Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-08-22
sEwspApER wa1rs.

Captain Murray calls his steamship
Alaska the greyhound Of the Atlantic"
She is probably bark rugged. Boston
Transcript.
One of the younger Coeuelin's stories re.
lates that during visit to Brighton Sarah
Bernhardt lay down on the beach dressed
In white. She was brusquely awakened
from her reveries by washerwoman, who
picked her up, having mistaken her for
bath towel laid out to dry
A man in Georgia lost gold collar.but-
ton two years ago, and recently the miss
ing jewelry was found in the fat of the
digestive organs of slaughtered cow. How
the cow got under the bureau in the bed.
room, where q detached collar. button
always rolls, is an inexplicable mystery
tNorristown Herald.
Costly.-A certain young man brought
his athanced down from the country to gee
the sights. One day while passing tie
confectioner's the swain noticed in the
window placard bearing tine announce.
ment " Ice cream 81 per GAL" "Well,"
said the young man, as he walked into the
| saloon, that's a pretty steep price 10
charge for one gal but, Maria, I'll see
you through, no matter what it costs.
Here's dollar, waiter ice cream for this
gal. 1.-THE Drummer.
:" Father" he suddenly remarke ed, as he
looked up into the paternal face, "you are
awful good to ma" "AmI? Well, l
hope treat her as husband should de-
voted wife, Sand it's all over town how
liberal you are to her." "How; what do
you mean ?" "Why, heard three or four
men on the car say that all you had in the
world was in her name! ~ Yes-ahem-
yes-you get to bed, sir and next time
you hear people lying about me don't listen
to what they say."-[Wall Street News.
Let no trusting American citizen console
himself with the reflection that war in
Egypt does not concern him. If he uses
mucilage-as most likely he does-the war
does concern him very nearly. The chief
supply OF gum. arabic, which lies at the
foundation of mucilsge, is shipped from
Alexandria, and the closing of that port
will cut it of. There is deep significance,
| therefore, as we'll as sound sense, in ex-
pressing hope that the English Admiral
and his home hackers will "screw their
courage to the sticking place" Mucilagin.
ously speaking, Alexandra is just now the
sticking place. Il Detroit Free Press.
| W haS bSCdIlS Ol OusGaSuS ACOlpnus,
Mr.. Holworthy ?" said the professor to the
section of the class assembled one morning
for recitation. Holworthy rose slowly,
saying, sotto voce, to his right hand neigh
Dor, What did become vim, jog "Dam-
fine" said 10. Find out down there,
some of you, said Holworthy, anxicusly,
as he looked toward the professor with,
81 beg your pardon, what was the ques.
tom" "What became of Gustavus Ado.
plus, air :" Sab, yes !? Gustavus Adolphus
-ah-" By this time Joe had nudged
Grimes, So. his neighbor, and word had
gone down the line in that direction, and
got back to him, "Dunno." Then Holworthy
gave Jolliboy, 'S3, on his left, nudge |;
"Find out, will yer, down your side -
"Gustavus Adolphus, sir, whose name in
history-er-ah Gust then Jolliboy com.
municated in Whisper, "Dunno whole
section stuck" "Well, Mr.. Holworthy,
no matter about sketch of his history |;
what became OF him % "Ah l think,
sir, he finally died" Approving applause
by all present except the professor Il Bos-
ton Commercial Bulletin.