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The Washington times., 1894-04-01
STATISTICS OF FARMS.
Census Bureau Issues a Bulletin Showing
Their Value and Produce.

Census Bureau Issues Bulletin Showing
Their Value and Produce.
Statistics of farms, farm products, and live
stock are embraced in a bulletin on agricul-
ture in the United States given out for publi-
cation by the Census Bureau yesterday. 1t
shows an increase of almost IA per cent. in
the number of farms over the last census, n
large increase in the number of live stock. of
almost 81 per cent. in cotton production, 80
per cent. in cereal production. of over
10. 500 600 pounds in tobacco production, and
over l2S. .500. 900 pounds in rice production.
The total aumber of farms enumerated in the
census year was 1854 GIL. with total area of
623,2lS,6l9 acres. The value Of these lands, in
cluding fences and buildings, sl3.279 s52. .6i9;
OF farm implements and machinery, si9i ,2i1 .i67;
OF live stock these farms - 20S ,5.3 and of
farm products, =, ,t60 l0145i, the latter against
S2,2l2 5i0,e ,es7 for the las, census The number of
live stock is given follows
Horses, 2S9,316; mules and asses, 10 253; swine,
l5,70i; neat cattle, 6,es5, ,2aO; sheep, 4,9i0,9is
The total area devoted TO cotton production
was 20 1870 acres, and the total production in
the Fall OF 1889 and early Winter of lSS9-90 was
1.i12.5l1 bales of ~ pounds net, amounting to
1854 3S1,s pounds. There were ,6gS acres
devoted TO fax cultivation. with total produc-
tion in 1889 of 10 40 bushels of fiaxseed and
2Il .3S9 pounds Of fiber.
The area devoted 10 hemp production was
250i acres with total production of II ,5ll tons
in 1889. To cereal production li0, ,5I5 acres
were devoted, with total production of 3,5ls.-
s16,9Oi bushels This acreage and production
distributed among different cereals as fol-
lows:
Corn, 12,0S1,.52 acres, 2,l22. .327 ST. bushels;
wheat, 50 ,595li acres, 46s ,96S bushels; oats
2S BOOST acres, s09.250,666 bushels: barley.
1920 s34 acres, Is, 1892 $40 bushels: rye, 2I7 604
acres, q, ,42l 1893 bushels, and buckwheat, S37,16i
acres, 12, 2,ll0,3i9 bushels
There were 5,a09, ,i2o $50 gallons OF milk, 1024,-
s23, ,i6s pounds of butter and 49, 7a6sIs pounds Of
cheese produced in 1889.
The land devoted TO tobacco cultivation in
1889 aggregated 695 30 acres yielding product of
ass 26 GIG pounds and 10 rice cultivation. 16l 312
acres. with a total production of 1:S $50, ,93i
pounds
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How the French Make a Living.

ltrom the London Pau Mall Gazette.
According to recent statistics, about half
sthe population of France lives by agricul-
ture; tenth by trade; a twenty-fifth by the
liberal professions, and three-fftieths on pri-
vate incomes. Ofthe agriculturists 9.17e. 900
are owners who farm their own land. The
Others are tenant farmers, grazers. laborers,
or small proprietors. who in their spare time
work for others. The mines, quarries. and
manufactures employ 5000 persons. while
6,0s3,O00 are engaged in various petty indus
tries. Among traders there are zoe. 900 bank
ers, commission agents, and wholesale mer-
chants. 1885. 900 shopkeepers. and l,164. 600
keepers of hotels. cafes and public houses.
Railways and the other transport agencies
by sea or land employ 800, 900 persons. There
are sos, 900 state servants in the various de-
partments and parishes of France. With
regard to the professions there are 112 600
preachers of various denominations, and
lis, 900 members of different religious orders;
900 members of the legal profession,
100000 medical men, 10000 teachers in
schools other than those of the state. 121 900
artists and artistes Of every description, while
$4,000 are recognized as savants, men Of let
ter, journalists, etc. The number Of persons
living entirely on income derived from land
or other investments reaches ], $40 900, while
there are 272,00O pensioners, public and
private
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Old Partners Meet.

