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Plaid and or
Changeable xTss
Taffeta Silks 0SVyC

The many uses that these pop
Ular silks are to be put to this
season necessarily will create a
great demand for them. We're
prepared to meet any and all
requirements-al1 the new plain
oolOrs and all the changeablc
combinations are here. For
full suit, a waist, separate
skirts, understands, trimmings,
Innings and ruffies, you can buy
the best grades at S5c yard.
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$3.50
to
$500
Children's
Winter
Jackets

Children's jackets for this
season are nobby and stylish
garments in great variety OF
colors, all contrasted with plain
color cloth or braid trimmings;
they are a new cut with large
pointed or slashed sailor col
lars, are of plain, smooth or
mixed fancy weaves, some bou-
cles, in co1crs Of red, blues,
greens, browns, etc.; ages 6 to
IL years.
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Try McMorry's Blend Coffee, 35c.
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Furs find greater favor each
season and accordingly more
styles and kinds are produced
to meet fashions demand. Fur
co1larettes take the lead, some
the regular style, some with
tabs and tails. There are chin
chi1la, Baltic seal, stone mar
ten, astrachan seal and various
others, lined with fancy silks
and priced according to quail
ity.
The record-union., 1898-09-21

These new waists for Fall,
which must soon supplant the
summer shirt waist, are made
from wool tricot, in brown,
green, navy and black, are the
latest cut, with yoke back,
which insures a fit, and blouse
front, braided across with
black soutache braid; very neat;
sizes 80 to Al.
PRICE, $1.25 EACH,
The times., 1898-08-01

ing in alleys and courts, where fan,iIies
or more than a dozen often occupy very
narrow quarters The sanitary sllrround-
inSs of these houses are frishtful. Can
We wonder that death claims uanv-vyhs,
are so situated? Crowded ~rooms are
conducive TO lax moral laws Why do
they remain in such localities? Simply
because like attracts like
Strange as IL may appear, the negro
is not susceptible TO contagious diseases,
like scarlet fever and diDhtheria. In the
alleys of our large cities. This is a hope
ful sign for race progress. showing that
environment does not cause our large
mortality. but that other conditions and
causes, possibly those that We ourselves
can control. are the most fruitful sources
OF the alarming death rate Hence we
ourselves must be the architects of our
own physical advancement No one at
thls time denies the importance of he
eracy.
since the war the mortality of the
whites decreased 13i per loo. 600 while
that OF me coiored has increased over
@Sf per loO.OW from tuberculosis As to
tne cause Is IL environment or differ
SIee IN social conditions? What part
drama?
The science of medicine has MANY
achievements TO be gained in the fu.ure
oy the investigation as to the causes and
prevention of many diseased conditions.
To the negro the checking and prevent
ing the growth of tubercular and other
hereditary tendencies is a field ripe for
sclentlnc research. The two principal
causes are predisp0sing and exciting.
Heredtty must be considered in every
equation in solving the negro mortality
problem Like begets like. Tuhsrcular
pareHcs beget tubercuIar children. and
yet the children of such parents often
live for years. and never show any signs
or such taint until some imprudence
causes the germ To sDrout and soon the
injection spreads from tissue 10 tissue.
un-fl 1t Is beyond the control of remedial
agents The old physician who replied
that ne should have been called 10 treat
the patients father or grandfather
diagnosed his case"
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Meaning of the Word Suaip

Secretiveness seems to be particular
Inheritance of the Spanish nation. 1t Is
said that the very name of Spain means
hidden" and that it comes from the Pu-
mic word span" having that meaning
In the old histories of the Middle Ages
it was written that the first to set foot
in Spain was Tubal. fifth son of Japhet
Other historians said that the original
discoverers of the country were the Argo-
nauts, who called it Boetica The land
was so enchanting to these early adven-
turers that Strabo even placed there the
Elysian fields. But the real history of
the country begins with the Phoenicians.
those adventurous sailors of ancient
times who discovered the blooming land
to the north of them, and said nothing TO
the Romans on the subject, for fear 1t
might lead to controversy. This was an
instance of what the Romans would un-
doubtedly have called "Punic faith" but
which the Carthaginians themselves con-
sidered strategy. From this secrecy the
land came to be named Spain. that is,
hidden, and many things have been hid
den in Spain from that time on. 1t was
said by an old English author that you
might suspect that the Spaniards did but
live together for fear of wolves. The
Spaniard has little capacity for trusting
his fellow-man, and il seems to be the in
variable experience of other nations in
dealing with Spain that whatever she
might have been expected to do. and
promised to do, she was quite as likely to
do something else.
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THE RUSSIAN BEET CROP
Extracts From Report by Consul
General HOLLOWAY

