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Merry Scenes In Mexico.

Making a bargain with boatman,
writes correspondent of the New York
Commercial, you 60 up the canal among
the merry party on the water for the
chinampas. These are the floating gar
dens. After several miles of polling and
deft lodging. to avoid collisions, you
reach the spot. The gardens are float
ing masses of rich, spongy earth, cut
into half-acre patches, more or less. by
tiny clear water canals. The Indians
cultivate vegetables and flowers on them,
and they are alive with brilliant verdure.
Little huts, with walls of reed and grass
roofs, are scattered about on them, and
rose winged and yellow-headed black
birds are singing on timber reeds, and
chattering; canoes dart about the island
loaded with vegetables, flowers and wild
ducks for market. Young and old of
both sexes are padding, and some are
talking in the soft Indian language. The
men wear loose cotton blouses and draw
ers, and have bare feet and heads; the
women, sleeveless garment and petit
coat of dark colors. The babies, naked
or in little short skir:s, are playing on q
pile of alfalfa in the bows.
On your way back, you stop to watch
some of the old women along the bank
making turnip roses. One seizes a tur-
nip, and with a few quick strokes, trans
forms it into white rose, by light concen-
trio cuts from the outside edge to the
center (the Clipped edges bending outl.
Another is coloring them with some pink
fluid from jar. They are sold two for
taco, a cent and half. A cuartilia is
three cents, medic two cuartillas, rial
is two medios, peseta is two riales, and
two pesetas make toston, and two tos-
tones peso or dollar. This system is
the old Spanish one, and is used by the
lower class everywhere. The hundred
cent dollar is thus reduced to ninety-six
cents
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THE WORLDS GRAIN.

The Wheat Product Last Year and
This-The Corn Crop.
The Acting Commissioner Of Agriculture
reports to Congress that the worlds product
of wheat in 1885 was 2,1100o0, 900 bushels;
the requirements of consumption =, IT,, ,000,-
900 bushels, presenting a deficiency Of 55,-
600, 900, drawn from the previous years sur
plus of 125, 900, 900. He finds the product Of
Europe last year medium one in size. AMI
that Of India and Australia large, with
heavy reduction in the United States.
For the supply Of the coming year tho
crops of Australia, India and South America
already harvested are probably about j., ,oOu,-
600 bushels less than those last year. while
those of the United States promise fully
100000, 900 bushels more than the harvest Of
1885.
The wheat in the United States on Nav
was 104, 900, 900 bushels, against 152, ,000, 900
bushels in 1885. OF the commercial stocks Of
wheat New York held Abs, S,0a5; Buffalo, q
$50, III; Chicago, HIT, ,s04; Milwaukee. s.,
339030; Minneapolis, 4,707, gag; and Duluth,
1888, 74S bushels
The crop Of corn in 1856 was ,617, ,000, 600
bushels; the stock, 5S7, 900, ,0J0 bushels, and
the expectation AZ, ,OOO, 900 bushels. The esti-
mated acreage of winter wheat now growing
Is "a, ,727, ,0S7; spring wheat, 1l,sOO,OOO; total,
Be. .527, ,0S7
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THE NATIONAL GAME.

HOME RUNS fetch $50 apiece at Memphis
RAMSEY, Of Louisville, struck out le4 men
In thirteen games.
O'RoURKE, Of New York, leads the League
players with the bat.
REMARKABLY good fielding Is being done
by the League clubs this season.
DAILY, of Newark, is considered the most
graceful catcher in the Eastern League.
NEARLY every prominent professional
club has already had one or more players
crippled.
ALL the New England League games have
had large attendance, despite the unfaVoraoie
weather.
THERE have been already quite number
of games in which two home runs were made
by one side,
CAN it be possible that some Of the once
high-priced players are giving limited oase-
ball for limited salarys
BASEBALL is likely to take root in Austria
liza, q club being in progress OF formatlon py
some Americans in Sydney.
CINCINNATI was the first Association club
to win three games out Of series OF four
from the champion st. Louis Browns.
The left-handed hitters Of the Detroit team
and seven of them bat this way-prachce
batting "south paw" pitcher every morn
ing.
WILLIAM STuDTMAN, while playing in
game near Kankakee, ILL.,, was struck on the
side Of his head by pitched ball, and died IN
ten minutes.
SATURDAY is the Athletics lucky day. For
three years they have not lost a game, at
home or abroad, on that day, SO says the
Philadelphia Times.
NINE men in Thomaston, all above 200
pounds in weight, are anxious to play game
of ball with any other nine Of equal weight,
in any part of the country, for dinner for
| the two Mines
Chicago vanquished Philadelphia three
| times in succession with ease, while Detroit
got their three from the Quakers with great
| difficulty. On the other hand Chicago and
Detroit were each beaten once by st. Louis
in the opening games, but New York de-
feated St. Louis the first three games.
A MOST remarkable game was played re-
Gently in Lewistown, Penn, between the
home team and the Lancaster Club. The
visitors were unabled to score run until the
ninth inning, the home team in the mean.
while having secured eight runs. In the last
inning the Lan"asters piled up nine runs, anc
won amid intense excitement.
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Crawling into a Rabbit-HOle.