From the Chicago Daily Inter-oceanl
SALT LAKE CITY, March 1s.-Patrick Nc
Namara, a wealthy pioneer ranchman Of Gen.
tile Valley, and George Etaugh, mining
man Of Stockton, Utah, met at hospital
here yesterday and renewed an acquaintance
begun twenty-seven years ago in the gold
fields of South America. Both were pros
pectors, and warm friendship sprang up
between them. Finally they decided to re-
turn to the United States and set sail for San
Francisco. En- route Mcnamara was taken
very sick and would have probably died had
it not been for the ministrations of Etaugh.
Upon arriving at SanFrancisco they separated
and neither knew Of the others whereabouts
until week ago. Mcnamara, who was re-
Gently thrown from q horse and seriously in
jured, learned through a miner who occupied
an adjoining cot that Etaugh lived at Stock
ton. He sent for him, and, upon learning
that he was poor, gave him well-stocked
ranch in Idaho, and assured him that il he
wanted anything else all he had to do was to
ask for it. Mcnamara is an old bachelor,
while Etaugh has large family.
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which he grasped the hilt OF his sword did
honor to his Interpretation Of the part. We mo-
ticed, however, as the noise of the approach
of the irate father and his followers was
heard. our college Cassie became nervous,
and when the two parties of angry men met
he was completely held by that form Of tenn
porary alteration Of the intellect known as
stage fright.
1.-THE momentous instant arrived when
blood would be shed unless he intervened.
Booth glanced at him impatiently. He
stepped forward, waved his arms, and at
tempted to utter the words Of mediation 30
necessary to preserve the public peace, but to
the now quiet house no sound was audible.
Othello glared a. him; Iago scowled. Again
he waved his arm, again moved his
lips, but no words came. This
pantomime was repeated several times,
and the painful silence had become almost
uncomfortable when, with a supreme effort,
Cassie found his tongue. Again stepping
forward and looking desperately at Booth he
shouted, Cheese it,
''At this unexpected and far-from-classic
sally Booth and the other actors lost their
self-control and the remainder OF the scene
lacked much Of its accustomed dignity.
From the Editors Drawer in Harpers.
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Notes from Over the Sea

Paris is to have an International exhibition
of book and paper industries next July.
They are working hard against the docking
of horses tails in London, and are finding Of
tenders right and left
The periodic struggle for the Sunday OPEN
ing of picture galleries has been renewed In
London, and this time it bids fair to meet
with success.
One ship recently in from Australia brought
$4,000 tubs of butter to London-nearly 500
tons-the largest shipment ever made. Aus
tralian dairies are lowering American sales Of
butter abroad.
Agriculture IN England is at its lowest ebb,
Every year sees more and more land going
out of cultivation. Last year the decrease
was 176, 900 acres, and since 1873 nearly 2. .OOO.-
600 acres have been abandoned
A French press eutting agency has tabulated
the most frequently mentioned names in Eu-
ropean newspapers. Napoleon, it appears
stands first, although this is probably in con-
sequence Of the passing fashion for things
Napoleonic that set in some time ago. After
the Corsican comes the present Emperor Of
Germany, then Prince Bismarck, and in the
fourth place Mr.. Gladstone. Immediately
after Mr.. Gladstone comes NJ. Carnot.
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keep that kind Of paper on good terms with
all its owners. II all the time there could be
q unity Of sentiments and purposes among
these stock owners the problem would not be
30 large. It is impossible that every one Of
1000 men having money interest as well as
general interest in paper shall be able all
the time to indorse all that TIE TMEs may
print. For time they will overlook these
differences, for enthusiasm blinds men to
minor differences, but while We hope that
they will always be able to overlook these
differences it is q serious problem whether or
not they will do SO. The TIMES occupies
unique position in journalism from its very
inception and will be watched, for the expert
ment is one OF far-reaching meaning.
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Has a Far.Reaching Meaning.


Washington, D. G., has new paper, The
TIMES, morning daily, four pages week
days and eight pages Sundays. The editor
in-cbief Is Marshall Cushing. This mention
might suffice, would suffice, If there was not
a principle involved in this new paper. It is
a new experiment. 1t is cooperative con-
cern. 1t has more tnan 1000 stock owners,
laboring men who have invested few dollars
of their savings in this enterprise for the sake
Of establishing what they hope will be an un-
trammeled organ. The paper takes its posi-
tion for all the popular reforms of the day, in
Guiding something that looks very much like
the single tax which Mr.. Henry George has
advocated. tits agreat beginningto to have 600
active solicitors for the paper, but in the null
titude Of stock owners may also be multi
tude of trouble in the near future. It is go
ing to take monumental tact and genius to
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TRAGEDY UPON TRAGEDY.
Goodman Attempts to Take His Life Out o
the Laws Hands.