The following extracts are from the re-
port Of Consul General Holloway, Of St.
Petersburg, dated May q. 1895: i.
according TO Information furnished by
the collectors of excise duties. the total
harvest of beets In European Russia in
1897 amounted TO 6,,55s. 727 tons. as against
6.S76.lSo tons in, 1896, an increase of 20
per cent rrr
The harvest increased in the south
western region by 1861 .2s7 tons. or 1o.4 per
cent in the Xistula region by IS, 432 tons,
or 81 per cent; in the central region the
harvest decreased, as compared with 1895,
by 226. 14s tons. or 1913 per cent
The average crop per dessiatine (27
acres decreased in European Russia 9
per cent, especially in the central and
southwesternnr regions; in the Vistula re-
gion the average crop per dessiatine in
crease 03 per- cent In the southwestern
region the harvest, increased only because
of the increase of the area under cultiva
ton. In the central region the crop was
smaller than last year, Notwithstanding
the increase In area
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A Lost Democratic Opening,

Mr.. Mckinley is heartily to be con-
graduated upon the faulty of a gre at
many Democratic public men, in con-
nectton with his practical surrender of
the Philippines TO Spain.
If. instead of trying to commit the
national Democracy to a policy of Chi
nese proyincialism, they had used the
same amount of effort to secure its
unanimous declaration in favor of
American expansion, in accordance
with the faith of the fathers. what a
cavity they would have had the Admin
istratiou in now!
What a glorious campaign they could
have inaugurated against a regime
timid or corrupt enough to sur
render all that the heroism of Admiral
Dewey won for the nation in Manila
Bay
If there had been the possibility Of
such an issue in prospect, we doubt if
the Spanish commission turpitude
would have been risked. AS usual the
mossback Democrats have been nobly
efficient in placing the Administration
in position to do what il pleases, no
matter how Objectionable. without the
least concern about what they may
have to say. The one thing they are
useful for is to throw away the most
manifest chances. and generally to
commit blunders which do not seem to
grow less idiotic as the years roll on.
Until now we have never believed
that Sampson was good for anything
under the sun. AIT last we can see how
he might make himself credit TO
either sex and the idol of the nation.
If he would devote himself to select
list of Philistine Democrats which we
could furnish, all might be forgiven.
Sampson. with the jawbone of that Ma
tanzas mule, might be very effective.
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ing and sugar interest announces, ap-
parently by inspiration. that the Phil
ippine commissioners on the part of the
Administration are likely to be the
Hon. George F. Edmunds and the Hon
Stewart L. Wocdfcrd. Not Madrid. Wen
ma, the Vatican, the Rothschilds, nor tie
Havemeyers, could find the slightest
objection to these prime selections.
Their appointment might seem queer,
and cause diplomatic Europe to smile
sardonically, and it might also rob the
mixed" But if they have been singled
out for the honor. with a single view
to harmony and unanimity of conclu-
sions, those purposes could net be bet
ter subserved. We are sure that if Mr.
Mckinley had asked Senior Sagasta
who he would like TO have, in order to
make certain that the old order of
things might not be disturbed in the
Philippines, he would have replied:
1Ibe me my TWO DeSt ante-Dellum
peace-mongering friends. whose Client
ele as attorneys has been always with
usi"
There is lingering chance that Carl
ism or some other Spanish foolishness
may intervene to defeat the Philippine
surrender plot, and save the American
people from anger and modification
over the wholly unnecessary and dis
loyal REIMBURSEMENT of our rights, and
the chief fruits of our victory over
Spain, in the Far East Otherwise,
there is little hope that the deal can be
stopped, unless possibly in the Senate
next Winter and that is the weakest
kind of peg upon which to hang the
hat of expectation.
1t may as well be understood, how
ever, that the scheme will not be con-
summated without subjecting its back
ers, promoters. and beneficiaries to
some extremely close and vigorous crit
icism
The times., 1898-08-01
Cuban Fire Flies

