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General Greene admits that the horror
ships Were horrible, but he charges 1t
all 70 the lack of regular army officers.
VINO is to blame for that? Regular army
officers were outranked by civilians with
poiiicai pulls. The regular army sur
seons were made subordinate to horse
doctor at Chickamauga, who was sub
sequentiy made chief surgeon of the army
IN Porto Rico, once more taking prece-
dence of regular army officers. Gen.
Greene was not allowed to carry his COM
ments that far.
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slaves to Fashion.
From the Boston Herald.)

(From the Boston HeraIt-)
New York has some peculiar ways At this
season the city is thfonged with crowds on busi-
ness and pleasure bent all the theaterS are open.
and overlooking with attractions. but the
native is not there 10 enjoy them Strangers from
wayback occupy the choice stalls, and swelldom
is only sporadic. or, if present all, incognito,
as one might say. The whyness OF this is easily
explained Fashion is at the bottcm OF it. Town
life cannot begin to go the pace till the Horse
Show brings society from the country. II you go
over to New York now you viii have the place
to your self. thousand. more less million
aires are in hiding at their clubs perhaps try
ing to hit some winged creature with gun, while
their families are playing golf, holding select
horse shows on their estates and otherwise divert
ing themselves with that latest social fad, eOun-
try life These New Workers will not be seen at
places of town amusement until November. They
would lose caste ii they not entertaining
house parties somewhere.
The times., 1898-10-09

1t is said to be Adjutant General Cor
bins plan to detail young officers of the
army to short terms of duty in the mill
tary intelligence Office of the War De-
partment. Should young Logan. Alger,
Blaine, Allen, and the rest survive the
Indian campaign, an eligible opportunity
will then offer. There are not many
things, barring brains. that they lack
as much as military intelligence. and they
should be much benefited by the pro-
posed arrangement.
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his leg compelled to g8rnto tent with
men suffering from infes tious disease but
he actually had the teiherity to say so.
IL must be source of satisfaction to
the Administration to know that, now the
witnesses for tht defense have been
heard. the Commission will junket
around the camps Tor awhile, and leave
the prosecution to cool its heels until
after election.
The times., 1898-10-09

The cream-at five cents the half
pint-and the eggs, for a family of per-
haps five or six. should receive especial
attention.
The luncheon of this laborer is US
ually carried in tin receptacle, with
little handled tin cup stuck on the top
of it. 1t will consist Of
The times., 1898-10-09

Julian Hawthorne is mistaken. If the
President has ever said the war scandals
would be investigated, there is nothing to
show that he meant the Alger Commits
sion would do the work. This Commits
sion was selected in compliance with Sec
retary Alger's request for a report on the
amount of business done by his depart
ment
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His Chfregraphy.
CFrom Current Literature. }


A fy had fallen into the inkwell Of a certain
author who writes a very bad and a very inky
hand The writer's little boy rescued the un-
happy insect and dropped him on a piece of pa
per. After watching him intently for while he
called to his mother: Here ay mamma, that
writes Just like papa"
The times., 1898-10-09

The reporters are willing to sit on the
chandelier or hang from a hook in the
ceiling II the Commissioners will only
allow them to get in. They will promise
not to take up any of the limited floor
space.
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Morning GI0ries.

Yes. gather the morning glories,
All pink and purple and red,
For never a greater nuisance
On the face Of the earth was spread.
Around and athwart and upward
Are tangled their throttling shoots,
Till everything else in my garden
Is fairly pulled up by the roots.
Chicago Record
The times., 1898-10-09
Baked Tomatoes, Peas.
Cheese Souffie. -
Peas,

The condition of cheese souffie after
it has been out of the oven for short
time is very much like that of an un-
derdone pancake. With a subsequent
baking In tho sun it will be likely to
reach heavenly state of preparation.
One thing is certain, nobody will steal
this last-named luncheon-not even
yellow dog.
Mrs Rorer is advised to shun the
Ladies Home Journal in future.
The Alger Relief Commission did not
accomplish much yesterday. 1t was a
bad day for whitewash Major Giffen
was not as handy a witness as some who
had testified before him. He had not
only seen sick man with bullet in
The times., 1898-10-09
THE INDUSTRIES OF AMERICA.
Statistical Summaries and Their
Surprising Contrasts.

