Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-03-27
pAaAcaApH1c WORLD.

Hath fiery wings, ard shall be clearly heard
When thy frai lips to silent dust are brought.
Gods guidance keeps those noble thoughts that
chime
With the great harmony. beyond all time.
There is a swell which no Indian mine can buy
No chemic art can counterfeit;
It makes men rich in greatest poverty,
Makes water wine, turns wooden cups to gold
Seldom it comes, to few from heaven sent,
That much in little-all in nought-ConteDt.
DR.. Dix says women care for no real
home. What sort of women, by the way,
make up DR.. Dix's acquaintances.
Consider how much more you often suf-
fer from your anger and grief, than for
those very things for which you are angry
and grieved. Marcus Antoainus.
The tram. car horses are groomed by
steam at the Metropolitan Railroad sta
bles, Washington, D. G. Cylinders of
brushes reyolve against each side of the
horse, and the animal comes OUT well
brushed.
The Rev. DR.. Crosby, in a recent lecture
on the glory of New York, said: "The
Bostonian has to come here to be rid Of his
provincialism. Until he has been in New
York he has no larger circle OF thought
than squirrel in cage.
In western Pennsylvania church enter.
tainment known as the ''mum sociable is
taking the place of the time honored church
fair. As the name implies, no one is to
speak under penalty of fine, and the
money thus rsised is solen,nly given to the
Lord.
In the five years from 1876 to 1881
France added to her population only $780,.
673 inhabitants, while in the period from
December |, 1875, to December l, 1880,
Germany, notwithstanding the great cur.
rent of emigration, added 2,5O6. $50 to her
population.
James Quirk, the sprint runner, on be-
half of an unknown, has offered to accept
Nile. Armaindo's challenge for a twenty.
six hour bicycle race. He asks, however,
that the stakes be increased from $3.50 to
81, 900 side. Mile. Armaindo has not as
yet signified her intentions in regard to the
offer.
John McCafferty. who is engaged in
mining operations in Arizona, has written
a letter denying that ne is Number One."
Carey told the detectives that McCafferty
and man named Milne, while in London
in April last. frequently supplied him with
money. McCafferty was imprisoned by the
| English Government in 1871.
The following order has been issued by
the New York and New England road, and
is conspicuously displayed at the shops
Hereafter any empioye OF this company
who is so unfortunate as to be trusted
three times or more will be Immediately
dismissed from the service. A similar or
der also refers to those who shall have their
wages attached three times or more.
sob, mamma, who's shooting? ?" "God,
my DEAR" quietly replied the mother.
"What did he do it for p "Well, pre-.
sumo, TO show us that he is abroad in
storni-that he is everywhere" Well
WE'LL" cried the little fellow, with eyes
fairly popping FROM his head, "Ill bet
I'll bet" "What, my dear?" 'rll bet
be busted his gun that time -[Dsnyer
Tribune.
The consumption of imported wine in
England was per cent less last year than
in 1851, and per cent. less than in 1880.
In spirits the decline was II per cent. less
in 1852 than in 1881. ALLOW ing for in
creased population, this rate of decrease
in the consumption of spirituous liquors is
very marked. At the same time the in.
crease in the consumption of tea was per
cent. and in cocoa s per cent.
| Officers OF the Fifth Infantry have given
| to General Nelson A. Miles a testimonial
in memory of his Colonelship in that regi.
ment, consisting Of large shield of solid
silver, bearing an inscription grouped with
q bronze half-length portrait in bas.reiief,
the whole surmounted by an eagles head
with branches of laurel and olive in its
beak. Civilized and Indian implements of
war and eight engraved Indian war scenes
in silver complete the group.
During the year 1882, says the Dallas
/ Herald, the four Sauterre brothers, who
live some four miles west of this city,
killed the following game. which they
marketed at profit of S42l 50 In this
Lefty, and they did not allow their hunting
TO interfere with their farm labors: Dur
ing that year they killed, with $26 10
worth of ammunition, LISA ducks. 46l
quail, $40 muleeared rabbits, 402 rabbits,
5 deer, wildcats, so opossums and 500
plovers.
A singular affair occurred in New Haven
Sunday evening. At the closing service of
the mission in st. Patrick's Church one of
the mission fathers asked all the men in the
church, and there were about l 500 of them,
to repeat after him pledge promising not
to go into saloon from II o'clock Satur-
day night until u o'clock Sunday night for
one year. There were not a half dozen
men in the church but who raised up their
right hand and repeated the words after
the priest.
There is much nonsense talked about re.
garding the value of foods. Chemically
considered it is well known what the con-
stituents of ordinary diet are, and it is no
secret that the values of different articles
vary greatly. But it is too frequently over
looked that the food which hunter or
plowman can not only relish and assimilate
would cause torture of the most acute kind
to person compelled to pursue sedentary
life. Ga what the former would starve the
latter would live nobly.
Cincinnati consumes $50 gallons of water
per day, and the Oil City Blizzcrd
man says he is fairly wild to
know what they use it for. Under or.
binary circumstances we would permit this
to pass without notice, but when an oil
country citizen shows a desire to know
something about water it is the duty of
everybody, who makes a speciality of that
subject. to loose his food gates of informa-