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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-01
woMEN's CLUBS ODD NAMES.
Number OF Titles Which Are
Rather EniHmntlc and DIM
cult to Pronounce.

The woman's club movement has as
sumed such an extent that it has attract
ed the attention of the United States
department of labor, which has recent
~ issued an elaborate report on the at
titude Of women's clubs toward social
economics, says the Pittsburgh Chron-
icle-Telegraph. Accompanying the ar
ticle are some statistics which indicate
that there are few settlements of any
size in our glorious country without a
woman's club. HE name, location and
purpose OF each Of 1888 women's clubs
are given in detail, and it appears that
this by no means eXhuusts the list. An
examination Of the list shows that next
to the local title Of wonan's club Shake
speare's name is favorite one.
There are q number Of titles which
are rather enigmatic. What, for in
stance, is the meaning of 1.-The Leshche,"
the name of 4 club at Dalton, Ga?
Then there is the Nike" OF Chicago,
the 'Thcristrial' of Marion, Ia; the
"-lnarhrisians" Of Sioux City, the ''Am-
moncongin' Of Cumberland Mills, Me-;
the "Methcbesic" Of Rocklantl, Me-; the
"l1cptorean' Of Somcrvillc, Mass; the
"<Alsbicc' Of Grand Rapids, the 'Chiro-
pcan'' and the "Photeronc,' both Of
brooklyn, and the "Ardirhebriah" of
Providence. Such names as .Tclcos-
now and ''So-g o-yc-wat-ha" are per
haps of Indian origin. There is a frank
ness in the title of odd Maids Social
club Of Woonsoclct, which inspires re-
spect. 1t is. however doubtful whether
anything descriptive is meant by the
title of the "Nnshaway" club Of Nashua,
n. II. There IS All Anthony club, but no
Cleopatra club.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-01
PLEA FOR THE GOLDFISH.
A Chief Cook Says This Fish Ia Not
Appreciated Mt Its Real
Worth. Fl

IF Goldfish cost a dollar pound"
said the chef, ut would be more univer-
sally beloved. tell you, it is the best
dinner fish known. have tried the
whitcfsh oil over the world, but the
Goldfish is king of them all and is Got
appreciated at his real worth. Cook
him In any way you like and he is de-
licious. Even the dried Goldfish, picked
up and served in cream for break fast,
is q fine dish. Put him in n bag, sew him
up tightly and let him boil, or bake
him carefully, we'll stuffed, and he is
delicious. .
LET me tell you that when you make
1ishcaltes you should not drown out the
fish with potato. Put as little p6tato
or other substance in the cakes as posi-
bic, and, if you want them as fine as
they can be made, wrap them in blan-
ket Of eggs and dq'hot be spnring Of
the egg. You cun<malc a tasty dish of
Goldfish cakes, il you will follow my nd-
vice. Fish cakes are considered very
democratic dish. OF course, but. my
patron, who Pays me a large salary, is
as democratic as he used to be in his
younger days. When he sends down to
me an order for fish cakes for the next
mornings breakfast he says he wants
Mcschutt's fish cakes, with egg. That
is the order, and he is thinking Of his
younger life, when, as he once told me,
in basement on Broadway he used to
get the finest butter cakes and fish
cakes he ever tasted, excepting yours,
chef he adds always. But 1 know
that dimes in those days We're as thou
sand-dollar bills to him now, and his
appetite was l5eener and more nppre-
ciatiye"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-01
HONOR DUE 10 CANADA.
The First Vessel to Cross the Ocean
by Steam Power Sailed
from Quebec.

An interesting but little known bit Of
history in connection with carly steam
navigation on the ocean was brought
to public attention In the recent address
of the venerable kivas FULLY on his
election to the presidency Of the re-
Gently organized Engineers club Of 10.
ronto, says the Engineering News.
This was to the effect that to the
province Of Quebec belongs the credit
Of having built the first steamship that
crossed the Atlantic from either side.
The steamship was called the ROYAL
William, commanded by Capt, McDou-
gall, and sailed from Quebec on August
5, 1888, arriving at Gravescnd on Sep
TENDER II, having steamed the whole
distance. M
This seems at first sight to contradict
the well-known claims to priority made
for the Savannah as the first steamship
to cross the Atlantic. The Savannah,
however, on her memorable voyage
from Savannah to Liverpool MAY &c,
1919, to June 20, 1870 used her engines
during IS days and progressed under
sail the remainder Of the time, the pad
dlewheels being hoisted on board when
not in use
The Royal William, therefore, ap-
pears to have been the first vessel to
make the vayoge using steam for the
whole distance.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-01
SHEEP FOUND IN ALASKA.
Flesh Said to he the Most Delicious
OF All wild Game and Is
Much Sought.