Goodman Attempts to Take His Life Out of
the Laws Hands.
Yesterday morning about o'clock terri
bic cutting affray took place in the High
View hotel, at the Virginia end of the chain
bridge.
Thomas A. Goodman, one of the proprietors
of the hotel. who has been drinking e1ces-
sively for the past few days, attacked his
partner, George F. Lawrence, who was In
bed, and slashed him fearfuliy with a kitchen
knife. iHe then Erushed from the hotel,
made his way to the Seventh Precinct sta
ton in Georgetown, and gave himself up to
the authorities.
When he arrived at the station he appeared
to be violently insane, and he was given some
soothing lotion, which quieted his nerves for
time. In the middle of the afternoon he
asked for drink Of water, which was given
him in a tin cup.
About o'clock the officers were attracted
by noise which came from Goodman's cell.
The prisoner had hung the blanket from his
cot on the inside of the door, so that his
actions could not be seen from the outside.
1t was found that Goodman had taken the
handle from the tin cup and had slashed him
self across the throat with this improvised
weapon.
The prisoner had also bruised his head by
butting it against the cell door. This was the
noise whicn had attracted the officers. The
patrol wagon took him at once to the Emer-
gency hospital, where he now lies in deliri-
GUS condition.
There were eight cuts in his head. besides
the one in his throat, which is the most
dangerous, and is likely to prove fatal.
Lawrence is at his room in the High View
hotel under the care OF DR.. Richie. of George
town, and it is thought that he will recover,
although he received some very deep wounds
and has lost considerable blood.
At the time Goodman gave himself up he
claimed that Lawrence had assaulted him
first. and that he had done the cutting in
self-defense.
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Bright, Crisp, and Forcihle,

tFrom the Philadelphia Telegraph
THE WASHINGTON TIMES, which is the latest
journalistic venture at the Capital. gives
promise in its first number of being just what
it processes to be-"a peoples paper" Its
editorial page bears the weil-known name of
Marshall Cushing as editor and that of H. ].
Browne as general manager, and these names
are surety of the worth of the journal whose
destinies those gentleman will control. THE
TIMES is bright, crisp, and forcible in its
editorial comment. and its whole makeup
reflects the aim of its management, which is
to make it paper for general reading. one
which will have all the news, and yet give
that news in compact shape. Not the least of
its advantages is the service Of the Associated
Press
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All Human Interests Arc Identical.

A new morning daily, THE TIMES, in Wash
ington, D. c., has been undertaken on the
plan suggested by Stead, of London. There
are 1000 stockholders, and presumably every
one of them is subscriber and worker in
its behalf. A curiosity exists as to how this
plan will work. and the career of THE WASH
est the newspaper world. Washington is an
appropriate place in which to make the ex-
pertinent. The editor is Marshall Cushing,
who is q newspaper man to the marrow. He
is also editor of the Capitalize gloved Town
Topics of Washington. suggest that it re-
quires an extraordinary man to edit two
papers. The new TINES is the journal of the
Washington working world.
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OfhciIO Revised

During my senior year at Brown, writes
aDrawer reader, "Bootb and Barrett played a
weeks engagement in Providence. and secured
among our students such amateur aid as they
needed. Among these amateur supernumera-
ries was one Attleboro, who was given the part
OF othello's lieutenant, Cassie. He prac-
tieed constantly the scene where he was
to interpose between Brabantio and the Moor
He had but three words to say, but it was as
tonishing what varieties of infections. ges-
lures. and expressions so short speech ad-
mitted. Our hall constantly rcsounded as he
heavily paced his room. and frowning angrily
at a lamp or picture. swept his arm toward
these unoffending objects, shouting, Hold
your handsn
ION the evening OF the performance the
military strides with which he entered the
scene and the naughty and martial air with
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Compliments Calculated TO OverwheIm.
Wilson Vance in New York Commercial Adver-
tiser.l
A new newspaper has been launched upon
the public in Washington. 1t is called THE
WASHINGTON TIMES and belongs to a number
Of compositors who. having lost their employ
ment in favor of the typesetting machines.
have pooled their assets and gone into busi-
ness for themselves. Marshall Cushing is the
editor, and he two numbers issued have
made most favorable impression. They
were newsy and particularly bright on the
editorial page.
There is room for second morning news
paper in Washington. 1t is fact. although
the reverse is the common belief. that where
ever there is a demand for one paper there is
room for two. This is not to say. by any
manner Of means, that where there is room
for two there is therefore room for four.
And the owners OF the new venture (of
whom he was doubtless one) were fortunate
in getting Mr.. Cushing to manage the editor
ial part Of the paper. He will do all that any
man could do to make it success. Mr.. Cush-
ing is fair sample Of the enterprising young
Americans Of the day. A few years ago he
was hustling for the Press in New York. He
did the hotels, that political-personal kind Of
work, which he and Fred Crawford and
Homer Fort have developed into an art.
. .. He will succeed. He has the build
and air of the kind OF men who are con-
structed to win. Cushing is self-made man,
and has right to be proud of his record. He
cannot be much over % years old. Keep your
eye on him. He will be heard from frequently
and favorably, or I'm no prophet.
Cushing is roly-poly, blonde little fellow,
handsome and cultured. He has the square
head which is always round-shaped like that
of Wanamaker, Elkins (stephen B. Joe Nc
Cannon, Bob Ingersoll, Senator Wolcott,
Murat Halstead, and Tom Reed. It is very
good kind of head to have.
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The Enemy OF Corruption.

