Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-10-08
WISDOM AMI FACTS.

Prosperity is no just scale, adversity is
the only balance to weigh friends.
The Book of Common Prayer has been
translated into more than sixty Languages,
and million copies of It are printed every
year.
What delightful thing rest is TIE
bad has become luxury to me. l would
not exchange it for ali the thrones in the
rld.-[Napoleon.
Still at it. Recent analysis of milk by
order Of the Massachusetts State Board Of
Health show as much as forty per cent. of
water. Some OF the Boston dealers will.
accordingly, be proceeded against next
term.
Denver, Col, has fifty artesian wells,
the majority of them having been driven
within very few weeks, Every man of
means is sinking one in his backyard, and
the daily greeting is: Well, how does
she bore to day?''
The first section of the railway system
on American methods in Japan, about
thirty. eight miles in length, between Toxic
and Kumsgaye, en- route 10 Tskssaki, was
opened on the 26th of July. The line
tTaverses district that will be much bepe.
duciDg localities IN ihe empire.
Thomas Urquhart has made careful
comparison of the cost o! wood, anthracite
coal, ard petroleum refuse as fuel for loco
motives on Russian railways, and finds
that the petroleum ID at least so per csnt.
more economical than either wood OF coal.
The oil presents the further advantage Of
giving rise to much less smoke and dirt
than the other kinds sf fuel.
There comes a curious account from
Vienna of what is called an electric aquatic
omnibus. It is not boat Bat something
on the same etyle as the American boat
that was exhibited few years ago-the
principal differences are IN the shape Of the
wheels and the kind Of motors. It CON
sists in body somewbat like large horse
car, carried by four wheels above the sur
face of the water so that there is DO re-
distance by the latter 10 the body Of the
csr.
A substance resembling anthracite coal
has been brought to HALEY, Idaho, TO be
tested The specimens came from de-
posit twenty fee. wide az the head Of
Trail creek, ab0us twenty.three miles
northeast 0; Haiisy. The deposit liea fiat,
Hnder q big sandstone reef, and can be
tracsd on tins surface for over !. 500 feet.
IL is undergoing a thorough test, and If
found to be good coal company viii take
hold of the deposit and open it up for
household and smelling use.
Mercy y exclaimed Deacon Jones, "see
here They say that the oyster sup
ply ia rapidly diminishing What are
we going TO do at our festivals this
winter? We shan't make enough to pay
for lights and fuel. let alone the parsons
salary" "Ob, don't be alarmed, replied
Mrs. Smishson, the most prudent soul
in the society "don't be alarmed, des-
con; took the precaution to save an oys-
ter over from last year. guess it VIII
carry us through, II we are careful yith
it. t."-..Boston Transcript
The Granton quarry, or the cast coast
Of Scotland, admits the tide so that st
high water the inlet has surface area Of
about ten acres and depth of sixty feet
in some parts. The mouth of this inlet Is
to be so closed that fishes and other marine
animals may be unable TO pass through it,
while the circulation Of the sea water viii
remain unobstructed. The inclosure viii
form natural aquarium, which is to be
stocked with marine life Of all kinds. a
laboratory for students ia TO be place on
a barge anchored in the quarry, additional
quarters being provided in cottage on
shore. This curious scientific aquarium ie
being established under the auspices Of the
Scottish Meteorological Society.