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MEXICAN EXPRESS RUNNERS.

All through the interior of the country a.
almost every town and village are to be
found runners" usually Indians, whose
business it is to carry small packages upon
their shoulders from place to place. Know
ing all the mountain paths and short cuts.
aud possessing vast amount of strength
and staying power, these runners" make
long Journeys in prodigiously short time
To cite case that illustrates both the cus
tom of gift sending and tho manner Of send
ing gifts: One of my friends here in Mon.
terey, being then on his way home from the
City of Mexico, stopped for night with bis
carriage horses and servants at hospitable
rancho, where he was admirably we'll enter.
tanned. On the evening of tho next day he
came to town famous for its delicious fish,
and as an acknowledge of the hospitality
rendered him he sent "runner" with a
basket of fish to his host of the night before.
The distance, allowing for shortcuts, was
forty miles across o mountainous country !;
yet the trimmer" made it inside OF ten hours
--leaving at o'clock at night, and arriving
at the rancho Gas my friend subsequently
was informed) ct o'clock the next morn
ing Taking into consideration the time
lost between collection and shipment, and
between receipt at the terminal point and
actual delivery to consignee the best regu-
lated express company in the world couli
not have made this shipment more expal-
itiously. Moreover, as these "runuers'
are absolutely trustworthy are cases
on record of their dying In defense Of their
freight-the express facilities which they
afford in alsmall way scarcely can be improv
cd upon. --Moatersy Correspondence.
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NEW YORK AND ROME,

AS New YORK is the Rome OF the Western
hemisphere, l am led to notice the parallel
between our Metropolis and the Eternal City
in its palmy time, says writer in the Troy
Times. Beginning with population, there
is great similarity. Rolno in her glory
was estimated at from 900, 600 to !, $50, 600,
and the Inter is the present census of our
City. The extent of the walls of imperial
Rome, when first subjected to siogo, was
ut that time ascertained to be twenty-one
miles. As n parallel it may be said that the
precincts of New York, including the newly
added territory north OF the Harlem River,
are about tho same extent. The principal
difference is found in tho fact that the
boundaries of Rome were circular, while
those of New York are very irregular Rome
was also in the centre of a vast plain, while
New York is be9rt with rivers, and has an
advantage in point of ventilation. 1t is n
matter of record that Rome in her palmy
time contained little more than $4,000
houses. New York contains about tho same
number Roman dwellings were divided
into two classes--doDau on the ono hand,
which means the home, the self-contained
dwelling, including the palaces, while the
term ipsuyg included tenement houses and
the general abodes of the poor The pro-
portion between the two classes of structures
is much the same, for in some that were
twenty-three tenement to one self-contained
house. Gibbon speaks of the contrast be.
tween the palace of tho Ariel, SO noted for
its granduer, and the garnet inhabited by
the poet Codrus and his wife, which was
Just beneath the Summer and cold in Win.
ter. Alas, many Bohemian in this City
could relate similar experience!
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HAPPY SEMINOLE INplMAs.


They are small in stature, pure copper
color, with moro regularly formed features
than their sturdier brethren of the North.
The dress of brave is breech elout and
an ordinary calico Or check shirt Their
headgear is wonderfully picturesque. A
brightly colored shawl is carefully folded
and pressed out fiat, and then coiled into a
as,.-- e>s,seIos tsfssrffos<ts Rss.s.yy
feathers and other ornaments are placed in
she turban, which is worn like Turks.
Its bright colors and curious shade suggest
4 coincidence in taste with Mexican and
Peruvian indians. The squaws are excep-
tionally pretty and petite. They are lighter
in color than tho braves, and arc very coy
and modest III the presence of a white man
probably because they seldom see Them
They wear two garments, a short cali co skirt
and very contracted jacket.
They wear all sorts OF ornaments, alligator
teeth, curious bones, wild hogs teeth, and
theap jewelry, which the brave purchases in
the town before he begins drinking. Like
all Indian women they do nearly Ill the
drude cry, but the braves are generally kind
TO them The children are deleatelooking
little things, but the pappooses are really
beautiful babies. These Indians go from
place to place in cypress dug-out which IL
wider than the regular Indian canoe, and
which they usually row instead of pole, ow-
Ing to the fnct that the water in this coun.
try is deep. They are very expert in using
a. n.
polo entirely, however An Indian in tho
bow of the boat rows enc oar, and another
sits in the stern witha pole, with which ho
rows and steers. The sharply cnt dug.out
gidcs quietly through the water, tho speed
being quite wonderful. The boats go 500
miles into Lake okeechobee and Florida
Indian is MS happy iu one as he is on shore
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NO. 564