was in Hoods corps, under command
of Johnston, in Georgia, when the follow
ing event occurred, and Notwithstanding
that we were engaged in fighting it made
all laugh who saw it. 1t was at New
Hope Church, where we had thrown up
temporary breastworks, and slept in the
trenches upon our arms. During the
night we were aroused from our slumber
by what We believed 3 tremendous dis
charge of musketry and roaring Of cannon
at our immediate 'front.'. The blaze OF the
enemy's guns made the woods look like
one unbroken sheet of fame. Minnie
balls. grape. and canister shells were
whistling through the air and bursting
everywhere, cutting down the timber
and producing a havoc and confusion
that cannot be described.
At this time one of our boys had taken
refuge behind large hollow tree, out OF
which rabbit had been chopped, aud
behind him six others had also taken
shelter, standing with their hands each
one upon the shoulders of the one in
front of him. Whenever shell burst in
the neighborhood of these boys the front
one would try with all his might to crawl
into that hollow tree, and the rear boys
would swerve and veer like q comets
tail or the left wing of q regiment.
We laughed at these poor boys antics
afterward until the cruel war was over.
And, after ALL the fight was a false alarm.
The Feberals thought that we had
charged their lines, aud we that they had
charged ours. Soon the firing ceased
and we were again sleeping in the
trenches. Such is war and the alarms OF
war. Of course we were hardly civil in
laughing at the conduct of our comrades,
but then, you know, laugh is no re-
! specter Of persons, etc. The most laugh
able part of the whole episode was the
fact that the tree was really source OF
danger had shell struck it, as it would
have knocked it all TO pieces. - Chicago
Lsd1er.
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PENSION BILLS VETOED.
Five More Returned Unsigned
Some Reasons.


The President has vetoed five private PEN
sion bills, three Of which originated IN the
House of Representatives and two In the
Senate. In regard to one Of them granting
a PENSION to ]. D. Hawarth), the President
says:
sion to the claimant for the alleged loss OF
sight in one eye and the Impairment OF the
vision of the other From the information
furnished me am convinced that the diff.
Guilty alleged by this applicant had its Origin,
in causes existing prior to his enlistment, and
that his present condition Of disability is not
the result of his service in the army. -,
In regard to the Act for tho relief Of
Rebecca Eldridge," the President says:
"This bill provides for the payment OF
pension to the claimant as the widow OF
WILDER 81. Eldridge, who was mustered into
the service on July "a, 1862, and discharged
June2l, 1865. He was penSioned at the rate OF
81 per month for q slight wound in the calf
of the left leg, received on March 25, 1855.
There is no pretence that this wound was at
all serious, and a surgeon who examined 1t In
1880 S0reported that in his opinion the wounded
man "was not incapacitated from Obtaining
his subsistence by manual labor" that the
ball passed rather specifically through
the muscles" and that the party exam.
ined said there was no lameness "unless
after long standing or walking good
deal" On January %, 1881, while work.
ing about building, he fell backward
from q ladder and fractured his skull,
from which he died the same day.
Withouta particle Of proof, and with no fact
established which connects the fatal acci-
dent in the remotest degree with the wound
referred to, it is proposed to grant . pension
to the widow Of $l2 per month.
1T is not q pleasant thing to interfere in
such case, but we are dealing With pensions
and not with gratuitieS
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The "BufPalO Gnat."

