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finest in the world. They are of vast extent, and
poaller5 by the thousands sell IN them. An lu-
dian will walk for miles with a few punches of
lettuce and half dozen eggs, and on all the
roads leading 20 Mexico you meet men loaded
down with great bundles Of all kinds Of wares
going into Mexico to sell them. Most of these
wares are their own handiwork. The variety
of things sold In the Mexican markets is rs great
now as il was when Borual Dias, who came
over with Cortcz described il. save that you NO
longer find the great numbers Of male ana
female slaves, who were then fastened by The
neck, in collars, 10 long poles" lou do not Had
silver, gold and precious jewels, nor do the peo-
pie use quilts filled with gold and silver grains
for money. Yen do find however, everything
that is used hy the ordinary Mexican or has
household. There arc hundreds Of merchants
selling pottery aud wooden ware. Great num-
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hers sit with piles Of shclled corn about them,
which they pcadle out 10 the women for
tho making of their coueaECs or tortillas.
There az meat markets by the dozens, and all
the curicus conEomcratipn which makes up
Mexican humanity buyng az them. ] watched
their purchases oac day. / noted they did not
understand tho hest cuts. and that halt Of them
would pay rs much for he neck Of the beef as
Tor the loin The fruit market had pears and
cherries lying beside pincapples and bananas,
aud there wore melons and peaches, cocoanuts
aud oranges all Of which came from different
parts OF Mexico, aud most Of which were as
fine OF their kind rs you can yet IN the world.
Pushing in and out among the throng Of buy
ors were Indian women with baskets covered
with leaves or dirty cloths. and These We're the
prdaer5 Of Catahles of corncgkcs, and Of In
mails You could buy half dozen Corncakes
Tor a cent and the doughnut tamalis were cor
rcspoudiugly chcap Along the edge of the
market were cook stands, where scraps Of pork
aud chunks of meat were fried 30 boiling lard
for The custumCrs- ragged ludiaus-whO stood
about aud ate the greasy mOTsCls out Of their
dirty fingers The vegetables of the market
arc very fnc and Won can have vegetables Of
al kinds here all the year round. have never
seen such lettuce anywhere, and the trusts Of
Mexico suUuss IN quality those OF amy other
part of this continent There is no reason why
"a man should not live better iH Mexico than in
any other parto North America, but the fac, is,
on the average, ho lives worse here than lac does
with rs Good cooks could make gastrouomic
paradise Of our sister Republic, hut so present
the only place where an American can get The
kind of a meal be wants is in the private houses
aud at the clubs.
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Report Of the Governor Of Alaska.