The bellies of the island often bedeek them
selves with frefes. in lieu of costler but paler
jewel lights. writes Edward Page CASTOR, describ-
ing the sights to be seen ''Up and Down
Cuban Street." in the August Woman's Home
Companion. These insects nearly four times
as large as are the lightning bugs in the
United States and emit beautiful glow from
their breasts and underwings. the young women
dearly love to imprison them in the gauzy folds
of their sirmmerland costumes and enmesh them
in their hair in mock coronets. Sometimes
senorita will wear a brilliant FREELY or two
imprisoned in tiny cage of gold or silver wire
hanging as a bangle to her bracelet 1t is an
astonishing sight to light-bedecked South
ern beauty shimmering in the soft light if
clad in thousand gems but having other
adornment than this economical of firelies.
The poor use them in more practical way for
lighting their houses by putting them under
wire screens or in bottles. and they prove quite
successful in this office of utility. At time
the laws OF Spain forbade the poor of Cuba
using any other means for housekeeping than
irefies, and the practice is still a common one
long after this strange law has been abolished.
The times., 1898-08-01
Democracy and Expansion.

The few Democrats in Vermont who
| are more in evidence at conventions
| than elections, do not represent the
| Democracy of the United States as far
! as heard from. In Its stupid outcry
| against imperialism the recent YER
mont State convention was probably
| less concerned about the fancied evils
of an. intelligent policy of expansion.
which this country could not avoid
| without suicide, than about finding
| some ground of opposition to the Re-
\ publicans. The Democrat of the Green
Mountain State has grown UP in the
belief that the other party can never b.
right, and therefore it is duty to be
| against whatever it advocates. Fortu-
| nately for the future chances of life
| for the Democratic party, this is not
! the opinion of all others who call them
selves Democrats. If it were, the end
| of that historic national organization
would be near indeed.
When the Democrats of Illinois met
in convention a few weeks ago, before
the successes of our arms in Cuba,
they were bubbling over with war en-
thusiasm. If they had deliberated on
the best course TO pursue as a party
they could not have reached a WISER
conclusion than to contest the claim of
the Republican party that it was the
source of the splendid and triumphant
struggle for the rescue Of the oppressed
from the cruel heel of the Spaniard.
Their patriotism, however, was net the
result of calculation. They had, with
other Democrats, urged action against
Spain long before Republican con-
gressional majority could be induced
to favor it, and while Republican
President still patrolled the gulf with
his warships to catch and imprison
the Cubans and Americans who dared
to carry arms to the soldiers Of the rev.
olution in the field. They were ardent
supporters of the proposition to annex
Hawaii, for they found in the best ira
ditions of their party not only a war
rant but mandate for extending the
interests and carrying the flag of this
nation to any territory whose owner
ship seemed essential to the achieve
ment of our highest destiny They
could see no reason why the Democratic
party should abandon the best part Of
its record and advocate all that is mar
rowing. simply because the Republ can
party has come around to the Demo-
cratic idea.
Democratic voices in the South are not
less clear than that of Illinois in speak
ing for expansion, which means life
and growth as against decay More
than one or two of the leading journals
of the party in that section have echoed
the sentiments of the attorney general
Of Texas, Mr.. Crane, who appeals to
his fellow Democrats not to oppose any
thing for the mere sake of opposition,
and not TO surrender to the Republicans
the credit that belongs to Democrats
as well. Dispose of the question of
territorial expansion he suggests, ION
Is merits" He repeats what the rec
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ords abundantly establish, that the
Democratic party has always besn DIS
tinctly the. advocate of expansion.
Had ii not been for that party he
maintains, 1.-The nation would now be
fifta-rate power" In spite of the
narrowness of many Of the Texas DEM
ocrats it is promised that the State
convention viii challenge the claim of
the Republicans to all the glory of this
war and all the honor of holding the
nation to the responsibilities which the
issue Of the war imposes on it. If the
Democratic party can find no other
reason for life than opposition TO ti.at
which must place the United States in
the relative position among nations
which it should hold. then it has no
right to life. There is increasing reason
to hope larger patriotism and common
sense will save the party from the YER
mont idea
The times., 1898-08-01
at Cannot BE Possible ,,