II H''III 'I11 It u Fc71I1 SuP10'1IJ
A unique daily newspaper is The WASH
INGroS TIMES, the first issue of which has
just been received by the Capital. 1t is
owned and published by company of 1000
laboring men in the National Capital in the
interest of labor and as an enemy of lobbies,
deals, corporation villainy. and unjust taxa
ton. 1t is a handsome, newsy, and we'll
edited paper, and if its managers maintain
the standard of the first issue it will be true
and powerful friend of the people. Marshall
Cushing is editor and H. ]. Browne general
manager.
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The Brcczicst and Brightest.
rE..a-.a tl.o Lrc.a.sl.

Washington. d. c.. has new four-page
one-cent paper. The TIMES. 1t is primarily a
cooperative enterprise, having been con-
ceived in order to give employment to some
of the printers from time to time thrown out
of work by the introduction of type-setting
machines. II will be issued from the old
Post building. and will be devoted editorially
to advanced thinking in politics and society
and the real publication of the news of Con-
gress and OF the District. and, according to
the claims that are made for it, to the breezi-
est and brightest presentation of all the news
of the day.
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1, Is the Peoples Paper.

trioii 'ne nAVuc ASiiio ohioiLI
THE WASHINGTON TIMES, new morning
daily, has appeared and made a favorable
impression. Marshall Gushing is editor-in-
chief and H. J. Browne is general manager.
The paper is strongly backed by the labor Or
ganization, and is unique in the fact that
fully 1000 persons are interested as stock
holders in its success. The TIMES has the
Associated Press news service. In its lead
ing editorial it explains that the agitation for
the new paper started largely with printers,
and that it is for this and many reasons the
peoples paper.
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Going Far for a Precedent.

tFrom the St Louis Globe-Democratl
1t is about fifteen years since the District of
Columbia courts ceased to consider Good
Friday non-judicial day. In Chief Justice
Carriers court at that time the old custom
was first changed. Said the late Hon. Richard
I. Merrick to the late Chief Justice Cartier:
'.You will not hold court Tomorrow
"Why not?' said the chief justice.
at will be Good Friday" answered Mr..
Merrick. "Court has never heen held on that
day
''This court will be held,' declared the
chief justice.
Then" said Mr.. Merrick. ''your honor
will be the first Judge who has held court on
that day since Pontius Plate
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Has Fresh and Sparkling Attractions.

1t has always been my opinion that good,
spicy, newsv, penny daily would fill a long
felt want in Washington. Such paper has
at last been started. 1t is called The WASH
ISGToN TIMES. Its first issue, on March 1s.
was surprisingly bright paper; in fact, the
best ''launch'' 1 have ever seen. And it is
daily adding to its fresh and sparkling at
fractions. The TIMES is a complete con-
densed record of the days news, local and
foreign. Its city department is especially
full and complete. Its editorials are breezy
and spicy-iu;t and attractive comment upon
all public questions of Importance.
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1t is Edging Up to Them Already.

The WASHINGTON TIMES made its first ap-
pearance on Sunday. Marshall Cushing, an
enterprislng young man. who has edited the
Capital, is its editor. The TIMES Company
has 1000 stockholders. Washington is get
ting to be newspaper city. Before the pres
ent management took hold Of the Post Wash
ington had no newspaper worth mentioning.
To day the Post and the Star are among the
most readable papers in the country. We
hope THE TIMES will prove its right to place
by their side.
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The Murphys in the Majority.