Gov. Lyman L. Knapp. Of Alaska, in his
annual report to the Secretary of the Interior
says that the market value Of seaiskins las
increased since the Bering Sea matter, owing
To the smailness of last years catch and the
increased rates paid to the Government by the
company,under its new lease. The most serious
difficulty with sealing is the illegitimate
slaughter of females and the young seals in the
open sea, and he thinks this valuable industry
is in danger. The Governor reports the products
exported from the Territory during the past
wear, and shows that there were 6SS, 332 eases
Of salmon, valued at g, 7j3 :25 Also pounds Of
ivory, 1851; 23l ,2-2 pounds Of WhalebOne,
81 .JO3. 5i3; 1880 gallons Of whale oil, $iIG7
lbs. 900 Goldfish, $4,000 1900 barrels Of
saltod salmon. $4,000; gold and silver bullion.
Sl.OOOOOO; 2l.j96 fur seals taken under lease,
SGi7. $50; 10000 skins taken by poachers,
81 -OJCOO; other furs and skins, S4J00OO;
curios, So, 600; other products, $l0G.O00 Total,
=, g4l, 5lj.
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the Jockey Cluh, whose guest am during my
STAY No Clrb in the United States has a moro
uuiaue building than the jockey Club. il is
grandco's palace built several hundred years
AFRO aud row slightly remOdelei for club uses.
70 Is walled with blue tiles inside and out and
great pillars ~ carved stone uphold the haicO-
mics, which Iun around the court IN its center.
its ceilings arc If tile, and IL has all the luTu-
r'5us furniture Of to-day surrounded by the
grandeur Of Tie past. OF the 200 Americans in
Mexico City only one OF two are members Of
this club, aud b. is exclusively made mp Of rich
aud noted Ncxicans. u has its card rooms rs
Wcl as its rea4lug- rooms and paTi0rs The
bl.s made az The tables here often amount 20
fortunes The leading politicians Of the
country belong TO IL, and il was at this club
that tie flai diplomatic agent who WAS sent 10
Mexico by our Secretary Of State 10 look into
tho Cutting affair fell. lie had a car0use here
with some Of those young Mexican bl0Jds aud
in tile crowd was Romero Lubio, one Of the
Mexican Cabinet ministers. During the drink
ing words no. al all diplomatic were banded
through the medium II a iacciious young blood
who acted as an Interpreter between the agent
81 the United States aud Eatlo, bat the latter
had the good sense 10 leave before any trouble
was created. Along toward morning the party
adjourned from tue Jockey Club 10 one Of the
courts 0i the Hotel ItuTbide aud here 10 Lac-
chauaiiau music danced the Can-can. After
this the agent Of the United States retired 10
his ROOM intending 10 sleep Of his supcrabuu-
dance oi liuuOr, hut the young MeElcaus routed
him out and persuaded hm 90 go with them 30
one Of The houses Of the city where the numc--
Gus young women arc more pretty than virtu-
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During the week S.677 claims were re-
cciyed, Of which 200 were original invalid,
80 widows : bounty land, q navy, 2i old
war, l33 accrued. and 2,0J9 applications for
increase; act Of June %, 1890. 400 original
invalid, 800 widows, and / $50 who had made
prior application under old acts.
Number Of claims received TO date under act
OF June %, 1890 7Oi,SJ2. Claims disposed OF
10 date under said act, 251,2i2
Number Of rejected claims reOpened, III.
The names and postofiice addresses OF 1864
comrades were furnished for the use Of claim
ants. There were o. ,OjS pieces Of mail matter
received; ~, jG3 letters and blanks sent out.
Number Of cases detailed to Special Examin-
eTs, 1913; reports and cases from Special TX
aminers, 303; cases on hand for special ex-
animation, 4OlG.
Report Of certificates issued: Original, 4,373
increase, 1926; duplicate. o.; accrued, lOT: to-
tai, G.sOj. Total number Of claims pending
SJ9Jj2.
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The bottom Of the lake, and they shot out roofs
into the earth of the floating garden and held
ID steady Year after year the soil thickened,
and after a time ii became a stationary island.
The floating gardens o. Mexico City are now
altogether stationary, but they are so cut MP
by canals that ID is easy 10 imagine that the
above story is true, and that they have moved
about Ia times past. There are great farms OF
them, aud these canals make the fences aud
roads The fields are about 20 feet wide and
OF different lengths, and the canals are perhaps
six feet wide, aud you are pushed about through
the fields 10y Indian boys, in long, fat gonlola-
like boats. The gardens are tile Venice OF the
country. They make you think Of Holland,
and they are % me one Of the great SIGHTS Of
Mexico. ] dufted lazilr about for hours in
the canals running through them, and found
new and strange sights at every turn.
These gardens furnish the vegetables Tor the
City Of Mexico il is from them that the
wonderful flowers come for which the Capital
b. SO famous. Some Of these long beds were
masses OF beautiful blossoms and there were
roses aud lilies aud pinks by the million. The
canals were covered with leaves about The size
OF pin-hcad, aud we n0atcd through these
green highways with great beds Of flowers on
both sides OF as, and great trees hanging over
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ne and shading our way. Now and thcn we
would come into vegetable farm, and The
water bound patches OF black earth would be
filed with Cab5ages ~ covered with heads Of
green lettuce There were dozens Of fields Of
bccis, Of great yellow carrots which shouc like
gold under The green aud OF round artichOlles
like those you buy on the Mediterranean. The
Bermuda onions each almost as Big as the head
al s. baby, covered some al The farms, looking
more .iEe squashes than onions. Here and
thcTe noticed men working IN The field and
saw that the most Of the cultivation was By
matt0ck rather than with spade or pIOw IL was
human muscle rather than that Of OK or horse
that oil GA The soil. The little pcou boy who
carried az through the garden was a character.
which we passed and bis skin was as yellow as
thc great golden carrots which, dropping from
some loaded boat had here aud there fallen
into the water Ilis teeth were as white as the
snowy turuips which were carried in loads past
ug, aud his short. bushy hair o. jet black was 30
81 d that ID almost raised DIS ha, from h.s head.
JIG plucked many flowers for the ladies Of our
party al we stopped from time % time a. the
different nurseries, aud upon my saying that
We were hungry, be went into matched hut
and brought back some tama.is done up boz corn
husks aud offered them 10 u.s. The tanal II
one of the dHiutios of which tire MeXiCaus are
very fond Id is something like o handful VI
CON mufE mlEed with q pinch 81. rcd pepper
and d bio of iat bacon wrapped mp in corn
husk and steHei iu pot Of grease like "a dough.
nut This miZturc IS kept in the hnsk of corn
after ID is stcWCd, and ID tastes both hot and
delicious.
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fIese will bob MP and down IL you jump upon
them. There are said TO have been thousands
Of them IN tho days Of the Aztecs, and, in the
time of Coriez IL is said that they covered tie
Lake of Tozcoco, which is the nearest lake 70
Mexico City. These islands were made Of
masses Of vegetation Ia which reeds and bushes
had become matted together and covered with
soil They were OF such nature that they
fioated upon the lake and rose and fell with
the changes of the depth Of the water.
number Of these lakes are from 10 10 10 feet
deep. and the gardens were kept in their
places by driving willow poles down into the
mud through them. These poles took root in
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concerning YeraAya. lie has seen her picture
and says she is the same woman who has
worked the Western coast as a spiritualist and
massage doctor under the name Of Madame
Isabel. She left Los Angeles last July, at
which time she was so destitute that collec-
ton was raised for her benefit among the
spiritualists Of that eity.-Mrs Frank Leslie
was married Oct. 4. in New York, TO William
G. KingsbuFy Wilde. Of London, eldest son Of
the late Sir William Wilde, NJ. d., Of Dublin,
aud brother Of Oscar Wilde.
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The Bureau of American Republics is in
formed that near Bucaramanga, in the United
States of Colombia. there has recently been
discovered q mineral substance not unlike
asbestos.
Senior Eloy Valenxuola, distinguished geol-
ogist, has given this material the name OF
Bucaramanquina. It is the color Of amber, is
perfectly transparent, and is incombustible.
IL can be reduced to pulp aud nodded into
light fire and waterproof tiles for house
covering; can be woven in pliable fre-proOi
cloth or shaped in casques suitable for fire.
mems wear.
A white varnish can also be extracted from
this substance.
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FRUIT sELLERs.