IF rom the New 1Ofk Iffbuhe-
Shall we hand these people over to be punished
for crime which we invited them to commit
1t cannot be possible. There are serious prob
lens connected with the disposition of the isl
ands, and whether ought to annex them and
Just what We ought TO do with them ques
tions net to be answered without careful con
sideration. But whatever the Government, with
all the facts before it. may think best to do GER
tany it can never be thought OF possibility
that should ship our troops and sail away
from Manila with squadron, saying to the
Spaniards, You have given us what want
Do as suits you with our assistants. Hang them
shoot them, as you please. They seven
thousand miles from any interest of ours II they
not to pull away the chair that supported them,
the more fools they" Such a desertion would
be infamy which plea of selfinterest or con
servatism CT policy of isolation could eXcuse.
The times., 1898-08-01
As TIue as GosneI

From the New York Commercial Advertiser.)
That dreaded oracle in British politics. the
"English naval expert appears today in the
nounce upon the Nicaragua Canal Sir George
halls with approval cur acquisition OF Hawaii
and Porto Rico, and says that it is for the best
interests Of the world by which understand the
Angio-Saxon ract-that the interoceanic canal
should be controlled by the United States II
this view shall obtain with the British gov
ernment. as no doubt it will, it will be easy to
ton-Bulwer treaty. Fraternizing with England
can have no better use than an understanding
about the canal. Now it is evident that England
would benefit more hy recognizing the canal as
American military trench tnan by any other
disposition OF it, and there need be foolish
talk OF neutralizing il. The United States will
dig and own the canal and fortify each end of il,
and the only power that could dispute it will be
glad of it.
The times., 1898-08-01

Are the Spanish bondholders satisfied
with the Philippine deal, or will they. a
little later on, demand the assumption OF
a large part of Spain's debt by Cuba, as
a condition precedent to ultimate inde-
pendence? OF course. it is said that Spain
having committed ourselves to a commits
sion to settle one question at issue. we
have laid ourselves open to demand
from Europe that another or all shall be
similarly treated. However, there Is rea-
son to believe that Administration diplo-
macy will be able to stave that off until
after the November elections.
The times., 1898-08-01
APractical Meat Man.
From the National provisioner.

To secure the best results in feeding cur SOL
dier; in the field, the regular army .onnis-
sary department is in need of special, trained
meat inspectors. Our Government needs prac-
teal meat man. The question of whether meat
contains too much fat as maggot breeder in
a hot climate like Florido Cuba, whether
it is sufficiently covered as a security against
flies and such enemies, is more puzzling to a
brilliant officer than is the problem of taking a
citadel The army needs soldiers for fighting
and a practical, trained meat inspector in the
commissary department Such Will give
valuable and needed technical assistance to these
conscientious hard-worked officers VINO are pa
tiently doing their duty. Contractors simply
figure and supply according to specifications
The times., 1898-08-01
Shaving without Seeing.

(From the New Orleans Times Democrat)
That man become accustomed to pretty
much anything is proved by the officers in the
army, who, when camped out or placed in 4
position where they do not have the accessories
of the toilet, soon learn to do without articles
generally thought to be indispensable.
In conversation an army officer said the other
day: ''Why, | never think of using a mirror
when | shave; l do not stand up to do it, either
but sit down on camp stool or on the side of
a cot, and whack away at my face. 1t is more
comfortable to be seated, and then | do not
have to my neck to see the place am
shaving and thereby expose myself to cash
from the razor. / never cut myself; in fact,
will be willing TO wager that shave in my
tent without n mirror easily or with more
ease than many who have every convenience OF
the tonsorial table, and often leave marks OF
their awkwardness their faces 1t is all due
to habit formed by necessity
The times., 1898-08-01
Distant stars.


From measurements of the mean paraliaxes OF
the stars Beta. Gamma, Epsilon and Zera- IN
the Great Bear-dve OF the seven stars which fO-m
the Great Dipper-astrsnOmers now 05sain yalu's
so small as TO Indicate that the system formed BY
these stars is separated from the earth BY such
a distance that il is random assertion 70 say
that 200 years must be required for the light to
reach US. The distance OF Beta and Zeta Is tound
to be at least four million timcs greater than
that which separates the earth from the sun, ard
from calculations made by NJ Hotter the star EP-
sIon OF this group is calculated 70 be forty times
brighter than Sirius. few years ago Prot PICK
ering of the Harvard CoIege observatory. de
duced from speetrcScopic observations OF the star
Eta Ursae Majoris-Mizar. tie middle star in the
handle of the Dipper-that its distance IS ahont
$50 light years, an estimate with which these
later determinations OF the distances OF the other
Dipper stars accord fairly we'll
The times., 1898-08-01