otto Lugger, the naturalist, formerly
IF John Hopkins University and now
connected with the Agricultural Bureau
in Washington, has lately returned from
/ scientific investigation Of the buffalo
gnat" in Tennessee end Mississippi,
whittier he was sent by the Government.
The "buffalo gnat" is, during the months
of March and April, most dreadful
pest in the Southwest. The insect is
about one-third the size of the common
house-hy, and gets its name from the re-
Semblance of its profile to the buffalo.
They came, no one knew whence. in myr-
lads. appearing suddenly, attacking
horses and cattle, and killing them by
blooding- poisoning in three hours. The
common idea of the people was that they
were bred in the swamps. They had no
chronological history, and for some
weeks Mr.. Lugger was nearly in despair
to get we'll on the track for his study,
but he succeeded finally, and to his own
satisfaction. The local preventives are
grease and smoke. When the swarms OF
the insects appear-as they often do
suddenly, it is necessary to kiudle fires
in the fields, or, if on the road, to have
grease at hand with which to rub all over
The beasts. Mr.. Lugger says the buffalo
gnat is the most increasingly actlvelnse
in all creation. There are some other
very active insects which are sometimes
in repose, but the buffato gnats are never
at rest. Only heat quiets them, and when
the weather gets very warm they disap-
pear. Prof. Lugger traced their origin
to small worm, which is deposited on
the leaves in the swarap and along the
running brooks among the debris. Clear
ing out the streams arl permitting the
running water to carry off the worms
will destroy the embryos, and greatly
lessen production. Mr.. Lugger says the
gnats attack horses and cattle always on
some tender and unprotected spot, where
they cluster in great swarm. and put
in their work until the victim dies. The
work is done by biting, the apparatus be-
ing described as the most cruel and ettec'
tive on record. The gnats sometimes at
tack human beings, but never when there
are horses or cattle to be found.-Baltl
more Sun.
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A great many people are afflicted with Ca
tarrh who do not know what ails them; and
great many more continue sufferers who
might be cured.
Thickening Of the membrane which lines the
nasal passages, thus making breathing difh-
cult; a discharge from the nostrils. more OF
less copious, watery or thick, according to the
stage of the disease; a sense Of fullness In the
head; q constant inclination to spit; and, In
advanced cases, a dropping of intensely dis
gustine matter into the throat, are a few Of the
prominent symptoms Of Catarrh.
Deafness, infamed eye, neuralgia pains, sore
throat and loss of sense Of smell, are very
often caused by Catarrh.
All these troubles are cured by Piso's Rene
dy for Catarrh, Relief is had Immediately
after beginning Its use, but 1t Is important that
1t be continued without intermission until the
catarrhal virus Is expelled from the system
and healthy secretions replace the diseased
action of tho mucous membrane. Manifestly
it il unreasonable to expect cure In short
time Of disease that has been progressing for
months or years.
This question Of time Is provided for In the
putting up Of PSo's Remedy for Catarrh. II Is
80 concentrated that q very small dose Is
directed. The quantity in one package is suf-
flcient for long treatment, consequently the
expense is mere trife, and there is no excuse
for neglect nor reason for it but forgetfulness.
A cold in the head Is relieved by all applica-
cation of Piso's Remedy for Catarrh. The
comfort to be got from it in this way is worth
many times the cost.
The following letters are specimens Of those
received every day, testifying to the worth Of
Piso's Remedy for Catarrh:
ALLEGHENY, Pa, Sept, ~, 1886.
Piso's Remedy for Catarrh is doing wonders
for me. l believe it will cure any case Of Gu
tarrh, if used according TO directions.
Mrs. F. JOHNSON, 40 Z, Diamond St.
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The Sound She Heard.
They sat together on the steps,

They sat together on the steps,
The night was calm and fair,
And smiling Luna flung her ligh
Upon the 10, ely pair.
Oh, happy hour! One rounded arm
About his neck was placed,
He held one tiny hand in his,
One arm was round her waist.
And there beneath the smiling moon,
Half bashful and half bold,
While blushingly the maiden heard
The tai. of love he told.
But while he SPOKE in accents low
The maid withdrew Ler arm
And started, and the lover cried:
"What causes your alarm?'
ITS something comingl speak, my own,
Your papa, darling, tell?'
The maiden said: II thought heard
The ice-cream peddler's bell.n
Boston Courier.
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I,ost Faith in Plysiciuns ms.