This rare wild white sheep is found
nowhere in the world but Alaska, and
few specimens for mounting whole have
ever been obtained, says a writer in
Outing. This species, named owls DALI
by Prof. Dali, differs from its cousin,
the Rocky mountain big horn (ovis
montana) in color, owls montana being
q dull brown in midsummer, changing
to a grayish drab in winter, with a light
ashygcolored patch over the rump all
the year, while the owls DALI is snow
white atall seasons; in fact, there is not
colorcI hair on any part Of its body.
He is not quite SO stocllily built as the
big horn" yet more trim and shapely
Two Of my specimens stood A2 inches
ut the shoulder. His limbs are not
quite SO heavy, and his horns will not
average rs large at the base, although
quite as long. The horns of my largest
specimen Of 1897 measured 41A inches
in length and 1925 inches in circumfer-
ence at the base.
The flesh is the most delicious Of all
wild game. In the summer this shecp
lives chiefly on the rich, succuIent
growth Of the asplenium septentrion-
ale, which grows in the crevices Of the
rock on the sunny slopes of this ragged
range. This beautiful animal must en-
dure great hardships to survive the win
tiers of this icy north.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-01
THIS CAT REFUSED 10 DIE.
How an Intelligent Pussy Put a stop
to n University Professors
Demonstration.

Students Of one Of the big universe
ties in this city have cat that has
utterly refused to become q martyr to
science. It's history is another instance
of the refining and elevating influence
Of science, says the Chicago Times-Her-
Md.
Prof. Blank asked J. P. Morgan, the
janitor to get cat for him, as he
wished to illustrate his lecture on Res
piration'' by experiments upon the ami
NAL. Mr.; Morgan succeeded in getting
one with the aid CT some small boys.
When his students had assembled the
professor put the cat into the glass
receiver Of the air pump and began to
pump out the air. Before the piston had
time to move more than once or twice
the cat began to feel very uncomfort-
able, aud, discovering the aperture
through which the air was escaping, put
her foot on it and thus corked the pipe
and stopped the removal of the air.
Several subsequent attempts to car
~ on the experiments were alike .inef-
fectual, for as soon as the glass cover
was put over her and she felt the re-
moval OF the mir the cat would put her
feet over the pipe and keep them
pressed there.
The students, struck by the remark
able Intelligence shown by the cat,
asked the professor to libcrate the nni-
NAL and loudly chccred her self-posses-
sion when the cat, after coolly clean
ing herself and smoothing her ruf1led
fur, jumped down and rubt,d against
the legs Of the students sitting on the
front bench. She is now permanently
annexed to the college and an object Of
interest to all visitors
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-01
permanency OF profcs.,on

Col. Bell. the United States consul at
Sydney, recently appeared as witness
in the divorce court in that city on the
point whether certain certificate
would be accepted in the American,
courts as formal proof OF marriage.
1ou are a lawyer, L think, Col. Bell"
remarked the judge. We'll. no. sir"
replied the colonel, with Mark Twain
like drawl; II was once, but have re-
formed" When the laughter had sub
sided the bench settled the matter with
the dictum: Once u lawyer, always a
lawyer" The colonel then pronounced
the certificates valid from the legal
American standpoint.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-01
CAR-RIDING MAKES HER SAD.
AZ IL because Mothers Xll-Treat
Their Small Boys by Pulling
Them About. :

