Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-06-15
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81 can tell hawk from handsaw. y
Courtney.
Herbert Spencer writes to New York
friend that he has passed his sixtieth year,
but still goes up stairs two steps at time.
This looks as if Mrs. Spencer was pretty
handy with q broom.
An American editor offered Bismarck
-, 500 weekly for an article every week for
one year, making $780, for one years
work. The offer was refused Il Exchange
As matter of justice to both parties, it is
proper to say that at last accounts Bis had
our proposition under consideration, having
neither accepted nor rejected il. -[Chicago
Tribune.
There is no more useful or beautiful
standby for an evening dress, says
fashion journal, Ethan one of velvet
or plush, made plainly, especially if it be
made with square-cut bodice and with
no trimming, but some old lace or rich
embroidery, and perhaps slashings of bro
cade or some similar material at the
shoulders and elbows" This is certainly
useful, but for really lovely stand by :"
for an evening dress, or any other kind, an
ordinary Woodworking man in the shape of
husband generally wins in the long run.
We note that az. new lawn tennis cos
tune has the underskirt killed almost its
whole length and crossed by dark bands
The tunic, which is of a contrasting color,
is turned back on one side and faced with
the material that forms the skirt and on
the other side is q large square pocket.
The tunic is draped by bow at the back,
and the waist is plain and round" 1t
would be difficult TO imagine anything
more lovely than this, unless it was the
bank account of the man who could pay
for it.
A United States Senator says that be
would not give fig for a girl who could
not answer these questions How long
must hen set before chickens are Matched:
How long does turkey set before hatch
ing brood? How old must chickens be be-
fore they are fit to broil At what age may
young pigs be roasted?" He has trained
his daughter on these points, and is proud
to say that she can pass the examination
successfully. He might also have asked
her how long a young man sets before
gliding gently up to her end of the sofa,
and how long they both set that way after
the old man is heard to get out of bed up
stairs. We wouldn't give fig for girl
who couldn't answer these questions.
In 1875, Lady Burdett Coutts wrote
letter from Brighton, England, regarding
the misuse of goats for draught, and urging
their improvement for their valuable milk
ing purposes. The British Goat Society
has sprung up and is thrifty from the at
tention thus called to the matter, and it is
contemplated to establish depots for the
sale OF goats as well as theirpure mix, which
is found to be invaluable, especially for
children in case of sickness. As healthy
goat will invariably refuse to eat anything
but circus posters, fine-cut tobacco and old
hoopskirts, people who are acquainted with
the habits of the useful animal might OBJ
ject to the use of its milk in cases of severe
sickness. There is nothing so certain,
however, as that members of Goat Soci-
ETY. know nothing about goats.
CAscA SAGR4DA, or Sacred Bark, is the
great medicine which forms the basis OF Ham
mer's Cascara Sagrada Bitters.