ous To make a long story short, he was found
here Ia state Of beasty intoxicati0n. aud the
publication Of this story in Mexico eiIectually
destroyed his diplomatic work. He was re-
called by our sccretaryof State and the matter
WAS kept as quiet as possible. The Jockey
Club, however is not drinking club, and il
will compare In order and in the character Of
its members with any of the clubs Of Washing
ton or New York. The French have a club in
Mexico City 10 which any Frcnchman can be.
long The Spauish have a club. The prosicst.
the sloWest, aud the most sucide-iuducing of
any OF the clubs that ! visited is the Anglo
American Club, made up Of the English and
American residents Of the Capital.
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The Democratic state Ticket in Massachusetts.

The Democratic State Convention Of Massa-
ehusetts met in Worcester on Tuesday, Sept.
%. Hon. William +. Russell, tho present Gov
ernOT, was nominated 20 succeed himself; Gen.
John w. C0rcoran, observation-disclosures; FL
bridge CushHan, Secretary Of State; j. ;. Grin
nell, Treasurer and Receiver General; ID. w.
Trefry, Auditor. aud George VI. Stearns, Attor-
ney-General. The platform adopted denOunces
the Mckinley tariff bill; invites comparison
between the present Administration aud that
of Cleveland in carrying out the Civil Service
law, and declares for honest money, the gold
and silver coinage Of the Constitution, and in
a currency convertible into such coinage with
ont loss. The platform is silent on the pension
question.
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A nlsn,inr nf ChIrnrn.

