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How the Arabs Eat Locusts.

A correspondent in Algiers writes:
One fine morning on rising we found the
locusts with us. / cannot better com.
pare the sight than to fall of snow; the
snowhakes were locusts buzzing about in
the bright sunlight. / will not repeat
the old exaggeration that the SUI was
darkened. They were, however, disa-
greeably numerous, invading your rooms
if the windows happened to be open,
and Pickering you In the face and drop
ping down your neck while out walk
ing.
The children amuse themselves with
catching them, attaching a string to thcif
legs, and are very delighted with these
playthings. Others weave them into long
garlands. The Arabs are more practical.
Taking off the head, legs and wings they
boil them with salt, and then regale
themselves to their hearts content.
The mail steamers coming from France
have had their decks covered inches thick
as far out at sea as forty miles. Stringent
are now enforced in the town
and district of Algier5, such as the COW
ing up of all sources of water supply,
wells and reservoirs, as an epidemic is
feared in case the locusts fall into the
water. In the meantime the munich
pality pay twenty cents per sack OF fifty
pounds for all locusts gathered. The
outlook is certainly not promising, all
kinds of food and vegetables having
risen in price. We hope, however, for
the best, and trust the threatened danger
will be mitigated, if not altogether
ayerted. - Commercial A10srGSsr.
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FUN.

Jump into notice-frogs.
Good all round desert-pie.
Shine in the ity--bootblacks.
Not poem-thn lay Of hen.
Result of squeeze-lemonade.
The real tennis blazer-the sun. .
A lounge is sometimes used in tn,
bed stead. -BinghamtOn Republican.
1t takes the yellows to give the peach
growers the blues. - Baltimore american.
The modern,girl often longs for such
a Boaz Ruth hsd.-BiaghantOn Rtpub-
licm.
Always forgive your enemies-espe-
cially those you can't whip Tera,
SVt'n5s.
Hunger may'sharpen the wits, but it
puts a vicious wire edge on the temper.
Puck.
"When work l frequently playl'
"What is your businessl" "I'm fire.
man. - Yankee Blade.
There are people VINO get credit for
being good simply because they have
poor health. - RIMS Horn.
The man who hasn't the capacity to
attend to his own business always finds
others to do it for him. - Galves,on Nsrs.
She-"Don't you singl Why, how
stupid of your He-"If you'd ever
heard me you'd think it was everlasting
smart of me. - West Shore.
The quickest way to convince a person
OF the accuracy Of the Darwinian theory
is TO show him a summer boy with his
hair clipped. Binqham,on Republican.
Briton-"If you are such rampant
American | should think you would re-
main where Americans are most appre-
ciated." American-"I do-in London
and Paris. Kate Fields Washington.
William the Wanderer at the kitchen
window, shifting the delicious odor of
the cooking dinner)-"Beauteous maid,
l smell" The Cook-I knowye do;
an if yor don't go away from here I'll
put the boord av hilth on yer. '--Jury.
Probably the hardest, most trying
thing which can befall anyone in this
world is the endeavor to decipher the
important memoranda he has jotted
down with such confidence of being able
to read right OFF when he wants to use
them. Boston Transcript.
A member of the Fire Brigade Com
mittee of the County Council at the Guild
hall banquet observed to neighboring
Alderman "The acoustics are very bad
in this hall" "Really" replies the lat
ter. "You surprise me. I cant smell
anything ."-L0ndOa Truth.
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Washington.

THE monthly debt statement shows rs
duction lSr August of s., s95. Custo ms
receipts for the month were sl5. l6i,6E.
against $40, 3l2. s79 in August, 1899.
THE international Congress Of Geoioyisti
in session at Washington adjourned. 10 meet
in Switzerland in 1894.
THE Census Office isSuei a bulletin on thu
population Of the State Of Indiana. by minor
civil divisions. which shows that the popula
ton of the State has increased 2i4, l03, or
lO.S2 per cent during the decade.
SECRETARY Foster Issued notice extent
ing the time for the presentation OF four an
half per cent. Government bonds fof ex-
tension at two per cent. Very few OF the four
and a half Government bonds have been pre-
sented for redemption, while many have
been continued under the new rate OF two per
cent.
SUPERINTENDENT KINBALL, OF the Life
Saving Service, has put on 100 extra crews
along Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
WEBsrER FLANAGAN was appointed by
President Harrison Collector Of Customs OF
the Port OF FL Paso, Texas.
THE Noun. Vernon passenger steamships
George Leary and W. W. Corc)ran were
burned to the waters edge at their docks in
Washington.
The Treasury Department paid out dur
ing the first week In September 81, 5O,OoO on
account ot pensions making altogether
about s23 000,0D paid out for pensions since
the lst of July. IL was expected that about
s5,0W,000 more would be paid out for
pensions during the present month.
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Foreign.