Statistical Summaries and Their
Surprising Contrasts.
In the consideration of the tariff. the
silver question. foreign commerce, etc, 1t
is well to keep clearly in mind the rela-
tive merits and Importance of the various
national industries, products and markets.
For instance, one uniformed on these
subjects would after listening to a pro-
tective tariff campaign speech naturally
conclude that every iron, wooden, and
cotton mill is, TO quote the language of
the late Proctor Knott, $50 exactly in
the center of the visible universe that
the sky comes down at precisely the
same distance all around"
And. after listening to financial cam
paign speech. one would infer that the
sun rises and sets, every day. in a gold
or silver mine, and sheds its rays no.
where else-not even upon the grain
fields
For some unaccountable reason there
are few. If any, published statistics Civ
ing a comprehensive and concise con-
trast of the principal industries of the
farm. factory, forest, and mine.
The following statistical summaries
will, therefore, doubtless be of interest.
as well as useful.
1t is, of course, impossible to give the
statistics of all these subjects for the
last year, as the official record of manu-
features, and several other industries. are
compiled but once in ten years. We viii,
therefore, except where otherwise speci-
fled, take the statistics of the last census
year, which, it may be observed, was a
good representative year as regards pro-
ducts, industries, etc.
Total Annual Products.
The total annual products of the United
Gtates, compiled from the census of 1880,
and classified, are in round numbers as
follows in value:
The times., 1898-10-09

The most the public can see of the pro-
ceeoinss of the Alger Commission is the
photograph for which the members posed
Iheir purpose was not vanity, but to
show the smallness of the room
The times., 1898-10-09
The Test.

(Erom the Chicago News-)
Mrs Oldman-Is your husband still your id-al
of a man?
Mrs Youngman-No Ny idol has been shatter-
ed We were at dinner party night before last
and when slipped my olive seeds over TO have
him put them in his pocket he refused TO take
them
The times., 1898-10-09

diers. There are none better and none
more deserving of the honor with which
they were received by the people at the
Nations Capital
The times., 1898-10-09
She Does.

From the Atchison Globe)
Fnarored swain (after being accepted)-"pnr-
ling. you Iook sweet enough to cat
Practical Maid-Weli, you can iust bet that d.
eat hope you didn't think ] lived on atEics-
phsre alone.
The times., 1898-10-09

The Advertisers Guarantee Company. Of Chi
ego. hereby certifes that it has, by its expert
examiners, proven and attested the circulation
Of THE TINES. Washington, d. c. The daily
average PAID circulation for the month Of Au-
gust. 1895, was 5000 copies
This is GUARANTEED to the advertisers OF
the country by BOND Of $4,000 in the Fidelity
and Deposit Company Of Maryland. deposited
Sith the Northwestern National Bank, Of Chicago.
ADVERTISERS GUARANTEE COMPANY,
By j. R. MASON. President
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Her Idea.

(From the Atohison Globe.)
a woman thinks she is doing a god deal for the
Lord when she invites strangers around to hear
.'her preacher
The times., 1898-10-09