There are innumerable instances where cures have
been effected by ScovILL's SARsAPARILLA, OR BLOOD
LIVER SYRUP, for all diseases Of the blood. when
th had been given over by their physicians 1t IS
one of Tho best remedies ever offered to the public,
and as 1t is prepare with the greatest cre spe.
ciic for rtain diseases, It is no wonder that T.
should be more efrectual than hastily written and
cnrelessly prepared prescriptions. Take this medi.
cine for all soriers arising from impure blood. II
is endorsed by leading professional men.
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"a. ..Fire.Prsor Paper May be MADE"

says 3 scientific exchange from a pulp. con.
sisting Of one part vegetable fibre, two parts
asbestos. onetenth part bora1, and one-afth
part alHm." It is q pity that such facts as the
one following cannot be written, printed or
otherwise preserved. upon some sort of inde-
structible paper: MY wife suffered seven
years and was bedridden, too" said w. E.
physicians failed to help her. DR.. Perce's
Golden Medical Discovery cured her." All
druggists soil this remedy. Everybody ought
to keep II. It only needs trial.
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A Most Liberal Offer.

THE VOLTA1C BELT Co, Marshall, Mich,
otter to send their Celebrated VoLTAIC BELTS
and Electric Appliances on thirty days trial
to any man afflicted with Nervous Debility.
Loss of Vitality, Manhood, &c. illustrated
pam phlet in sealed envelope with full particu-
lars mailed free. Write them at once.
Piso's Remedy for Catarrh u agreeable to
use. 1t Is not o liquid or . snun. 58c.
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DYSPEPSIA!

DR.. Rudway's Pills sre \ cure for this com.
plant They restore strength to the st,inach aud
enable 1t to perform Its functions. The symttom1
Of DysleI sa disappearsn with them the liability Of
the system to contract diseases. Take the medidne
according to directions aud observe what we say In
False and True" respecting diet.
eIS Send . letter stamp N DR.. RADWAY -
90, No. ~ Warren Street, New YORK. toe
s..Be sure TO get RADwAY's.
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CHARLES AsBURY postmaster at Lulu, Ca,
has four daughters, named Pearl, Diamond,
~ NV Nd
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Cannot be washed off. The color produced
by Buckinghams Dye for the Whiskers.
AS an antidote for alarial disorders Ayers
Ague Cure has no equal. It never fails.
II you have numbness in arms Or linn be, ,heSrt
skips beats, thumps or futters, or you are
nervous and irritable-in danger Of SHOCK
DR.. Kilmer's OCkAN-WEED regulates, relieves
corrects and cures.
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HARTFORD MILLS, MY. Aug 8, 1885.
have used little over half package of
Piso's Remedy for Catarrh, and 1t has helped
me more than any Of the different medicines
have used. feel confident that it will cure
me.
can and do recommend 1t to others who
are troubled with that disease.
REV A. DAMON
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A few short weeks ago that young girl was
the personiication of health, vigor and beauty.
The blush upon her cheeks rivaled that Of the
rose; her step was light and buoyant, her every
movement was revelation Of perfect physical
health. Yet now she Is pallid and haggard,
and her super abundant vitality has given
What has caused this changer Functional
irregularities, which can be cured by DR..
Pierce's "Favorite Prescription" a remedy 10
which thousands Of women to-day owe their
lives All druggists.
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SPRING HILL, w. Va, Oct. q

SPRING Hill. w. Va, Oct. 20, 1855.
Enclosed find one dollar for two packages of
PiSo's Remedy for Catarrh. The sample
package, received in juno, gave perfect salts
faction. GILL MESSER.
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What a Change I

MAKING maple sugar by steam Is new en-
terprise started in Michigan.
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DR.. RAILWAYS PILLS

The Great Liver an Stomach Remsdf
For the cure Of all disorders Of the Stomach. Liysr
Of Appetite Headache, CJstiyeness, Indigestion.
Biliousness, Fever, Inflammation Of the Bowels,
Piles aud all arrangements Of the internal vtscsrs
Purely vegetable. containing no mercury. minerals
0t Price. IS cents per boz. Sold by all drusgh,s
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s,m.th,nu About Catarrh.