VIOLENT gales OF wind, accompanied by
furious transforms, continue to sweep over
Great Britain aud lrelani. Dispatches from
Dublin state that the crops throughout the
Province Of Ulster are in a pitiable condi-
ton, and that in many parts OF Ulster and
elsewhere they are almost entirely sub
merged. In other neighborhoods the crops
are in several feet OF water aud will be cont
pletely destroyed.
EIGHT members of the crew Of the British
steamer Dunmurry, Of Belfast from New
York for Antwerp with grain, lost their
lives through the ctpsizing OF the vessel Ia
a hurricane off Halifax. Nova Scotia.
THE river Barrow in ireland in consc-
ouence OF the recent heavy rain storms has
oyerfiowed, and that its waters are flooding
thousands Of acres OF land and destroying
the crops The Welsh rivers are flooded and
much damage has been done. The storms
have half ruined the crops throughout Scot
land, and the harvest is alta complete stanf-
still.
The twenty-frst anniversary OF the battia
of Sedan was observed In Germany, tbt
papers making pessimistic comments on tae
prospects for peace.
EMPEROR WILLIAM. of Germany, started
10 meet the Emperor Of Austria at the
Austrian manPuvres.
MISS LINCOLN, daughter OF the Americsn
Minister to England, was married TO Mr..
lsham. her fathers Private Secretary, at
London. Cannon Farrar performed the
ceremony.
The financial condition of Guatemala Is
very bad, and the troops threaten TO revolt
unless they are paid.
The miserable harvest In Western Russia
has compelled the withdrawal OF aport'on
of the garrison stationed there, owing 70
lack Of food TO support them.
DEPUTY vERDUGA, one Of ex-President
Balmaceda's friends, was captured at lalcs.
Chiu, with over million dollars In bank
potes and drafts.
A RIOT broke out at Ichaug. China. All
The mission aud foreign property was
burned. No fatalities we're reported
TIE sultan of Turkey has discharged his
Grand vizier. Kiamil Pasha-
UMDRELLAs have : widsspssad popu-
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A Earmar Eriahiens an Army.

An Amager farmer, going to town
with his load Of cabbagcs, rau into a
troop of mounted artillery marching out
to drill aud scattered panic in the ranks.
The war horses ran away leaving the
guns in the road, and one OF the artil-
lcrymen, who fell of, was dragged along
by the stirrnps. The farmer, who was
as badly scared as the rest, was made
prisoner after the troops had rallied and
was fined more than the value of his load
for assault upon the Danish Army. .--Nsw
York Recorder.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-09-11
LITTLE THINGS

a goodbye kiss is little thing,
With your hand on the door to 90.
But it takes the venom out OF the sting
Of thougtless word or a cruel fling
That you made an hour ago.
A kiss of greeting is sweet and rare,
After the toll of the day,
But it smootbs the burrows out of The care,
And lines on the forehead you once called
falr,
In the years that have flown away.
IT'S little thing to say, ''You are kind"
II love you, my dear each night
But it sends thrill through the heart, I
find;
For love is tender as love is blind
As we climb life's rugged height.
We starve each other for loves caress,
We take, hut we do not give;
1t seems so easy some soul to bless,
But we dole love grudgingiy, less and less.
Till It's bitter and hard TO live.
-Union Signal.
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THE NEWS EPITOMIzED.
Eastern and Middle States.