A special parliamentary report on .'sur-
names in Ireland has been issued with notes
as to numerical strength derivation ethnology.
and distribution. The volume is full of Gu
rious information, gathered together evidently
at very considerable pains. 1t shows, among
other things. that Murphy is the commonest
surname in Ireland. there being no fewer than
62.6O0 persons Cor 1873 per 1000 of the popu-
lation) SO called. and the next in order of
numerical strength are 'Kellyv (55, 5000,
sullivan (43.6O0). ''Walsh'' 41,7OO),
''Smith'' (S3,7O0D, "O'Brien" (33 400, and
.Byrne" (33, 5000.
The Washington times., 1894-04-01
Thinks The Times Has Come to Stay.

From the Market News.
THE WASHINGTON TIMES made its debut
last Sunday. The publishers OF THE TIMES
deserve much credit for their successful ef-
forts In presenting to the public such a clean.
newsy paper on its first issue. II one may
judge by appearances, it is both safe and
proper to say that THE TINES has come to
stay. 1t has our heartiest and sincere wishes,
nevertheless. for a long life of happiness and
prosperity
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Compliments and Bushes.

GFrom the Springfield Mass Union.l
Marshall Cushing, editor of Washington s
new daily, THE TINES, is a native of Hing
ham, and graduate of Harvard. He has
had long years of experience as a newspaper
editor in Boston, New York, and Washing
ton, and is editor and proprietor of a wonder
full weekly paper published in Washington,
entitled The Capital. Cushing never fails in
anything and deserves every success be has
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Bright and Readable.

THE WASHINGTON TINES is the title Of q
newspaper which made its first appearance in
the Capital city last Sunday morning. Like
The Star, it is a cooperative paper, owned
principally by printers who have been thrown
out of employment, and is supported by
thousands of people who believe in co-opera-
ton. The TIMES is bright readable news
paper, and, We are glad to see, has fair
show of advertising patronage. It has The
Stars earnest wish for success.
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Corcoran cadet CORPS, HOP.

The Corcoran Cadets are the ladies' pets.
Hence it is safe to predict that the twenty
fifth complimentary hop of the corps at
National Rifles armory, Tuesday evening,
will be one of the swell affairs of the season
and respondent in point Of social elegance.
All the entertainments given by this organi-
zation have been eminently successful, and
there is every reason for believing that this
one will be fully up to the standard of its
predecessors.
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Those Western Romances.
From the Chicago Record.

Jimson (who has read Bret Harte and isnow
registering for the first time at far Western
hotel Say, stranger, If you hev corner
where I can bunk fur the night, which the
same I'm meanin' to do, fix her up while !
take q swig Of tanglefoot.
Clerk of the Far Western HOTEL beg your
pardon, my dear sir, but do not quite COM
prehend your meaning. Just wait till I ring
for our interpreter.
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Refers to the Gcntlemanly Editor.
from tho Fargo Enrum

THE WASHINGTON TIMES Is new daily pa
per at the Capital, edited by Marshall Cush-
ing, very much Of gentleman, for whom We
have a very strong liking. It is said The
TIMES has 1000 stockholders and effects
labor organization interests.
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1t VIII Be a Success.

From the Dcnnson, Tex, Herald.l
THE WASHINGTON TIMES, a one cent morn
ing paper, has made its bow at the Capital.
1t has as stockholders 1000 laboring men and
women. The movement was started by the
hundreds Of printers thrown out of employ
ment by the Introduction of machines. The
movement was enthusiastically received and
a company formed and the scope extended to
other cities. 1t is to be a four page paper,
and If the first number is sample of future
numbers, 1t will be a success.
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The Ncatest They Have Seen.

IFf0m the New Haveh Uni0n Ffihtef.I
The WASHINGTON TIMES is the name Of q
large eight-page, seven-column paper,
which made its first appearance last Sunday.
It is also to be published daily with four
pages. geographically it is the neatest
paper we have seen for some time. 1t is
owned, issued, and controlled exclusively by
the printers of Washington, D. G. 1t is as
serted that there are no less than eight daily
papers, in as many cities, to be started very
shortly. What are the printers Of New Haven
doing?
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Brightness and snap Enough.i

| ltroIn the wilmington, N T., STAR
THE TIMES is a new daily paper just started
in Washington, D. c., and judging from the
initial numbers there is brightness and snap
| enough in it to make it go.