u am always made sorry when ride
IN the cars, through the shopping dis
tricts particularly" says the Chicago
Chronicle Of woman, ito see the way
mothers ill-treat small boys 1t is an
ethical cruelty, but quite as disastrous
as physical i'll treatment might be, it
seems to me. l see poor little fellows
OF seven and eight, nice little men, who
would be manly If they were allowed
to be, pulled around in the cars, out Of
the cars, pushed into that seat and out
OF 1t into another as if they were SO
many little dummies.
They usually are very nearly that,
for seven or eight years of such push
iEg and pulling are enough to take
all the spirit out Of a small boy IN
less he has unusual vigor Of cha,not er.
a boy Of that age ought to be begin
ming to look out for his mother and
finding seats for her. Occasionally a
sensible mother, who treats her boy like
a human being. is to BE found, and it is
pleasure to see the two together. The
boy who Is dragged around like little
mutf during the early part Of his life
is apt to come to himself after time
If he is not entirely ruined and then
he goes to an opposite extreme, is rude
and self-asscrting while he is trying
. to establish an equilibrium, and the
mother can't imagine what the trouble
Is -
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-01
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1890.
AS TO OUR COAST DEFENSE.

The Toronto Mail does not have tire
backing Of practical experience in It's
unfavorable criticisms u!.>.l i!clc
Sans proposed expenditures for ;.n
Il ella borate and powerful system of coast
Edefenses. The Americans fondly mag
Inc that their battleships and cruisers
embody all the mclern ideas in both
construction and armament. Al san
Juan and Santiago. however, the most
formidable Of these fighting machines
made little or no impression upon an
Gent Notifications manned by smo ii
bore cannon which would scarcely harm
a battleshp at fifty PAGES.
---,T II this proves ANYTHING it shows that
would make nearly all the principal
coast cities Of the United States i'm
peryious to attacks from an enenlyaS
feet. For instance, it would not be
%diMcuM to imagine the fate OF Il WA
vessel which should attempt to pass
the thirty feet sloping cement enlbank-
ments and ten-inch disappearing guns
at Fort Monroe, and this point is not So
4 well fortified as other places on the
coast.
Battleships are necessary and impnr-
ttant. On the theory Of putting r. chief
to catch q thief" they arc Valuable and
useful in following up an advanta Re
and in making repulse 4 crushing de-
feat, but to stop terrifying important
places which furnish exceptional ad-
@yantagcs for defense would be The
height of folly. The American navy
should be strong enough To hold it's own
on the high seas against any fleet in
the world. In the meantime, cach
& strategical point on the coast should he
50 we'll fortified that not single one
< OF these warshirs will be forced to loaf
around the harbors doing police duty.
Perhaps if Boston had been property
fortified last summer it would not have
been necessary to dctach an importa n t
4 squadron to allay the midnight tra,nul-
BUSINESS OF the ancient maiden ladies or
that important seat Of learning
There were many disputed military
and naval questions which We're not
n settled by the Spanish A American war.
This one of the relative merits Of bat
tleships and stationary fortliica1ions
seems to have been answer Cd beyond ali
REASONABLE doubt.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-01

" - BOSTON neWspap Per, which has been
shriekinS over the lynching Of negro
fiecds in the South, raises the war cry
against the Yanui Indians and urges
&Mexis,o to exterminate them. Boston
I'hllanthiophy is one of the creates
articles on the market.-Atlanta Jour
nal.
This is little bit unjust Because
one editor sees such remarkable diff
Terence betWixt "tweed!edum and twee-
dledee' is no reason why the whole CITY
should be condemned. One swallow
does not make summer.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-01
In old Madrid.

correspondent in the franklin
Zcitung draws q lurid picture Of the
interesting generalization of Madrid.
The present population includes, he
says, 10000 professional beggars, the
same number Of abandoned women.
5000 thieves, and there are hundreds
of gambling houses.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-01
Charitable Peon1e.

The Spanish are among the most
charitable people on earth. Without
a poor tax Spanish communities Of 5o,-
COO sclf-supporters feed pauper popu-
lation Of 5000 or more.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-01
NEWPORT News, VA, August 8, 1890.