A curious psychological story was wits
pered in my car last night at the Windsor
Hotel by one of the wealthy habitues of that
home of American aristocrats.
During the war, or short tiInenfterwards
aman, who it is positively asserted had been
a rag-picker and actually went about with
bag on his back and hook in his hand,
from barrel to barrel and from day to day,
week in and week out, suddenly became
rich. No one knew how he got rich But
he bought block of property and built
house on Fifth avenue. He sent his children
abroad to be educated, kept carriage, had
i crest and coatof arms, and of course de-
MED vehemently all knowledge of the rag
picker. 1t is safe to say that had any man
made that charge against him the man max
ing it would have had to pay heavily in
damages.
Well the years swept by, the children re-
turned from abroad cultured, proud, beauti-
full with youth and hope and promise; and
trust, good enough at heart md strong
enough to feel no shame in any revelations
TINT may follow. Butnow the fathers con-
corn and anxiety to keep his low calling con-
cealed was redoubled BE began to tell all
sorts of curious stories Of travel, life in
strange lands boyhood spen. in Paris, a
familiarity with great men in foreign lands
during these dreadful days of rag picking
ia New York City t29's'
This preyed npon his mind SO, says my in
formant, who knew him intimately, that he
became orazed. His children began to OBJ
serve that he would getup silently and go
out of e night. He would come home
stealthily at dawn, and they would hear
strange noises up in the garrett He grew
thin as ghost. One highland only n
few nights ago policeman saw man with
n white shirt, and diamond studs that
glitteref in the gasghi, po&ing in mn ash
barrel with ag-pickei's hook in his hand
and great well.flled bag on his back.
These he dropped and run as the officer
looked at him suspieiously But being
pursued and captured he gave his name and
address, was taken home and il now i'll pri
sate asylum for the insane.
Theory? have no theory about it.
have been trying to dismiss tho whole thing
IRON my mind, but it haunts me; and SO
have written it down and divided it up by
piece meal with readers 10 get rid OF it.
But 10 it not just possible that this poor
man found his money in an ash barrel,
where it had boon hidden, stolen or lost by
come, government officer perhaps during
the fuSh tunes toward the close of tho war
aud 10 was unable to get his mind away
from tho trash OF the streets? I do not
know. The garnet of the fine house, it is
saad, wns fonnd packed full of old rags
FanRcin Kiilgr IN Ne,o FORK Star
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PIES AND THE SEASONS.

Popular taste for pies" tho manager of
the biggest pie-baking establishment in tho
world, said, "changes with the seasons.
There is one steady standby. That is ap-
pie pie. The demand for it is double that
for any other kind the year through. But
outside of that they run about in this way
In December, January aud February, mince
PIC comes to tho 'front.' and runs good Sec
ond to apple. just about the holidays 1t
takes the lead just for q spurt, as, for in
stance, on the day before last Christmas,
when we used ten tons of mincemeat in pies
in tho ono day. In March, April and May,
people want custard and rhubarb, which
ing to about as much as the apple in the ag-
gregate supply. In June, July and August,
whortleberry, blackberry and strawberry
pies are largely in demand, aud strawberry
shortcake which is a sort OF pie, is no small
item. In September, October and Eoyem-
Der the ripened fitness of the year, tho
public taste yearns for puuilSin, and there is
also pretty good run on peach. OF course,
you understand, we make all these pies aud
good many more varieties, such as lemon,
plum, cocoanut and pineapple, all the gear
round. Tho use of the lest canned fruit
enables us to keep mp the supply of any re-
quired sort, irrespective of the season. Just
about now we average 100, 900 pies week.
or that number one-quarter are apple. or
tho others there are about equal quantities
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WILD ANIMALS IN FLORIDA.

