the Atlantic
and Pacific coasts of the United States has
become more apparent than ever before.
During the past few weeks gentlemen in
tereSted in the Nicarauga Canal Company
have spent much time in Washington in
consultation with the President and men,
bers of the Cabinet relative to legislation
concerning the canal. These consultations
will result in the strongest possible recon-
mendations for congressional action in the
Presidents message. There is more than a
majority of both houses of Congress in
favor of the project of a canal across the
Republic of Nicarauga, and the present in
dications are that the opposition will not
be sufficiently strong to prevent the passage
of this measure, which is of such prime
Importance not only from a commercial
but from a naval standpoint. The annexa-
ton of the Hawaiian islands was the one
thing needful to force the measure through
Congress, and members now in town are
unanimous in the expression of the opinion
that the canal will be authorized as ma
tional measure before the 4th of next
March.
The question of chartering a Pacific cable
has also been agitated from time to time
in both the House and Senate. Bills to that
end are pending in both bodies and the ne
cessity for quicker communication between
the United States and Hawaii, in addition
to the desrablity of q purely American
BILE line between San Francisco and Luzon
has given impetus to the cable project. 1t
is announced here that ample capital to
connect the Philippines with San Francisco
by the way of the Ladrones and Hawaii will
be forthcoming within thirty days from the
time the charter is granted, and the repre-
sentatives of the capitalists assert positive
ly that before the end of a year after tho
signing of the bill cable communication
over an American wire will be possible be-
tween Manila and the cities of the Pa
cific coast.
The necessity for a cable between Alaska
and the main coast of the United States is
also becoming more apparent every day.
1t is understood that Secretary Bliss will
lay particular stress on this project in his
forthcoming report and that the President
has already Endorsed the scheme and will
call attention to its necessity in his mes
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-02
FUNERAL OF T. F. BAYARD.
Business Suspended at Wilmington
During the Exercises.

WILMINGTON, Del. Oct with flags
at half mast and draped in mourning, with
the closing of business houses and with
other demonstrations of sorrow, Whining
ton to-day committed to the grave the NOR
tai remains of Hon. Thomas Francis Bay
ard. A multitude of people early assembled
at the quaint and historic old Swedes'
Church The hour of the funeral was 2
o'clock, but before that hour the little
church was crowded with those to whom
admission had been reserved. They Com
prised the pallbearers. members of the New
Castle Bar Association. representatives of
the Delaware Society, Sons of the Ameri-
can Revolution and committees represent
ing the Bayard Legion and the Young
Mems Democratic Club
The honorary pallbearers were: Former
President Grover Cleveland. former Secre-
tary Of the Treasury Charles f. Farchild,
Governor Tunnel. of Delaware, Chancellor
John r. Nicholson. George l.. Rives, of
New York city, John " Craven and Thorn
as Craven, of Salem, n. j., and Judge Ig-
natius G. Grubb. DR.. Charles A. Raper and
Henry g. Banning, Of Wilmington.
Members of Mr.. Bayard's family left the
family residence. Delamore Place, In time
to arrive at the church at 2 o'clock, and a
few minutes later the burial services began
They comprised simply the prayer-book