tA'bost osattr<
FIVE days after the search for the dead
hal been abandoned, two more bodies were
! taken from the ruins in Park place, New
YORK City, making the total number re-
covered sixty-three. Mayor Grant issued
orders 10 have the place cleared up at
once.
in the discharge of his duty in New YORK
City. His throat was cut by Noah Rich
ards, vicious, drunken colored man, who
had made a disturbance in the house, and he
bled to death in a few minutes.
GOVERNOR PAGE, of Vermont. received
from the Treasury Department Vermonts
portion Of the direct tax, amounting to sl7,-
J47.
FRANK ScoFIELD, who lives about seven
miles from Cold Spring, N. Y. shot AMI
killed his father and brother while quarrel
ing over pickle crops.
GEORGE ELLIS aged ten, capsized boat
on Lake Gardner, Amesbury, Mass. and
was drowned James Higgins. aged twenty
two who went 10 bis aid, was taken with
cramps and was also drowned.
SECRETARY TRACY visited President Har-
rison at Cape May, NJ
The Presidents daughter. Mrs. Mckee
and his daughter-in-law. Mrs. Russell B.
Harrison. arrived at New York on the
steamship Majestic from Liverpool. Mrs
Harrison, who had come on from Cape May.
n. j., to meet her daughter and daughter-in-
law, was taken down tho Bay on the revenue
steamer Grant. 10 which the distinguished
passengers were transferred
MRS MARY BUTCHER, lOi years old, died
AZ the residence of her son, Thomas +. Rog-
FRS, in Atlantic Highland. n. J. Mrs.
Butcher was born in Middletown Township
in l7s7 and married three times.
TIE Pennsylvania Democrats in session at
Harrisburg nominated Robert Il. Wright,
of Leaigh County, for Auditor-General. aud
A. L. Tilden, OF Erie County, for State
Treasurer.
THE New York Prohibition Convention at
Albany nominated j. W. Bruce for Gov
srnor and adjourned.
THREE monuments were Dedicated at Get
tySburg, Penn, 10 Illinois regiments
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have left me some money" cried Bessie.

"Wouldn't that be nice"
ats all very nice as it is, darling"
az am glad to hear you say so, Har-
vey," said Mrs. Moore, "yet a little
money is always useful"
Judge, if you can, of Harvey's surprise
when it was proven that Bessie was the
lawful cwner of the wealth which had so
turned the head OF Flavel Ashcroft No
words can describe the latter's disgust
with himself when he found that the
pretty girl whom he had courted and
then forsaken was the one to whom he
was forced to resign the riches which
he had always known were not his own.
Bessie would gladly have given him
share of the money, in spite of his con-
duct to her, but he gave her no chance.
He vanished utterly and completely; even
Miss Carroll never heard of him again.
Ladies Home Companion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-09-11
A Marnlna About Babies.

Strange as il may seem to thoughtful
person, it is noticeable that the hotter
the weather gets the more clothes some
people put on young babies. The reason
given Is that they are afraid baby will
take cold. II would be better for it to
run little risk Of catching cold rather
than be met with the certainty OF heat
prostration and its fatal consequences.
Many carefully nurtured babies undoub.-
edly die Of the effects Of heat because OF
the clothing and wraps put about them.
--New York Nail and Exfress.
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CURIOUS FACTS.

Africa mas nearly seven huuluted IAN
guages.
A New York firm buys duplicate wed
ding presents.
The tongue OF the giraffe isl 'nearly a
foot and half long.
New York City tempts dyspepsia by
eating $4,000 pies daily.
The peach was originally very
poisonous fruit, but by cultivation the
poison has disappeared.
The Oldtown Indians in blaine have a
curious law which forbids palefaces to be
on their island after certaimhour in the
evening.
Carrier pigeons recently made the
distance between Nurcmburg and Vi
emma, 80 miles, in lees than four and a
half hours.
1t is stated that in Taugier, Algeria,
locusts fall in the streets like rain, and
the sound of their falling resembles a
heavy shower.
The hailstonei which recently fell at
Arkansas City, Ark, were about the
shape of a common soda biscuit and
nearly as big.
A citizen of Greencas'le, Md, has
trained his rat-terrier to hatch out spring
chickens, and the little fellow does it
thoroughly. He is nov sitting on goose
eggs.
When q Kansas farmer has been sold
out by sheriff to satisfy mortgage, he
is then known as "wnereas," because
the writ of attachment begins with a
"whereas.'
With the idea Of preserving the Gaelic
language the Duke of Athol's daughter is
preparing for the instruction Of tho
Gaels of Perthshire in reading, writing
and speaking their native tongue.
The Trans Atlantic Steamship, Fuerst
Bismarck, carries the pennat for speed,
with record of 1878 knots per hour,
her second being the City of Paris, with
a record of ~. 40 knots per hour.
Professor Bastian relate in recent
lecture in Berlin that he hal lately made
the trip from Bombay, India, to Madras
and Benares in forty. eight hours by rail,
while in 1872 the same trip, with OK
teams, took two months.
Joseph Patton, who lives near Clifton
Hill, in Randolph County, Mo-, still has
the pony he rode in the Confederate
army. 1t is now thirty-six years oil aud
as fat as a mole, not having been used
any, or very little, for some years.
George Smith, skiing" of the English
gypsies, announces that in the fall he is
going to begin the publication Of news
paper in the Romany language, TO be
called the Wandering Fjlt. He hopes
TO get twenty THOUSAND subscribers
Many years ago, when rats became
numerous and annoying in house, the
owner would write letter to the re-
questing them to leave. The letter would
be written on the best Of paper, in good
plain writing, with explicit directions as
to when they were to vacate aud what
course they should pursue. Tdc note
would then be covered with butter and
placed in a hole where they could easily
get it. 1t is said this ancient custom ID
still practiced by many people.
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remarkable Vitality Of SoeI.