During several years rambling in Florida
have met but one serpent--a poor little
moccasin rnnuing away with a minnow a.
the Lake Poinsett landing aud being whip
ped to death by a half-dozen grown men.
On that occasion l sympathized with the
snake. On another rattlesnake ran over
my foot when my attentions was otherwise
He had treated me politely; reciprocatcd
and did not hurt him There are said to bt
numbers of black aud milksnalSes, which
are inolfensive, but it is not likely that there
is on the average ono poisonous reptile to
five square miles in Florida. Accidents
sometimes result however, from ineautious
ness of their presence. A gentleman at
Fort Myers stepped out of his house upon
dark nigh: last February, was stricken by
a RATHER and died next day. The burning
of tho woods and grass annually by the
cattle men has pretty nearly exterminated
them.
On tho rarely frequented streams and
swamps of South Florida alligators are still
very numerous and incredible stories are
told of their size. They are harmless and
gameIess az logs and are rarely molested,
except by Northern visitors. Gophers
abound everywhere in the sand-hils. They
are land tortoises, whose shells are some
times "a foot in diameter and fourteen or if
teen inches in length, who burrow in the
ground and their holes are troublesome to n
rapid ridor fhrnuob tho woods Tho ,,onbor
is edible and is said to stew up pretty nearly
as well as the diamond backed terrapin.
The green turtle abounds in Indian river anf
the turtle crawl of st. Luce--a closed stock
AIDE pen set in three feet OF water---is rarely
without thirty or forty padding inmates.
They are shipped alive hence to Jackson
vile and thonce to New York. Qaail are
very abundant, as are English snpe, aud
Wild turkeys are found in the hunting range.
Deer are abundant, but after the early por.
lion of winter are extremely shy. The IN.
dams lying about st. Luce, waiting for the
Jacksonville schooner, slaughter them 10
December for their hides in great numbers
and drive them toward the thick hummock.
They are scarcely half so large as the North
srn deer, but the venson is much more ten
der and delicate. Bears are killed during
the summer in numbers along the sea-beach,
where they wander in search of turtle eggs
Wild cats are coI.mon, of both the black
and spotted varieties. Every settled neigh
borhood has its panther, or "tger,' which
makes havoc amongst tho hogs and calves.
An old fellow ranges about st. Luce that
has pretty nearly cleaned out all the pork
along ten miles of tho river. A few even
ings ago he drove the dogs at farmhouse
just below us under the dwelling and re.
sponded to the cries of sick child 80 well
that we might have mistaken his utterance
for that of human being.
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THE MILL STREAM,

Where the alders bend to the white brook foam
Where the sedges are green and tall,
Where the wlllow-weeds rosy blossoms come
In the summer to brighten It all.
Deep in the grasses and ferns 1 sit,
Watching the curling rlll,
Casting my thoughts like leaves on It,
AS 1t fioweth on down to the mill;
Seeming alone--yet the bee that huns,
And the swallow that saileth by,
And the tlmld hare that near me comes,
Are SO many old friends nigh;
While the brook that so many years hath gone
Ana as clearly iloweth still,
Chanteth for ever sweet monotone,
As it tloweth on down to the mill
On through the silent wood tpasses,
Meath oaks and beeches wide,
Through golden tufts on the green morasses
OF May flowers bloomy pride
The blackblrd sings In his hazel nooS.
And the lapwings cry is shrill,
Where the aspens CULVER above the brook
That iloweth on down TO the mill
Sitting alone In the Summer eye,
Hearing the songs Of Old
In the eeaseless Sigh of the wllow-leayes,
Whose sorrows are all untold;
Watching the CLEANS Of sunshine nit
Ger the face OF The curling ril,
And casting my thoughts like leaves on II,
As II iloweth on down TO the mill
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DO MEN LIVE LONGER.
Interesting Facts Brought Ont by Re.
cent Life Table.