AS will be observed, manufactures COM
prise II per cent of the annual national
products, and are more than double the
combined products of farm, factory, for
est, mines and fisheries.
In this summary the word lumber in
stead of forest" Isl used for the reason
that the census is Incomplete in this re-
spect. The former term includes only
the products of the saw and planning
mills, whereas the latter would, If given,
include fire wood. fencing and several
other important items. To supply the
omission the Department of Agriculture
has, in Mr.. Fernow's valuable report on
forest products. published in 1896, supple
mented the census figures by adding the
value OF fencing and fuel, $3.50, 0,0o0,O0o;
tanning material. SIS, 600; and various
other items, making the grand total of
annual forest products over one billion
dollars, or, to be exact, s1.O44, ,000, 600
Glance. again, at the above summary
and it viii be seen that the mineral are
only 1-2 per cent of the total national
products.
If. now, we take. for purposes of con-
trast. the gold and silver products of
the year 1896. which were, gold, s53. 100, 900,
and silver, SIC. 900 600. it will be found that
gold is but four-tenths of one per cent,
and silver but six-tenths of one per cent
of the total annual products.
Contrasted with manufactures. gold Is
less than six-tenths of one per cent. and
silver less than eight-tenths of one per
cent, in value of annual products.
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and 1t Is generally accepted as approxi-
nately SOD, was the enormous sum of
SAG. l75, 100000. This is more than double
the foreign commerce of the whole world,
which is, approximately. $4,000. OoO. 900.
The relative Importance of the leading
foreign markets of the United States
may be seen by glance at the exports
of merchandise for the fiscal year lust
ended.
Arranged in order of value of our ex-
ports they are as follows:
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CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Readers Of THE TINES who may at any time
be unable TO procure copies Of 1t at any news
t:aad or railroad station or on railroad trains
Ei,i confer a favor upon the management by send
ing Il this Office information OF the fact
The times., 1898-10-09
Toast,
Fruit,
Coffee,
or
Coffee and Rolls.

For his luncheon he will carry-in the
tin pail, which will sit in the hot sun
for some five or six hours before noon:
The times., 1898-10-09
Leading Manufactures.

When one contrasts the principal items
find interesting and surprising results.
The ten leading items. arranged in or
der of value, are as follows:
The times., 1898-10-09

The last named will be black coffee,
served in little cups, in the drawing
room.
This will be the laborer's bill of fare
in Winter. In Summer, of course, his
food will be somewhat lighter He will
eat for his breakfast merely
The times., 1898-10-09

Equally interesting is the contrast of
the leading farm products
Their relative rank in value is as fol-
lows, as far as officially stated by the
Treasury Department. The statistics are
all for the year 1896. except cotton. which
is for the year 1894:
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Leading Farm Products.

Cotton goods ..-.--....-..----..--... 2oo,tOo,OVO
Leading Farm Products.
Equally interesting is the contrast of
the leading farm products.
Their relative rank in value is as fol-
lows, as far as officially stated by the.
Treasury Department. The statistics are
all for the year 1896, except cotton. which
is for the year 1894:
Corn ........-....--..-..-.. S49i, COO. Coz
Hay 5Si ,UJuOU)
wheat 3lO01U,COJ
cotton ................--------- zS5,SOVVJ
Oats -.-.......-.-.......-.- 1870 -o,00}
Potatoes U,O0Q,O)0
Somewhere in this list should be insert
ed the value of the annual dairy prod
ucts; also of the annual poultry and egg
product. which latter has been unofficially
estimated to be as high as s2s0, 0,oOo,OO0.
The annual live stock products would
also come high up in the list. But their
values are not given by yearly products.
but rather for the total number of exist
ing farm animals. On the latter basis
their value is as follows:
Oxen and other cattle ............. s5C9, 900 COO
SWINE 1S5,C00 900
Sheep 65,OCeO00
be observed that the value of the annual
hay crop is greater than that of either
cotton or wheat, and that the poultry and
egg product is double that of gold and
silver.
Leading Mineral Products.
OF the total annual mineral products
of the United States, which were, during
the census year, s5S7, 600, 600 in value, the
five principal items were as follows:
Coal Observation-Disclosures. SlG0 C0OO
Gold and silver ...................... $1,000 600
IRON ore S30oo,OC0
Petroleum NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. q 600 900
copper 2f,OO,OOJ
In other words the coal product is
equal to the combined products of gold,
silver, iron, and copper.
Leading Fishery Products.
AS classified in the census, the annual
products of the fisheries of the United
States are as follows in value:
oyster ilsheTies -...'................. io'Syl'0O
Menheden fisheries .................... 1.sl7,Oj0
Whale fisheries ....--............. I,o9GWo0
Seal fisheries. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 43S, 900
Sponge fisheries ......--.-.-.-...---... 2sl,CUJ
AS will be observed, the whale and seal
WHICH Ill tue past, dl-
tracted so much public attention, are, in
value of annual products, insignificant
when contrasted with the oyster product.
Home and Foreign Markets.
Having briefly stated the principal pro-
ducts of the United States the question
naturally arises what are the leading
markets?
The value of the annual internal COM
merce of the United States IS not Off
cially given, as interstate commerce is
free and, therefore, requires no record.
But it has been officially estimated to
be twenty-five times the value of our
annual foreign commerce. AS the value
of the foreign commerce of the United
States for the year ending June 80, 1898,
was s1,S47, 900, ,000, the internal commerce
(supposing the above estimate Is correct,
The times., 1898-10-09