Il has been claimed that the scels
takca from ancient Egyptian tombs arc
capable Of growth, but proof Of the
claim is lacking. It has been demon
statcd, however, that seeds of very great
age are capable of development. Rlsp-
berries have been raiscl from seed taken
from the stomach OF a mau who died
during the time of the Emperor Hadrian,
who rcigned in the second century Of
our era. Think of it, seed springing
into new life after lying dormant sixteen
ccnturiesl
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ants. The frantic efforts to retain the six
townships within the reserved limits is
being made chiefly by prospective claim
ants. If their motives are patriotic. let
the owners of stage roads, built for pri-
vate profit, and out of which the reward
already earned is ample, make an assign
ment of their claims to the people of the
United States. Mr.. John Muir, geologist,
will do well to refuse his aid in the premi-
ses until this suggestion is carried into
effect. 1t is perfectly practicable and FEAST
Die for Mr.. Muir, or any one else who de-
slres to retain the six townships within
the limit of the reservation, to guarantee
the Government against the prospective
enormous cost in the satisfaction of these
claims.
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simply because the names of candidates
are grouped according to the titles of the
Offices to which they aspire.
Again, no voter will have presented to
him ballot with 500 or 600 names upon
it. A large number of names of NOM
inees viii be those for offices voted for in
districts. Hence, while all nominees may
aggregate 400 possibly, upon no one bal
lot will all the names appear. But if they
did, under the Encouragement for in
formation referred to, the voter will not
suffer any embarrassment.
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1t Goes without Saying {.

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approved by the leading medical menfn
the country.
That they are the original and genuine
porous plasters upon whose reputation
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the highest result of medical science and
skill
That in ingredients and method they
have never been equaled.
That ALLCocK's Porous PLAsTERS
have never yet failed to do their worl,
quickly and eaectually.
Beware of limitations and do not be de-
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ALLcocK's, and let no solicitation or ex-
planation induce you to accept a substi-
tute.
ALLCoCK's Corn AND BUNIoN SHIELDS
effect quick and certain relief.
The record-union., 1891-11-23
The New Metal.

The rapidity with which a new metal
is applied to purposes hitherto un-
dreamed of is peculiarly characteristic OF
our times. Among the latest evidences
OF its progress is the use of aluminium in
the construction Of sound boards for
strlnged musical instruments. 1t has
been found to possess latent quality, so
it is asserted, which makes it highly val
liable for the purpose, the metallic
tones produced by the use of other metals
being conspicuously absent, and it pos
sesses an elasticity capable of sympa-
thetic vibration uniformly through a
wide range of tone pitch, which renders
1t in this respect superior to wood. A
plano-making firm in New York is now
making piano with an aluminium
sounding board, in order to test the prac-
teal worth of the discovery.
The record-union., 1891-11-23
PREJUDGING THE BALLOT LAW

PREJUDGING THE BALLOT LAW.
The San Francisco Chronicle is not con-
tent to await trial of the new ballot law.
Pending its passage the Chronicle hotly
opposed the bill-the bosses, indeed, could
have had no warmer champion. Now
that it is the law of the land it continues
to pick flaws in the law, and to suggest
doubts calculated to prejudice the voter
in advance. Last week it said:
A dispatch from Sutter Creek SAYS the new
ballot law, which was tried in filling a
vacancy caused by the death of an Official
gave entire satisfaction. 1t would have Eeen
extraordinary had it not done So But the
| question ar ses will it give satisfaction in
city like San Francisco, where there is
strong probability OF tickets with five or six
sets OF nominees being presented to the be-
wildered voter? When confronted with an
array OF four or five hundred names from
which to pick eighty or ninety in a few
minutes he VIII probably adopt the comforta-
BILE eXpedient OF making cross opposite the
name OF the party OF his choice, and thus all
independence in voting such as has been wit
messed in California Will be done away with.
This enemy of the will of the people, as
expressed in law, purposely ignores
provision of the law that removes all
possibility of the voter being confused
by brevity of time and ballot with the
names of many nominees. The law pro-
vides that ten days before the election
sample ballot shall be furnished each
voter, if he wishes it, and he is thus given
ample time in which to ascertain pre-
cisely how to stamp the official ballot.
There is nothing to prevent political
parties, if they see fit, printing any num-
ber of sample ballots, nor is there any
thing forbidding the voter to take the
sample with hlm into the voting compart-
ment and stamping the official ballot by
the copy. Moreover, the list of nomi-
nees is to be published in advance of the
election. The voter must be an igno-
ramus, if not an idiot, who will enter the
voting booth so ill-informed that he can
not indicate for whom he w ishes to vote,
after these devices have been put into his
hand by which he is to mark the official
ballot.
The Chronicle insults the voters of its
city when it assumes them to be so unin-
| telligent that they cannot select from
among six candidates for Mayor, six for
Auditor, six for County Clerk and SO on,
as the offices to be filed may be named,
The record-union., 1891-11-23