From life table that has just appeared
ia England, it seems that since 1872, the
longevity of the English people has sensibly
increased. Whether from the operation of
the Public Health Act, or from the general
attention to health which produced the act,
or from an unobserved change in the ways
of the people akin to the Development of
temperance now going on, or from one of
those alterations in the virulence Of disease
which have repeatedly occurred in history,
the mortality from epidemic diseases sud
denly declined, till the mean mortality in
England, which between 1s3s.54 had bsen
22.5 per thousand, dropped in 1S76-S0 to
2oS, and is dropping still, the mean death
rate of 1882 being only 1913, = total i'm.
provement of very nearly one-seventh
This increased longevity is not, IL Is true,
quite equally divided between the sexes
Owing to causes which are still only partial
ly ascertained, but which probably have
some relation to the extra liability Of women
during the chiid-bearing period Of life,
females benefit most by improved sanitary
conditions, aud the total progress effected
may be broadly stated thus. Men live two
se@'' 'onse' mo. .,'a. '"e, e'A 'ni'y ye"'s Aso
una "o'uo ,,o me soa's anu iou. months
,'"se'' +" u'A0.onoo' We noe. nos Guy, qui'e
70, ,aeo e ~, W ~ p9,eopsio'0 ~ A'n"n
mo- ano very oii nse ionse,-sn"' ~ u
oou,a'' sA's "to s''onsei' ,oae i''pie 70 sns'
SUNNI leoo.ei,e's "nu .osene'a0y , "nlon
e..soN orr '"'es'o' "' 'n'i n''a'", .oh-
"''i'h anry ueoAS' ., course, anu lose
powers VI ~, A.noS' ou' ',ey no ionser SINK
'''o soeo.u on''''no'oi pe.' eA0ep. "hen
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POETRY
uNpEn rAE spRlNarrpE sxY.

o breath OF the Weakening year,
And waters cold and cleari
Mists from the banks OF the lake arise
TO join the clouds In the dim, gray skies;
Streams rushed down from the mountain side
To swelfthe Hood OF the river wide,
And over the hill-tops high and grand
Hastens breeze from the southern Land.
o songs of birds In the air,
And sunshine everywhere
High on the maple above my head
The blue bird perches where buds are red,
And utteTs softly his clear, low call.
The gray clouds open, and overall
The marvellous glow OF the sunshine breaks.
The robin comes and the earth awakesi
o forest no longer dumb,
The glorious days have come
Altar In the woods the wild vines creep
over the MOSES, and cold brooks leap
Among the rocks In the wild ravlne.
Gayly the trees put on their green,
And in the branches the blthe birds sing
Till the dun retreats of the forest rlngl
Sunday Sshool Times.
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A New TaEoLoGY. Little Mollie wa,
caught by her mother stealing apples from
the tree, and severely rebnked. Her mother
told her sho must not touch those apples, as
she was going to make preserves of them.
On the following Sunday little Mollies
school teacher asked her why God forbade
Adam ard Eve to eat of the tree in the midst
of the garden. because He wanted to
make preserves of the apples,' was the
childish reply.-7egas Sitlings.
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n PnEEEBnEp IT IN LrourD FoRni.--A smart
little boy was sent by his mother to the
grocery store, for ten cents worth OF soda
The smart little boy was tired, and as the
drug store was the nearer, he made his pur-
chase there. Rochester Pest cypress.
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WISDOM FROM A SMALL Boy. In the pr.
mary class last Sunday, the teacher asked
what was meant by, "Then had the chur-
ches rest ?" and got response from one OF
the smallest boys; ~ s'pose they didn't
have any preaching. Congregationaist
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"A nice cottage house, 40 east Perry
St. for rent Six rooms. open hall, double
parlor, and in perfect order Apply to
b. ii. Taylor.
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AfforneXs-af

SOUTH EAST cor BRIDGE IND i'NION SIS.
LAMBERrVlLLE, N. J.
Collections and all legal business Entrusted Il
our care Will receive prompt and Ilithinl aiten
ton.
G. A. SKIIIMAN, e. II. SKILTMAN,
td,tnseli0f-ai- LdW .ih0rneB-at- Ldtc.
July 2, 1879.
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ALBERT ID. and ERSON,
AttOrmey-at-E.ayy,

S0EIGfT0R IND MISTER IN CH4 NcERF
Office, No. 30 bridge Street,
LAMBERTVII.LE N. j.
ava 1872
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-09-03
TIE GREAT ROBINSON CIRCUS AND
MRNAGERIE.

