Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-03-29

Upon their shafts were sacred legends traced,
And round the twain serpent clncture placed.
Twas at this bound the primal world stood still,
And of Atlantis dreamed, with bafied will.
When the young West arose from ocean hoar-
The rich, the mauy-delyed, the many-sown,
She caught the symbol from the Old World shore,
And, past gainsaying, made it all her own
In mint and mart, on every landing quay,
The pillars and the wreathng serpent see
But ye-her prosperous sons-do not forget
Atlantis lies beyond the pillars yet
-[EdIth Vi. Thomas, in the Critic.
II has been decided to erect crematory
in Chicago to costtl00. coo.
When you have anything to do. go and
do il. Il won't take much time, then.
All the scholastic sca6olding falls as
ruined edifce before one single word
Faith.-[NapoleoD.
1t is not what you see that makes you
popular among your friends; il is what
you don't tell.
True glory takes root. and even spreads;
all false pretenses. like flowers, fall to the
ground nor can any counterfeit last long
[Cicero.
a Londoner advertises powder which
will prevent cats running around and max
ing noise at night. It is black, is put in
gun and makes a noise when it goes of.
Correspondents of a daily paper are dis
cussing the question, "Can a man marry
on $40 per week." He cannot if the girl
ia aware of the amount of his income
Exchange.
An author who was eulogizing his fine
works as containing much flood for
thought" was rather taken back by the
remark of friend, "They may contain
food for thought, but it is wretchedly
cooked"
Enquirer How much does it cost to
stop a train of cars? Depends on how you
do it. If you stop it with another train,
the expense is about as great as that OF an
acquaintance with burlesque actress
Boston Post.
That inexhaustible good nature which is
the most precious gift of heaven, spreading
itself like oil over the troubled sea of
thought, and keeping the mind smooth and
equable in the toughest weather. Wash.
ington Irving.
A man advertised for helpmate " who
shall be companion of my heart, my
head, my lot" A candidate for the situa.
ton wrote SCI don't care to know any
thing about your head or heart but how
big is your lot ? I"
August Wilhelmj, the great violinist,
has received from the Grand Duke OF
Baden the grand cross of the order of the
Zahringer Lien, sin recognition of his
eminent services in behalf of German art
in foreign countries.
= ,Go,a o,.oa- A. ,.,o,&
unsteady and tremulous in their light
not from any quality inherent in them.
selves, but from the vapor that floats be-
low, and from the imperfection of vision in
the surveyor.-[Plato.
Monterey, Mexico, is to have street
| cars. We do not see what they want OF
street cars. If Mexican had mile to
90 he would walk three miles the otheI
way TO catch mustang, and saddle il,
and ride 20 his destination.-[F Fond du Lac
Reporter.
Here I've been talking for half an
hour" exclaimed an auctioneer, "and
haven't got an offer" "Half an hour, in.
deed!" murmured an elderly maiden,
whats half an hour to many long years,
and still no hope of an offer. ~ Boston
Transcript.
A ragged little urchin came to lady's
door asking for old clothes. She brought
him vest and pair of trousers, which
she thought would be comfortable fit.
| The young scapegrace took the garments
and examined each then, with. discon.
solate look said, "There amt no watch
pocket T.
It was originally proposed by Thackeray
that monument should be erected tt
Fielding, the great writer, and we learn
that this suggestion has just taken definite
shape, Miss Margaret Thomas, the sculptor
having been commissioned to execute
fitting memorial 20 the great novelist
When completed the bust Is to be placed
in the shire hall at Taunton. Il Modern
Age.
A gentleman, who had taken the RICH
of shooting over moor in Ayrshire at {;
high rent, bagged only two brace the frs
day. After counting the price, he grum
biingly remarked to the tenant of tn
moor that the birds had cost him tw
guineas the brace. The tenant very in
nocently replied ''Aweel, sir, We ma,
be Thankful ye hae gotten sac few o'them
they're far too ar.-[Exchange.
The examination of the food of fishes
from whence important clues may be hat
of the presence of fish on our coasts, j
now being carried out in New York. Lon,
before mackerel are caught on our coast o
menhadep are seen they are taken from tn
ssomachs of the predaceous fish. A natur
alist never neglects examining the crop o
a bird, for in it are often found man,
things which explain the habits of tn
bird.
Jenny Lind now resides in London
and is by no means the aged lady tina
some reports describe. She is sixty, bu
does not look fifty, her eyes bright anC
happy, and her form well preserved He
home is spacious and attractive. she re
tains warm memories of the stage, anc
has kindly welcomed and advised tn,
young singers who have sought her out
But her general advice to aspirants is
don't.
A pair of Sevres vases valued at Sc 50t
are exactly copied from a pair ordered fol-
| Queen Victoria's birthday. = They arr
mounted upon a pedestal of Mexican
onyx, decorated in French bronze. The
vases are surmounted by crown of flow.
ers in bronze Of rare workmanship, and
have handles of the same rich material
Upon a groundwork of old blue ename
the design represents upon the one Venus
rising from the sea, and upon the other
the fable of Europa.
Father" he suddenly remarked, as he
looked up into :he parental face, "you are
awfully good to ma" Am L? Well.
hope l treat her as husband should de.
voted wife" "And it's all over the place
how liberal you are to her," "How-
what do you mean?" "Why, 1 heard three
or four men in the bus say that all you had
in the world was in her name. Eyes
ahem-yes-you go to bed, sir aud the
next time you hear people lying about me
don't listen to what they say"
At recent musical soires in Vienna q
young musician had been engaged to play
some dance music. He arrived, but on
hearing that Johann Strauss was among the
guests, refused to play. Finally, he was
persuaded to do SO, but took the first op.
portunity to approach the waltz king and
ask his pardon for presumiDg to play in hi;
presence, as he was quite ignorant of coun.
terpoint. "Oh, calm yourself, my young
friend" said Strauss. giving him his hand,
81, too, have not the faintest knowledge