Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-04-30

weak musfache, cigarette,
A thirteen button vest,
curled rim hat-a mneret-
Two watch. chains cross the breast.
A pair Of bangs,,a lazy drawl,
A lact-s daisy air,
For gossip at the club or ball,
Some little past affair.
Two pointed shoes, two spindle shanks,
Complete the neither charms;
And follow fifty in the ranks
The two bow-egged arms
An empty head, a buffoon's sense,
posing attitude; -
/" By jove j" "Egad!" "But aw /" Immense !"
- $3.50 - philadelphia Press.
Two children were poisoned at Shelby
vile, ILL.,, by dose Of morphine given by
mistake for quinine by an intoxicated phy'
stefan.
NJ. W. ellis, the proprietor of small
bank at Clifton Springs, N. Y, put into
circulation about $50. 900 of forged drafts
and then decampsd.
A gentleman of Eaat Midway, Mass,
eighty.thres years old, on Monday shot z
wild goose with gun which was used IN
the revolutionary war.
Don Carlos, the pretender TO the Span
ish crown, lives in Venice. where he Ia
causing much scandal by misbehayior
The aristoeracy generally shun him.
A minstrel travelling through Vermont
sings "Home, Sweet Home SO effectively
that most OF the audience get up and go
home before he finishes the first verse.
A story comes from Canton, China. OF a
woman who, to punish q female slave who
had stolen some food, cut slice from the
girls thigh and made her cook and eat 1t.
In iewe,ry is shown very novel lace pin
in the form of locust with sapphire eyes,
the body of light-colored lapis luzuli, the
legs of gold and wings formed of tiny dia-
mond clippings.
Curious fact in the grammar of politics :
When statesmen get into place they often
become oblivious of their antecedents,
though they are seldom forgetful of their
relatives. Judge.
The contract for building the Yorktown
monument has been awarded to the Halo
well granite company of Maine. The work
is to be completed by October Is, 1884, the
anniversary of the surrender.
General Sherman kisses every girl TO
whom he ia introduced. Tecumseh always
was reckless cuss, much given to cutting
away from his base and depending on the
country for his supplies as he went along.
i Hawkeye.
"Mr. Jones'" asked Smith of the par.
SOD, don't Yen think the wicked will
have sn opportunity given them in the
next world ?" "Yes, certainly" replied
the parson, san excellent opportunity to
gst warm, "-[Boston Transcript.
TIE hammer aud anvil of Powell, the
Harmonious blacksmith of Whitechurch,
anvil, when struck with this hammer, gives
two notes-B and E Its sound suggested
the melody named after the blacksmith.
The newest brocaded Ottoman silks are
in designs of fruits ard flowers, and the
SCISSORS of the dressmskers will make as
great havoc with apples, plums, oranges,
grapes and various buds and blossoms as
they did last season with heads of beasts
and birds.
Joha Chinsmsn does not tackle to base
ball. In Philadelphia nine of "pig tsils y
was formed, al d the first ball pitched
struck the batsman square ia the stomach.
He yelled, " Him hurtee belly muchee, u
and threw up the bat, the entire nine fol
lowing suit Il Hartford Post.
Fanoiful stones, fancifully set, witt 4 he
slightest rim of gold passing around the
finger, are the fashionable rings for ladies'.
Pearl rings, especially the pink, bronze,
! gray and black pearls, sre in great favor,
and solitaire white pesrls-emblem of pu'
rity-sre being chosen for engagement
rings.
President Arthurs portrait is now nearly
completed. Il is full length representa-.
tion, and perfect in the small details Of
costume, even the little red rosebud which
daily adorns the buttonhoie of the Presi
dents coat being perpetuated. 1t will bt
placed in the blueroom of the executive
mansion.
The Canada township OF Horn has, tbs
Toronto Globe says, adopted bylaw Civ
ing -bonus of 25 cents for each tret
planted within its borders and protected
for three years. At the end of that timt
half the money will be refunded by tht
| Ontario Government, in accordance Will
provisions of the recens Act.
A prominent insurance man estimates
that females will live nine months ant
three days longer than males after the sg,
OF ninety -ivs is passed. We can credit
the nine months, but the three days portion
of the assertion is asking us to believe too
much. The experiment is worth trying
however, Norristown Herald.
| An inventor has obtained patent il
England, says the New York Post, for th'
manufacture of what he dignifies by th'
name of "wine." 1t is mixture of cane
sugar and glucose. colored with certain
dye-woeds, orchella weed, sorrel. paste
etc., according to fancy, and subjected t,
fermentation. Similar mixtures are mad,
abroad-aud made so canningly that aol
Analysing they show no products but wha
are found in the genuine juice of the grape
| Novel and strikingly elegant pisro
table scsrfs are made of plush, with figure
applied in odd and out-of-ths-way deaigns
These figures may be purchased at ar
stores; they are cut from Turkish scarfs O.
shaWis, and are 10 be pasted to the plush
and then, after being outlined with gil
| thresd, are TO be used as sort of centel
for long stitches in all colored embroider,
silks. Much ingenuity and expression o.
| individual taste may be exercised in tbs
embroidery.
A frugal old farmer named John Peck,
who lived near Paducah, KY, died or
March 7th minute TOP coon for the vel
fare Of his family. On his death bed ht
called his youngest son to his side aud i'm
parted The unexpected intelligence that he
had laid by 81 600 for each Of his sever
children. He was going ON to say where
he had laid it by when death snatched hin
end left his heirs in darkness. A search
has since discovered So 600 in gold in {
couple of hidden j1gs, but the rest of The
| treasure is still unbound.
John Gregory, of Camden. n. j., where
he is Familiarity known as "Eoglish Jack,
has been professional rat-killer for thirty
years, and according to his own reckoning
has put an end to go. 600 rats during tina.
period. His ferrets drive the rodents from
their holes, and his Scoich terriers are the
executioners, occasionally assisted by then
redoubtable master himself when the WORK
is specially hot. Gregory acknowledges
that he is deeply interested in his vocation
and that no sound is sweeter to his ears
than the dea.h.squeak of ras.
! The composition of elephants milk, &C
sording to the analysis of DR.. Qaesne.
vile, in the Noniteur Scientifque, is simi
lar to tina. of cream, but its consistency
is different. It's odor AID taste are very
agreeable and the taste is superior tC