Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-08-16
NEWSPAPER AMENITIES.

1t is stated that the huckleberry croI
VIII be immense this year. But that won't
neip city people much. The only way to
mao out how delicious ripe huckleberries
reaiiy are ID to 60 into the woods where
eney grow and eat them from the bushes
| News.
poor puss seems to have few friends.
Not content with hurting bootiacks and
footwear at the harmless, necessary cat.
the mesh fling is made that she sometimes
communicates diphtheria to the family that
feeds her. If this atrocious libel becomes
to &c generally believed, pussy, with all
nine OF ita lives, won't have ghost of a
chance living Boston Transcript.
Says an exchange, Milton Hill, aged IA
years, OF McEeytown, Juniata county, was
Dlssen In the finger by a eopperhead snake.
he placed the wounded member on a log
and chopped it OF with an AK" 1t takes
more strength than courage to chop off
iog, Strange that we are not told what
Miiton HUI did with his finger after he had
mi n ms Woodworking exploit. II Bos-
ton Transcript
H. y. N, Memphis, Tenn: "Cau YOU
suggest some plan that will enable me TO
Keep boys from going into my orchard
without my permission and stealing fruit
at night 7" Yes; give them permission to
60 IN and help themselves. It is true that
the boys will not enjoy the fruit as much
thaf way as II You allowed them to steal
IL, out 1t will be just as likely to make
them sick.-[Texas Siftings.
They tell of dog down in Augusta.
Me-, that suffered from toothache uatiI a
dentist extracted "whole row-of decayed
teeth, and it is said that "the poor dog
held his mouth open and sat perfectly quiet
while the teeth were being drawn" We
have nothing to say against the dog for
sitting perfectly quiet; but if the dentist
during the operation poured into the dogs
unwilling ears the tedious recital of pre-.
vious exploits in dentistry we shall never
forgive him for not biting the hand off the
tooth-puller. From what we know of
dentists, we feel sure that the dog did NOT
escape the customary infiction. and there
fore we despise the dog.-[Boston Trans.
cript.
A letter writer at Alexandria a woman,
gives highly romantic explanation Of the
Egyptian question. Her story is that
Arabi early in his career, fell madly in
love with an Egyptian girl, the daughter Of
teiiah but the interruptions Ismaii, thon
hhedive, also took fancy to the girl, and
had her carried off to his harem without
even saying "by your leave" He tried to
pacify the iuckless Arab by making him
Bey; but Arab never forgave the injury,
and from that moment vowed dire ven.
geance upon Ismaii and all his family. Just
how he obtains revenge on them by getting
himself almighty walloped is hard to figure
out Boston Post.
1t was the Yankee admiral a-foating in the bay,
Where iron-eiads at forts of sand blazed savagely
away;
His only reason to be there was just to see the
sport,
When Arab 'gainst British guns should brvey hold
the fort
" Be careful how you shoot" he cried to the be.
leaguered town,
" Fer if shot shall touch my ship, I'll blast you
with frown
Or if rown won't blast SO FAR from thick aud foSgy
weather,
III fire upon you with my gun, or strike you with
feather r.
And when John Ball had Smashed the forts with
balls which weighed a ton,
las one might plug at humming birds with buck.
shot loaded gun.
Only 10 tile little bird which he desires TO snare
Fly swiftly DER the summer fields unharined and
free as air.
Our Yankee sailor steered ais ship past all the Brit.
ish feet,
And cheered the massive ironclads for Arabfs de-
ieat. Boston Advertiser.