Without presuming to expect that the
fact will make any difference because
the deal was closed on Thursday night,
we call the Presidents attention to the
utterances of many senators and men,
bers of Congress favorable to American
sovereignty in the Philippines. There
will be a lot of ugly west pocket votes
to count with next Autumn when the
American people come 10 realize what
they have been done out of
The times., 1898-08-01
As the Maria Teresa is about to

As the Maria Teresa IS about to be
saved, 1t is perhaps proper to suggest a
mixed commission to see whether or not
the valuable vessel should be returned 10
Spain. We might retain coaling station
in the hold and commercial privileges in
the stewards pantry, but to keep the
whole thing might look like Yankee
greed. Therefore let there be a commits
sion and let Dupuy de Hale, Jonathan
Love and Jessie }Schley be the commits
sioners,
The times., 1898-08-01
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

The Advertisers Guarantee Company, of Chi
sago. hereby certifes that it has, by its expert
Of THE TINES, Washington, d. c. The daily
sversge PAID circulation for the month OF June
1885, was 1854 copies
This is GUARANTEED to the advertisers OF
the country by BOND OF $4,000 in the Fidelity
and Deposit Company, of Maryland, deposited
ssith TIE Northwestern National Bank, of Chicago
ADVERTISERS GUARANTEE COMPANY.
bE J. r. MASON. President.
The times., 1898-08-01

From the text of Gen. Skaters letter
onthe Garcia difficulty. it appears that the
former has very well defined grievance
himself If Garcia was angry because
Santiago was not turned over to the Gu
bans. Shafter has equal occasion to feel
affronted by the Cuban's omission TO OPP
pose the entrance of several thousand
Spanish endorsements into the city on
the side of the lot he had engaged to
watch and protect On the whole, Garcia
does not seem to emerge from the con-
troversial jungle with much raiment
The times., 1898-08-01
1t Would BE Folly
fFrom the New York Sun J


We hold both the Philippines and Porto Rico
in our hands today the result OF war which
Spain might have averted, but which she Brought
on at enormous cost to us. We are justified, also
now thai the hour OF reckoning has come, in con-
sidering the great sums lost by Americans dur
ing the long insurrection in Cuba. which Spain
sought to subdue by devastating and barbarous
methods With Porto Rico and the Philippines
both in our grasp. we must not commit the folly
OF dropping the greater portion OF what we have
gained in war
The times., 1898-08-01
Everything Going.

The steamer rolled and pitched in the waves.
'Deah boy" groaned Cholly, at the end of
his. first hour on shipboard, promise you
will send my remains home to my peoplel'
A second hour passed
''Deah boy feeby moaned Cholly, ''you
needn't send my remains heme. There won't
be any,
The times., 1898-08-01

Secretary Long does not take part in
the late White House conferences. He is
famous for his provincial hours. which
get him in bed promptly at 8 O'Clock when
possible. Only once since the beginning
of the war has he remained with the
President later than o'clock. and that
was on the night when news of the de-
struction of Cerveras fleet was received.
He broke his record that night by stay
ing up until 10. Gen. Corbin is invariably
the last official to retire from the scene
at night. He is usually in conference
with the President until after midnight
and then spends another hour at his Of
fee attending 10 late correspondence
The times., 1898-08-01
Hereditary.
lErom the New York Tribune

From the New York Tribune.l
Thirty-three years ago j. A. Sellers OF South
Carolina. enlisted from Chesterfeld. in Company
D. under NJ. c. Butler. A few days ago J. \.
Sellers. ir. his son, enlisted from tie same p!acs
in a Company ID. under the man Butler,
army.
The times., 1898-08-01

AS the Administration does not now ex-
pect to fight the Spaniards much longer.
would it not be possible. strictly as d
war measure, without the concurrence of
Congress. to begin hostilities against the
typhoid germs at Camp Alger? We do
not wish to be hypercTitical. but is it
not true that the fever casualties at the
camp are greater in number than the
exigencies of the campaign against sur
face water and malarial environment
render necessary?