NEWPORT NEWS VA, August s, 1890
To Our CUSTOMERS, CLIENTS AND FELLOW CITIZENS:
st is i'll wind that blows nobody good - conse-
quenty if you want to catch the good IF this Yellow Jack
scare, set your sails for the office Of N1ULFORD 81
REY OLDS Nos 1876 and 1877 25th street, you will
catch some sSsnaps7' in realty.
Yellow Jack does not catch bargains but bargains
caught by the effects of Yellow Jack We have lots
Of the effects but of the Yellow Jack city.
We take this opportunity welcome the crowds that
returning to city and will take pleasure in giving
them the tgad hand and Of the good opportunities
graspedby their uawarranted scare and flight.
Call at once the first gets the best. This is your
opportunity. Yours to serve,
MULFORD s. REYNOLDS.
Offices Nos. 135 and l37 25th street. Newport News,
Va Both phones, No 81. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES SOLICITED.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-01

If the Nashville people elect the
Democratic candidate for mayor Of
mat ina; CITY 1t is quite obvious that lis
municipal government will have good
Head: Head. IL one may judge from the
fulseme praise bestowed upon that
gentleman.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-01
IA IInrern Cor

Central Asian railroad managers try
to meet the desires of their public. A
harem car with latticed windows has
been constructed for the emir Of Box
hara.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-01

Gloves for German Array OMccra. .
@ German army officers are ordered by
imperial decree to wear rcddish- brown
doEskin gloves during the maneuvers.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-01
The carp a wonder.

People marvel at the mechanism of
the human body, with its l92 bones and
60 arteries. But man is simple in this
respect, compared with the carp. That
remarkable fish moves no fewer than
1883 bones and muscles every time it
breathes. 1t has 1920 veins, to say
nothing OF it's 90 muscles.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-01

5sa SIR Thomas Upton succeeds in
so s1isgdi1g that trophy there will be
sporfsassisolat:on in the fact that a true
man :oS Will be the winner. For
the cup ss sspLunraven stripe to capture
freak ~ IN be an unpardonable
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-01
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Call and examine it. ]. A.. SOMN1ER-
WILLIE. Special Agent. Newport News.
Va. Washington ave-, cor. 31st street.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-01

II one may IN
apology which agsss by the elaborate
#of Thomas w. PrSsanied the iard IN
felt Quite sure thatssovel,nor Tyler e
case would require ass ss cfi If'1 n The
n justification. sss'sss; chunk Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-14

Edward Wilder and Joab Nulvane, who
are the principal stockholders in the
company.
Mr.. MaunseH explained that it would
De necessary to make a complete loop
OF the heating mains of the company
IN order to effectually reach the new
CITY building, which would take large
outlay OF money. He repeated the O1Ier
winch he made at the last council meet
ing to heat the city hall part of the
building for $500 a year, and to heat the
auditorium at a meter rate. Or, if the
auditorium would be used as many as
80 or IS times during a season, the COM
pany would make a fiat rate of IS per
day Tor heating it. There is to be 1000
feet of radiation in the city hall and
5000 feet in the auditorium.
MI Wilder was called on for his
views on the matter. He said the com
pany at present had mains extending
north to Sixth avenue on the west side
OF Kansas avenue. From there the
mains cross Kansas avenue to the alley
east of the avenue, and then extend
south to the Thacher building, or near
ly to Eighth avenue. In order to reach
the new city building it will be neces-
sary to extend the mains from the
Thacher building across Quincy street
to the southeast corner of the new
building. This, Mr. Wilder said, would
cost 81, 400. In addition to this it will be
necessary to run a main from the plant
across the avenue to the Thatcher build
ing in order to complete the loop and
furnish a satisfactory service. This, Mr..
Wilder said would cost an additional
outlay of $4,000.
We are not anxious to undertake
this additional outlay, said Mr.. Wilder.
During the past three years the Edi-
son company has spent $45, 900 in i'm
proving its service without receiving
any additional dividends, and we do not
feel like adding another Sc, 400 to it at
this time with the prospect of only a
small return. If we undertook to heat
the city building we should ask the
city to bear half the expense of extend
ing the main from the Thatcher build
ing across Quincy street, or $1,000, and
we should ask for a long time contract"
After considerable discussion the
company was asked to submit def
mite proposition for the council to con-
slider.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-14
RELIC OF THE CIVIL WAR.
Gunboat Quilt on Exhibition at Dali
las, Tex

