Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-04-11
A SLIGHT MISUNDERSTANDING.

| They were horse-fanciers and were speed
ing team out on the road, and, after a
long diss-ssion of their favorites, one of
them leaned back in the buggy, let the
lines drop loose, and said
! " You ought to have seen Suke. All
she were critter to be proud of. She was
a whole team, and boy to drive, l kin
tell you"
"Broke to harness ?" asked his friend.
Well, now, you bet she was though
once in while she'd take the bits in her
mouth and go alone, but she was a high.
| flyer, she was ! l amt got over her loss
yet"
"Wuth much?' asked the other man.
"Wuth her weight in gold to me. l de-
clare | never come so near cryin' as did
when lost that critter; she was a worker,
| too"
"Kiuder gentle, suppose?" suggested
| the other.
"Oh. she'd casionally kick over the
traces" as remembrances Of some lively
scrimmages presented themselves. 81 alus
kept the whip hand Of her; the best nv
'em kick sometimes
"Ever trot her ~ asked his friend.
"Trot her? What do you mean? Lord,
man, I'm talkin' about my late wife-did
ye s'pose I meant hoss ?" ne asked, indig-
nantly.
They finished their drive in silence.
"a SPIRIT of gratitude tempts me to ad.
dress this brief note" writes Wesley SissoD,
Esq. attorney ss-law. Chicago, ILL., Three
months ago | returned from Mobile, Ala
bama, and was Immediately attacked with
what is known as scistic rheumatism. en-
ployed three physicians in succession, giving
each one ample time to afford relief il il
had been in his power. l was not materially
benefited by their services, ard wGs bzgia-
ming to despair, when friend, who had ex-
perienced the effects Of st Jacobs Oil. advised
me to give it trial. | refused, because |
! did not think rheumatism could be cured by
any outward application. Insisting upon
| trial Of it he sent me tuo bottles. Unable to
meet this kindness by further refusal. had
the remedy applied 10 TIE parts affected. But
| before the first bottle had been used up, be-
gan TO be relieved of the painful lameuess in
| my hip and knee. and when the second bottle
was OUT, / could dress myself and walk
about. [ continued to usa it, AMI am row
able to go down to my office and attend to
business. Should persons affiicted as 1 was
desire stronger testimonial. I shall tell
them, il they shall call upon me, to give ST.
Jecob5 Oil fair trial; and l now feel as
bNOuRu L COuiu assuTe blelu ts'S sisWe SEHtctul
| and speedy relief l have experienced"
SIZE OF THE Moon M. Plateau lately
sought to estimate the distance to which
the moon is mentally referred in the sky
by getting some one, after looking at that
body, to project the accidental image on a
wall, then move to or from the wall till the
diameter of the image seemed equal to that
Of the moon and he obtained the distance
of fifty-one meters. Again, Professor
Thiron, of Namur, got twelve students to
draw on blackboard circle the size of the
moon as it appeared to them The circles
varied from nineteen to seventy-nine cent?
meters, mean thirty.two centimeters. and
| it was inferred that the moon was
mentally referred, on the average, to
about thirty five meters. DR.. Carpenter,
by still another method, obtains the value
of IL meters, SO that there are great diff
| ferences, and in any case the distance is
much less than might have been thought.