ANOTHER consignment Of humble bees has
been sent to New Zealand to help in fertilizing
the clover blossoms.
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MENSMAN's PRPToNIZED BEEF TONIC, the only
preparation of beef containing it's entire rtts-t-
ho,Ls properties 1t contains blood-making
invaluable for Indigestion, dyspepsia, nervous
prostration, and all forms of general debility:
also, in all enfeebled conditions, whether the
result Of exhaustion, nervous prostration, over
work or acute disease, particularly If resulting
from pulmonary complaints. Caswell, Hazard&
Co., Proprietors, New York. Sold by druggists.
GET Lyons Patent Heel Stiffeners applied to
your new boots and shoes before you wear
them out.
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"Vbat Every One Should X now.

THE price asked by Prof. Nicolle for late
Undiscovered picture by Raphael is $lOO,W.
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SCROFULA,

Whether transmitted from parents or acquired. y
solvent.
Cures have been made where persons have been
and 40 years Of age. by DR. RAILWAYS SARSApAr
RILLIAN RESOLVENT, Q remedy composed II In
tial to purify heal repair aud invgorate the broke9
down and wasted body. Quick, pleasant. safe ana
permanent in its treatment and cure.
Sold by all druggists. One dollar bottle.
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THERE arc in Europe 4,579,0O more women
than men.
A perfect specihc-Dr. Sage's Catarrh
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DR.. RAILWAYS
SARSAPARILIiH RES0LVEAi,
The Great Blood Purifier,

Chronic Rheumatism, Scrofula, Syphtlltic Com.
plants etc. tsee our book on yenere.l ETC. price
Cancerous Affections, Bleeding Of the Lungs. Dys.
pepsia, Water Brash, White swellings, Tumors. Pim-
pies. Blotches, Eruptions Of the Face Ulcers; hip
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Liver Complaints, etc.
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THE EAToNTowN LYNcHiNo.


On Friday. last Anna Herbert, the
daughter OF henry Herbert, farmer who
lives just south OF the village OF Eaton
Vile, near Long Branch, started on foot to
visit the Mapes family, who live nearly
Two miles from her homo. The road leads
through dense pine wood. 1t was near
~ O'Clock when she babe the Mapes
family goodbye. She had gone nearly a
mile ana reached the loneliest part OF her
Journey when some one struck her a tor
riiic blow behind the right ear. She was
thon seized by the throat. She is five
ieet Tall and possesses strong physique.
one fought with desperation, and in the
struggle her assailant was compelled to
release MS grasp, She turned and re-
coghizeo samuel Johnson, who is better
known as "Mingo Jack The negro re-
newed ms attack, and when she was SO
weak that resistance was impossible, the
wretcn seized her again by the throat and
choked her until she became unconscious.
When she regained her senses, It was
win great difnculty tnat she reached the
mouse OF Mr.. Brown, nall mile distant,
ana tola what had happened. The alarm
was given, ana Oonstaoie Llepenthai be-
gan search ior Johnson. Inc brute was
iouna eating supper WIN ms family as
tnougn mourning nad happened; ne sub
ml.ted quietiy 70 arres., put denied nav
lug any.nlng 70 10 WIN tne anair.
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NO MORE pEAp-HEApING.

In accordance with the resolution adopt
ed by the New Jersey Editorial Associa-
tion at it's late meeting, the undersigned
hereby give notice that hereafter all no.
tices of exhibitions, lectures, concerts,
fairs, festivals, pic-nics, socials, dances,
suppers, and other entertainments having
for their object the raising of money,
cards Of thanks, obituary and society
resolutions, ETC., win be charged for. as
they are in the nature of advertise
ments and not news, and their insertion
entails considerable expense on the pub
Usher.
The rate per line in reading matter will
BIO len cents aud in the advertising col
umns, the usual advertising rates.
CLARK PIERsoN,
Pub. THE RECORD.
PH1NEAs X. HAzEN,
Pub. The Beacon.