In glancing over the statistics it will
be observed that the value of the annual
hay crop is greater than that of either
cotton or wheat and that the poultry and
Sil
The times., 1898-10-09

Most people in Washington are familiar
with the case of Senator Corbett Of
Oregon. Corbett was appointed senator
by the governor of Oregon after the leSis-
lature had failed to elect. and he came
on to Washington expecting to be seated
forthwith. Early in his career here. how
ever. he ran up against the precedent set
by the Senate a few years ago, which was
that governors of States could not legally
appoint senators in cases where the legis-
latures had failed to do this duty and
elect Mr.. Corbett claimed that an eX-
ception ought to be made in his case on
the ground that the legislature of Oregon
which failed TO choose senator had new
er perfected an organization; therefore IL
could not be said to have met and failed
to perform its duty within the meaning
of the law as construed by the Senate
Mr. Hanna did all that he could 70 neip
Mr.. Corbett to his seat. as he needed his
vote. but a decided majority of the SEN
ate refused TO take the Hanna-Corbett
view of the matter and the old gentleman
returned 10 Oregon very much crest-tallen
and sadly disappointed.
The times., 1898-10-09
Leading Mineral Products.

OF the total annual mineral products
of the United States, which were, during
the census year, s5S7, ,O00, 600 in value, the
five principal items were as follows:
The times., 1898-10-09

In other words, the coal product is
equal to the combined products of gold,
| silver iron and conner
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LETTERS OF GEORGE WILLIAM
CURTIS TO JOHN S. DWIGHT.
Edite5 by George Willis Cooke.

George William Curtis remains and
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San Francisco artists in Paris.
BY Arthur F. Mathews.

in London at the "Old Guild hail." 1
think there were some 500 numbers and
embraced about eighty years-that is to
say, from the early part of the century
to $780,
1 saw many old friends there, and it
was truly as fine and representative a
showing of French art as / have seen,
not barring the Retrospective exhibition
of French art in 1889 at the Universal
Exhibition.
When the rot has been cleared away
and the good work gets a chance,
French art will then be recognized as
quite worthy of most of the praise 1t
has received. Impressionism appears
to be dead as an influence; / mean the
fad of impreSsionism not the principle
that seems to stick as it should. I be-
lieve a man could be an avowed i'm
pressionist to-day without being a fool
and innocent of drawing. l wish we
could transport the collection of i'm
pressionist work in the Luxembourg to
San Francisco; then we could demon
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the academicians had made the collec-
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room that holds it is usually solitude.
The new room in the same gallery that
holds the foreign works is not so much
better. That dreadful, dreadful Span
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ler's beautiful monochrome port, alt of
his mother is present There is also a
picture by young American negro,
Tanner by name (recently bought, that
picture) in the spirit of cleverness and
full of fine promise. The rest are just
as respectable as they should be-would
shock no one Yours
ARTHUR F. MATHEWS.
Paris, Oct. 4, 1898.
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