Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-09-29

But who shall dare
To measure loss and gain in this wise
Defeat may be victory in disguise;
The lowest ebb is the turn Of the tide.
-LLongfeow
One can nes always be hero but one
can always be a man.-LGoethe.
Dalzota Territory is four times as big as
Ohio in extent, but not in big men.
Take life Just as God gives it to you, and
make it beautiful as you can.
The end of man is an action, and not a
thought, though it were the noblest.
In Virginia they are making -four of pea.
nuts. In Georgia the nuts are pounded
for pastry.
When man is making love to widow
he always feels as if he had to begin where
the other fellow left off
1t is said that decaying cabbage will
produce diphtheria sooner than any other
nuisance about the house.
a little Southern boy, when asked if his
father had a good mule, mournfully re-
piled Zone end of him is good"
Popular tradition has awarded Lake
George Sos islands, but the recent survey
has reduced the number to 220, many of
which are so small that there is hardly
room for house.
Loss of sleep. it is said, is making men
small and puny. That is fact. Just look
at the difference in the physique of deli
cate scholar and the robust night police
men.
Josh Billings says "When young
man amt good for anything else, 1 like tew
see him carry gold.headed cane. If he
can't buy cane, let him part his hair in
the middle"
An old English doctor reports that he
has never been successful in the treatment
of govt, except in cases in which he re-
CURED total abstinence from animal food,
as well as from wine.
An American editor says: We have
received basket Of very fine grapes from
our friend Blank. for which he will please
accept our compliments, some of which are
nearly an inch in diameter
After the publication of some of Bishop
Colenso's views on the Pentateuch, Lord
Beacousfeld said that after all the Zu-
Ius were not so very low down in the ranks
of civilization, for they have whipped one
of our best Generals and converted one of
our Bishops"
Another process of impregnating wood
for its preservation has been patented in
Germany. This consists in first treating
the wood with . solution of zinc vitriol,
and then with a solution of chloride of cal
cium, so that the preventative coating is
formed upon the wood by the chemical &C.
ton of both substances upon one another.
In the writings of Confucius, the great
fhipauo rlnilouophar OnourS tho fnlIou-ipn
passage GAS we use a glass to examine
the forms of things, so must we study an.
tiquity to understand the present" This
sentence points most Enthusiastically to the
use of magnifying glasses long before the
time of the writer, who died AIS B. C.
In boring an artesian well in the Santa
Clara valley, Cal, the stump of redwood
tree was met at distance of 2Sl feet from
the ground surface. The point where the
tree was struck is 81 feet above tide water,
from which it is distant eight miles, and
the depth at which the wood was reached
is much greater than that of the water in
the bay.
Carrier pigeons are sometimes attacked
and destroyed by birds of prey. Lately, it
was resolved TO try how well ravens would
perform the same functions as the pigeons.
The test was made at Coblenz with young
birds. The point of arrival was a small
place on the Moselle, near Treves. distant
from Coblenz about forty miles. The sable
messengers did their duty admirably.
An old lady who had no relish for modern
church music was expressing her dislike of
the singing of An anthem in certain
church not very far from -, when
neighbor said "Why, that is very old
anthem. David sang it to Saul" To this
the old lady replied, 'Weel, weel, l moo
for the first time understan' while Saul
threw his isvelin at David when the lad
sang for him.
The value of the peanut crop of this
country for the current year is estimated
by the Savannah Telegram st So, 900, 000
That paper says that " the Virginiaas are
beginning TO turn the peanut into -four,
and say it makes peculiarly palatable
biscuit. In Georgia there is a cus-
tom, now growing old, of grinding
or pounding the shelled peanuts and
turning them into pastry which has some
resemblance, both in looks and taste, to
that made of coeoanut, but the peanut
pastry is more oily and richer, and, we
think, healthier and better every way"
NJ. Cszsn insists that the chemical com.
position of steel rails has only secondary
influence upon their resistance; that every
thing depends upon the temperature at
which the rails are finished at the rolling
mill. At the bright red heat the particles
of the metal have sufficient liberty of
movement to allow of their grouping them
selves into the crystalline form, which is
not the case at lower temperatures, and
that therefore, if bright-red iron be SUBJ
mitted to forging and rolling before it has
cooled down, it will have no opportunity
of crystallizing.
Commerce quickly sees the best way to
effect her purpose. Since the 81. Gothsrd
tunnel was finished much of the Italian
trade has been diverted into the hands of
the Belgians, Germans and Hollanders.
Through the tunnel, and without breaking
bulk, early fruits may be taken from all
parts of Italy to the principal seaports of
the continent on the German ocean, and
from such places as Antwerp and Rotter-
dam swift steamers convey the precious
but perishsble produce with all speed to
London and other English cities, where a
ready market is obtained. An active trade
Is never, and never can be, one-sided. The
italians are now receiving from the north
OF Europe articles they hardly dreamed Of
obtaining few years ago,