Sacramento daily record-union., 1880-12-07
NOTES OF THE DAY.

The other day the Paris police arrested
a man who was running about on the
banks OF the Seine in a state of absolute
nudity. On being taken to the station.
house and supplied with clothing, he told
the following tale: He had made up his
mind to drown himself so, proceeding TO
the bank of the river, he undressed himself,
rolled his clothes up into bundle, threw
them into the river, and then waded in
himself. But the water was cold, and, as
he lamentingly said, SIT gave him con-
traction of the stomach" so he waded out
again. But his clothes were at the bottom
of the Seine, if he was not, and SO he was
obliged to wait, half frozen and very much
undressed, until he fell into tine stern
clutches OF the guardians of the peace.
Greatly to his surprise he found that he
had made himself amenable 20 the law by
his abortive attempt at felo de Sc, or rather
by his preparations for the event, and that
a fine and q term of imprisonment would
be the penalty for drowning his clothes be-
fore he drowned himself. Moral-Never
begin any important piece OF business at
the wrong end.
The husband of Lucretia Mott is said to
have abandoned his excellent cotton bust.
ness because of its connection with slave
labor. His comfortable income, of course,
went with the business, and Mrs. Mott
opened a school and maintained their fam
lily of four young children until Mr.. Mott
established himself in other employment,
in which he finally acquired competence.
OF their children only one-Mrs. Edward
Hopper-has died their son, Thomas
Mott, spends his life between Newport and
Europe, one daughter is Mrs. F. NJ. Davis,
of Philadelphia, and the other is Mrs. G.
w. Lord.
The luck of the Beresfords is proveIbial.
1t is not go long ago that Lord William,
"Ulundi Beresford,' as he is called,
bought the Bend Or ticket in the celebra.
ted Umballah sweep, realizing thereby
some fl0, 900 or fl2, 600. More recently
he purchased half the share of Robert the
Devil for the st. Leger in this same Um-
ballah speculation, and as the sweep was
worth between $4,000 and e., 7,000 the re.
suit was another remarkable success
Last spring J. N. Marden of Baltimore,
Nd, tried the experiment of keeping the
frost away from 9, 500 of his pear trees by
building fires around them on severe
nights. His orchard contains l5,0O0 trees,
and those treated as above described yield
ed fruit that sold for more than 81, 600,
while the remainder of. the orchard pro.
duced comparatively nothing.
d. C. Iveson of Connellsville, Pa, went
to Scotland to look after all estate which
he thought he might have inherited ar
rived there Just in time to listen to positive
testimony that he was dead got flGO, 600
in cash as his inheritance saw the per-
iurers sentenced to prison for twelve years,
and returned home with the money.
a short time ago the postal authorities
at Vienna were startled by the receipt of a
letter addressed to Her Royal and Imperial
Highness Maria Theresa, who died in 1880.
The letter might have been written by Rip
Van Winkle, and was one hundred years
too late. 1t was returned to the sender
marked "dead."
The amount of money investsd in manu-.
featuring enterprises in New jersey is
about $50, ,0O0, O00 capital which employs
rs, 600 persons, l3, coo being engaged in the
manufacture of silk in Paterson. The
horse power which runs the machinery is
estimated at $4,000.
The amount OF tolls collected by the
New York canals during the present year,
up to October 3lst, was 1898, $50 09-an
increase of S52, l4S l6; total number of
tons carried, 5,6S3, 432-an increase of 32l,-
OO2 tons; total miles OF boats cleared,
9, ,O93, 463-an increase OF S66, SIG miles
King Oscar Of Sweden gave 10, ,000
crowns toward the expenses OF Nordensk-
iold's expedition. The total cost of the
expedition is said to have been 4l9, III
crowns. Nordenskjold's account of his
voyage is shortly to be published in Ger.
man, at Leipsic.
Thomas Brassey has bought from Sir
John Macdonald Ga, 600 acres of land in
Canada, at the foot of the Rocky Noun.
tains. He may now have from 200 to
l,G00 working tenants, with frem forty
to fifty acres each"
Rev. l.. W. Bacon, Of Norwich, Conn,
has started a new temperance movement,
in which he recognizes the need of a certain
limited sale of spirituous liquors, and also
of places of entertainment for young men.
The "vin de Champagne color is a
handsome gilded shade combined with pale
rose. Some marvellous toilets are making
of satin and brocard in this color. which
c,mbines well with all other hues.
A girl only years old was arrested for
drunkenness at Lowell, Mass. To COM
plete the disgraceful picture, the police les
her lie ten hours insensible in cell without
attention.
Costly shoes for wear with fine street
costumes are made with tops that roll over
and are lined with silk and embroidered
to match the costume with which they
are worn.
Mr.. Thomas Hughes is authority for
saving that "The Life and Letters of
Frederick Denison Maurice" at least the
first volume, may be expected late IN the
fall.
A corsage cluster of flowers is now fur
nished by Parisian dressmakers, with all
dresses except the plainest Sometimes
small bird is perched in these clusters.
For the first time in more than twenty
years We have President, an ex President
and President-elect, all living.
The PRrNoEss LouIsn Princess
Louise. it is again declared, will not return
to Canada, and it is added that the
Princess, who is frankness itself, makes no
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