John Robinson's combination of ten great
shows has arrived, and will give two peg
formances to-day, afternoon and evening, al
Agricultural Park. This is the oaly circus
and menagerie that is coming to California
this year. The same circus appeared here
last year, and gave entire satisfaction. Since
its last tour it has been improved and many
new features added. the press throughou.
the country speak in high terms of the per.
formance. John LoWlow, the clown who
was with the combination rs business man.
ager during the last tour, still occu.
pies that post Of honor. Members
of the press were invited on
yesterday to visit and inspect the menagsrie.
All Of the animals advertised are to be seen
in acme % eager, while in the center Of The
ring are to be seen camels, dromedaries, Gle.
plants, giant oxen, large horses. fva-legged
animals, mammoth swine, etc. The herd Of
five elephants are the finest specimens to be
seen in America. Among the performers the
following names appear:
Male Tiders-George Holland, VIM. Marks,
Gaorge Dsrious, Adam Sabestreuse, John
Watkins, Adam Keith, James Roberts.
Charles Feith.
Female riders-Miss Minnie Marks, Mics
Kstie Cook, Miss Ksts Holloway, Miss An
ME Stickney, Mile. c. Michl, Nile Holland,
Mile. Wateoney, Mile. Derious.
Male scrobats and gymnasts-Fo rehaugh
family of FIVE, three Stsfney brothers, thrae
Clark brothers, thres Znrats brothers, four
De Ogleys, Almy family of six.
Female acroba,s and gymnssts- Curran
sisters, Alnay sisters, Hunt family, Aston
sisters, Mile. Joseph, Adnes Adena.
Male and female speciality and aerial peo-
pls-Zola family of high wire bicycle riders;
Mons. Joseph and wife, fests Of strength /;
Adenis family. in high dives and hair slides /;
Leon family, in Lechelle flying acts; De
MatIen family of ceiling walkers.
The novelty street parade will take place st
9 a. II. to-day. Tickets can bs procured in
front of the Western Hotel this morning.
The doors of the mammoth tents will be
opened of 1:30 and 1880 P. NJ. The cstap@ult
act viii be performed as advertised,
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AUGUST WEATHER.

Ths mean temperature for August past was
Il 4 for ths entire month. The mean TEN.
persture for the month at 4:02A. M.was 60 g.;
for 500 A. N 6S'; for 1902 P. NJ, 81. 40; for
400 P. NJ, S7S'; for SOP P. N, 721'. The
following comparative table, prepared for the
RECORD UNION by Sergeant Barwick. shows
that August 1879, was the hottest in the past
six years, both in mean and maximum tenn
peratures, The mean being 747' and the max
imum 103'. There was but sprinkle of rain
twice in August in seven years past, that &C.
curing in 1877 and 1872 There has not been
recorded cloudy day as being observed dur
ing the month of August in the past seven
years, the weather being either all clear or
occasionally with few fair days. In 1877
thirty-one clear days: 1873, twenty-five clear
and six fair days; 1879, twenty nine clear and
two fair days; 1880, 30 clear days and one
fair day while August. 1881, 1882 and 1885,
gives thirty.one clear days for each year. Ia
all other respects the general meteorological
conditions OF this climate for August are
normal in every particular:
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Dr.. c. ". BESsoN's Celery and Chamo-
mile Pills sre prepared expressly to cure and
will cure headache of all kinds, neuralgia.
nervousness and dyspepsia. Proved and in
dorssd BY phvsicians.
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August. 1873 187o. lggO ISL 1sg2. Isgs.

Summary for August, 1888: The average
hourly velocity and prevailing direction OF
the wind at 4:02 A. NJ, for the month, was
miles, from the southeast; at SOP 4. H.,
) miles, from the south; at 1902 P. NJ,
81 miles, from tins southwest; at 4:02 P.
NJ, s miles, from the south; at SOP P.
NJ, 6 s miles, from the south. Highest
water in the river during the month was 2. 9
feet, on the LIST and %; lowest water in the
river during the month, 60 feet, on the 3lst /;
range OF water in the river during the month,
foot
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ApgEeTissasgHg aTEgsToa.

The RBCoRD.UNIoN is for sale
upon all trains going from and com
ing to Sacramento, at FIVE CENTS
per copy. Ask for it on the train.
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MD She Die .

"No; she fingered and suffered along, pin
ing away all the time for years, the doctors
doing her no good and at last she was cured
by this Hop Bitters the papers say SO much
about Indeed indeed how thankful we
should be for that medicine"