Eight persons were almost instantly killed
and dozen others injured on Sunday after
noon Oct. 4, by the explosion Of the tug Charles
Parker, ia the South branch Of the Chicago
River. 40 Chicago, III. Three of the dead be-
longed 10 the crew OF the tug, while tho bal
ance were hystanders who were watching the
efforts 81 the tug 10 tow steamer from the
river TO the lake. When the tug exploded col
umns Of water were thrown into the air, aud a
moment later the falling debris shoWered upon
the ground on either side Of the river, killing
five spectators, aud wounding many others, tho
street near the scene of the explosion being
crowded with people nc the time. The explo-
sion was caused by the filthy water, which is
full Of grease dirt and other olfal that when
il gets into a boiler foams mp like soapsuds,
which makes il very dangerous.
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1n coming 10 Tho floating gardens Of Mexico
we r0wcd up the Aiga Canal, which leads from
the lakes about Mexico 10 the great market
place Of tho city, aud is one OF the quccrcst
waterways Ia the world. ID Isl one Of thG0ldest
canals iu this country. When CurcZ captured
the city he found the boatg Of the Aztecs mop-
ing 10 and fro upon the water, aud il had q
great commerce IN the days Of the Moutezumas.
ID is. judge, about 100 feet wide and not over
four feet deep and ia the FIVE or six miles
which we rode through ID we were continually
passing boats Of al sorts OF merchandise r0Wcd
aud pushed by all sorts 81 men aud women.
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scamper 10 and fro IN sight OF the boat Some
of them are almost human in their antics aud
they apparently love each Others society. ] saw
Damon and Pythias in the shape Of TWO doakovs
standing IN the street to-day They were
freight donkeys, and had bceu carrying heavy
loads into town, but they rubbed their noes
against each other MS they stood By the road
side, and look Of brotherly love seemed 10
shoot from the eyes Of one 10 the other.
looked In vain during this trip for the canal
flies, which are said TO be one Of the dcicacies
Of Aztec gastr0uOmy. ID may not have been
the proper season, or ID may be that / did not
strike the breed ing beds, still would be lOath
10 say that Me@ican Ay-cating is fiction, for
the best authorities refer 10 H. The spaniarls,
when they came over will Corsoz, described
the great markets OF Mexico City, and they
said that The AztCcs ate frogs and tadpoles and
all sorts Of eatabcs, cooked and knocked. They
described them as eating kind of mud Iaado
into cakes aud this mud was probably a ~ X
ture Of the fly eggs which Alr. Ober who is now
one Of the Worlds Fair explorers IN the West
India Islands for strange things for tie Chicago
Exposition, tells Of Mr. Obcr in his book On
Mexico, gives vivid description o. the floating
islands, and be tells just how tie dies arc pre-
pared Tor use. They are about the size Of q
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Gen. William i. Curtis, Colonel 18th ". Va,
died recently at his home in West Liberty, w.
Va aged 20. Gen. Curtis entered the service
as Captain in the 18th W. Va, and passed
through the grades. becoming Colonel OF the
regiment in 1864. He commanded the Second
Brigade, independent Division, Twenty Fourth
Corps, at the capture Of Fort Gregg. and was
breyetted BFigadier- General for gallantry in
that action.
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HAVE spent to-day
upon the lakes aud in
the canals that wind
about the floating gar
dcns of Mexico. These
gardens do not float
now bat they arc said
10 have boon moved
from ono place to an
other ia days gone hy,
and residents OF McXi-
co City tell me there
still are floating islands
in some Of the upper
AIgvigRulal-gg uudthut
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Stanford UnI,ersItr OPENED.

The Leland Stanford, jr.. University at Palo
Alto, Cal. which has an endowment estimated
at $2oO)0,000, was formally opened on Thurs
day, Oct. /. 4 little before noon the Senator
and Mrs. Stanford assembled the platform, and
as they came into view OF the audience there
was enthusiastic cheering while the students
for the first time let of their college yell.
Senator Stanford spoke at length. Four hun
dred and forty students have been admitted,
and fully 1000 applications have been received,
and the examinations are not yet finished.
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horse-fy, aud the Ind. have a way OF catch
ing them They cali them watcr-whcgt and
they pound Them up INFO paste, boil them in
corn-hasEs, and sell them. Their eggs are like
fine fish roe, aud they are very popular
Lcuten dict. These watCr-Aics arc fond al Jay
ing on reeds, and the Indians plant nests Of
this sort Tor thcm. The insects lay their eggs
On The reeds aud by means 0f a Loaf and q
sheet they are gathered. They pull the reeds
out Of She water and shake them over the sheet.
ln serving hem They treat them much like tho
flies, pounding them into a paste aud fixing
them with the eggs OF fowls An English
monk Who visited Mexico about 200 years aeo
speaks Of those maTshilcs. IIcsavs the Ind inns
gathered them together and kept them in
heaps aud served them up 10 cakes like brick
bats lie said they ate the meal with as good
stomach as We cat cheese: and he believed
that these flies brought the ducks and Wild
fowls ~ the MCzicau lakes.
The markets Of Mexico City arc smonr tho
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WA CT Is
ALMOST FREE.
70 National Tribune
Subscribers CaIy.

THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE has made q
contract for an immense number Of Watches,
and proposes to sell them for q short time
10 subscribers oaly at prices that will seem
incredible to those people who have a knowl-
edge Of Watches. The most wonderful part
of this offer is thar, although we can get
hundreds Of different makes we c0ndne this
to those made at Waltham and
Elgin, which, as our readers well know, ara
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Monument to the Dead Heroes OF SchuIlkiII
COUNTY, In.

Monument to the Dead Heroes OF SehuIlkill
COunty, In.
Never before was there such crowd as as
scmbled at POttsville on Thursday, Oct i. To
witness the unvaiIinR OF the monument 10 the
memory of the volunteers who went from
SChuylkill County and persisted on the battle
fields Of the late war. Special trains from all
sections Of Pennsylvania arrived during the
morning, and when the parade moved at noon
there were 1000 men in line. and many times
that number lined the sidewalks along the
route Of the procession. The demonstration
was participated in by Gov. Pattis0n aud his
stati, the eth and sth regiments OF the National
Guards. Grand Army men. and all the civic and
military organizations Of that portion OF the
State The uuvaIliug of the monument took
place in the afternoon, ten. Horace Porter OF
New York, delivering the grafton. The FIRST
Defenders" which include companies from
LewistOwu, Allentown, New Riuggod. and
PottsviIIe, were presented with badges by Gov.
PattIsOn, which were the gift OF the State.
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Haliham or Elgin, $3.50.
Offer No. Oh.

A men's-size Waltham or Elgin Watch,
containing seven jewels, compensation ball
ance and safety pinion, stem winding and
setting apparatus, and ali the latest inn
prOvements. The case is sold nickel-silyer,
open face. and the crystal is made of plate
glass 50 heavy as to Withstand any strain.
The usual price Of this WaJch is $3.50 to
$3.50 We send it to subscribers by regis
tered mail for S. so
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Some Of the boats were filled with vegetables,
others had corn piled high upon them, aud not
a few contained families and pleasure parties.
on some of the boats the people seemed 20 live,
and not a few Of them were used by pcddlers-
men and womcn-who shot about up and down
the canal selling eatahles and drlnkahlcs.
Some Of them had great jars Of pulque, others
sold tamals, and not a few were occupied by
the sellers OF tortlias, the cakes Of crushed
corn which form the bread of Mexico Near
the city a great deal OF peddliHg was going on
in the boats, and dark faced Indians were sell
ing their vegetables and grass aud fruits tothe
retail dealers and other purchasers. A great
many OF the shops at this point were quite close
20 the canal, aud the pr8ws Of the boats could
almost go into the shops when the merchants
wanted 10 buy. IL made me think OF the float
ing homes Of Bangkok. and the varieties OF
boats reminds ono of the hundred thousand
people who live and die in somewhat similar
boats on the river in front Of Canton, China.
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A Day Spent Among the Beautiful
Mexican Lakes.

The Niga Canal and It's Curious Sccn"s-The
McNicHn Country and flIc Mexican Markets
Queer Things that the Indians Eat-Ilies
aud Dirt ~ Dainties- Mexican Club Life.
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Gold Watch, Sl2.co.
Offer No. Or.

A mems size Waltham or Elgin gold-flled,
open face, Watch, stem wind and set, seven
Jewels, and all Improvements; an accurate
time-piece. that looks just like 500 solid
gold Watch. The case is guaranteed to wear
10 years. Watch clubs and retail jewellers
have been selling this Watch for $50. Our
price by registered mail is only . $12 90