Dallas, Tex, Nov. 14.-At the head
quarters of Camp Sterling Price, Con-
federate Veterans, was exhibited today
a interesting war relic. 1t was the
''gunboat quilt" noted in the south
during the war between the states. The
quilt was made by a Mrs. Halter, a
widow of Greensboro. Ala, whose hus-
band had been killed in the war and
who had at the time two sons fighting
in the Confederate army. Mrs. Halter
gave the quilt to be sold at auction in
every town in labama to raise a fund
with which to build a gunboat to be
named for the state.
This was done and the war vessel
procured was the noted Confederate
cruiser Alabama" sunk in the last
days of the war by the Federal war
ship, "Kearsarge," in the great sea
fight off the coast of France. AS fast
as the ''gunboat quilt was sold in one
place it was redonated by the purchaser
and resold in another place. Several
hundred thousand dollars was raised
in this way and was applied to paying
for the Alabama.
The quilt was finally given to J. J.
Hutchinson of Greensboro, Ala, to re-
cOmpense him for his services as auc-
tioneer. 1t has remained in his family
ever since. The ''gunboat quilt" was
forwarded to Mrs. Ben Melton of Dali
las, daughter of Mr.. Hutchinson, re
Gently, to be placed on exhibition at
the Texas state fair and Dallas expo
sition, but because of delays did not
reach Dallas until near the close of the
fair The relic is well preserved and
attracted much attention today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-14
STUDENT SOLDIERS.
Kansas University Honors Members
of the Twentieth.

Lawrence. Nov 14-Welcoming ex-
ercises for the members of the Twen-
tieth Kansas who were former students
of Kansas university, were held in I'm
iversity hall Monday afternoon. At the
close of the exercises three cheers were
given for General Fred Funston, who
left last night for Topeka.
The exercises We're presided over by
Dean E. Miller of the school of arts,
music was furnished by the University
band, which played "A Hot Time" as
one of the selection, and by Prof. G. B.
Penny on the pipe organ. Prof. Miller
called attention to the fact that seven
ty-five of the former students of Kan
sas university were members of the
Twentieth, the regiment which brought
back such great hOnOrS after its cam
paign in the Philippines.
Prof. F. H. Holder, of the department
of American history, made the leading
address of the afternoon on behalf of
the university in welcoming the SOL
diers back to their homes and their
alma mater
General Fred Funston was the next
speaker, and said that while the Uni
versity of Kansas was not so largely
represented in numbers in the regiment,
that the quality of the men from the
school made UP what was lacking in
numbers. He repeated former state
ments in regard to the righteousness of
the war, and the impOssibiity of the
FflipinOs being able to govern them
selves.
General Wilder S. Metcalf called at
tention to the necessity for a college
education nowadays, and said that the
army was as much better for college
bred men in it as any other profession
or occupation.
Captain Adna G. Clarke of Company
H said that while only one in thirty of
the men in the regiment We're Kansas
university men, one in three of the Off
GERS were from the university; IS per
cent of the law school men were Off
GERS, and while the men in the regi-
ment had a great deal to do with its
reputation, this was chiefly due to Fun
StOn, Metcalf and Little.
Lieutenant Guy Simpson of Company
H spoke of the influence the university
life had upon the men who went into
the Twentieth, and asserted that the
compliments paid the records of the
regiment were due largely to the fact
that they were kept by university men.
Captain Sherman A. Harvey of Com
pany B of the Twenty third Kansas
was the next speaker, and desired to be
placed on the side of welcoming the
Twentieth regiment.
J. F. Hall, lieutenant in the Twen-
tieth, confined his remarks to a critic
ism of the arms used by this country.
The program was closed with an ad-
dress by DR.. w. L. Burdick of the law
school, who declared that true patriot
ism was taught by the universities and
colleges of the country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-14

these people. There is a hospital room
in the city jail building but we have no
facilities for caring for people after
they are taken there"
Less than year ago a cOlored man
who had been run over by a, train just
above his ankles, was left at the depot
and the city jail for eight hours before
he was taken to a hospital and his feet
amputated.
Poor Commissioner Hale said: i
have no authority from the county COM
missiOners to send any one to a hos
pital and incur hospital bills There IS
a room at the poor farm where sick
and injured people are cared for by the
county. I do not believe that the com
missioners will appropriate money for
hospital expenses"
The city looks to the county to care
for these cases and the county officials
look to the city authorities. This is a
question that has been in controversy
for years. Until there is some one to
be cared for the question is not taken
up and then the unfortunate is left I'M
cared for until the wrangle is over. The
point should be settled and when an in
jured person needs treatment there
should be a place to take that person.