If all the locomotives in the United
States were coupled together they would
make a train 300 miles long. Then add
the passenger cars. and we should have
800 miles more, and if we wanted huge
mixed train, and were to put in all the
box, flat and every other kind Of freight
car, our train would be more than 1000
miles long. The passenger cars could
carry more than 1,5G0,O people, and
upon the freight cars could be loaded the
weight of all the pyramids of Egypt and
all the State Capitols of the United States.
The record-union., 1891-11-23

The RECORD UNION ana WEEKLY
UNION are the only papers ON the Coast,
outside. Of San Francisco, that recei0e The
fuH ASSOCIATED Press dispatches from all
parts Of the Uorld. Outside of San Fran
caSeo, they haze no competitors either. in
influence or home and general circulation
throughout the State.
The record-union., 1891-11-23

MRS. WINSLoW'S SOOTHING SYRUP.
has been in use over fifty years by milliens OF
mothers tor their children while teething,
with perfect success. 1t soothes the child
softens the gums, allays pain, cures wind collie,
regulates the bowels, and is the best remedy
for diarrhoea, whether arising from teething
or other causes. For sale by druggists in
every part of the world. Be sure and ask for
Mira. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. Twenty-Five
cents bottle, MSVE
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THROUGH Suez.

Bonaparte broached the plan of recent
ting through Suez. Half century later
engineer De Lesseps did it, He actually
changed geography He broke a CONT
nent in TWO Tor the worlds commerce.
an old man now, Count De Lesseps
writes for The YOUTHS Componioa, in
humorous, charming vein, how he came
10 build the canal
The record-union., 1891-11-23

FAST TIME TO THE EAST.-The Atlantic
and Pacific Railroad (Santa Fe route) is now
twelve hours shorter TO Kansas City and st.
Louis, and twenty-four hours shorter to Chi
cago than formerly. Pullman Tourist Sleep
ing Cars to Chicago every day without change.
Personally conducted excursions every
Wednesday, with tourist car to Boston,
GEORGE W. RAILTON, Agent, 1904 Fourth
street, Sacramento. MWF
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HarPrinl 5lntires.

To SHIPPERS via SUNSET ROUTE.-Here-
after SUNSET SPECIAL service from san
francisco will be tri-weekly, leaving TUES
DAYS, THURSDAYS and SATURDAY VS.
Shlpments rom Sacramento made on same
days Will make close connection with specials
c. j. ELLIS, Agent.
sacramento, November D, 1891. n6-tf
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SEN francisco Agencies.

This paper is for sale at the following places:
LIP. Fishers, room 21, Merchants Exchange,
CALIFORNIA street; the principal News Stands
a0d Hotels, and at the Market-street Ferry.
SB- Also. for sale on all Trains leaving and
coming into Sacramento.
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49- These publications are sent either by
Mail or Express 20 agents or single subscribers,
with charges prepaid. All Postmasters are
agents.
The Best Advertising Mediums on the Pa
cif1c coast
The record-union., 1891-11-23

1 HAVE been great sufferer from catarrh
for over ten years; had it very bad, could
sleep and had to walk the floor. purchased
Elys Cream Balm and am using it freely. it
is working cure surely. l have advised
suits in every case. 1t is the medicine above
all others for catarrh. and IL is worth its
weight in gold. thank God have found a
remedy can use with safety and that does ali
that is claimed for it. 1t is curing my deaf
ness.-B. w. Sperry, Hartford, Conn.
The record-union., 1891-11-23

Entered at the Postofice at Sacramento as
second-class matter.
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SUNDAY excepted. Sunday only. anon
day excepted. A.-For morning. P.--For af.
ternoon.
RICHARD GRAY, Gen. Traffic Manager.
7. II. GOODMAN. General Passenger Agent.
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Weather Forecast
Forecast till P. M. Monday: For North
ern California-Fair, cooler in eastern portion