Sacramento daily record-union., 1883-11-03

Each summertime is born.
III. Teneyck White.
The worthiest people are the most in.
jured by slander, as we usually find that to
be the best fruit which the birds have been
pecking at.-[Swif5.
The Society OF Friends has repealed the
prohibition of the marriage of first cousins,
which has been in force in that body for
nearly two hundred years.
He who thinks he can de without the
world deceives himself but he who thinks
the world can do without him it still more
in error.-[ La Rochefoucauld.
According to the census statistics, the
United States is the wealthiest nation in
the world. the grand total being put down
at $50, 600, 000. GOO, or $1,000 for each in
habitsnt
Boston always hangs one peg higher than
the rest of the world. When father dies
in this modern Athens, the family feed on
black beans for month, out of respect for
the deceased.
Thinkers are as scarce as gold, but he
whose thought embraces all his subject, who
pursues it uninterruptedly and fearless of
consequences, is diamond of enormous
size.-[ Lavater.
1t is hard to act part long, for, where
truth is not at the bottom, nature will
always be endeavoring to return, and will
peep out and betray herself one time or
her.-[Tilloston.
In public speech Butler alluded to an
angel as {" a gentleman from heaven, and
now the whole of Massachusetts is in a
commotion. Is a woman a person? Is an
angel a gentleman Give it up Inter
Ocean.
Rome, Ca, is bowling over its new
directory, and the compiler of it has fled
to the mountains. Prominent church
members and business men appear as bar
keepers in the directory. Atlanta Consti-
tuition.
There is an old proverb which says,
"You cannot get more out of bottle than
was put in it." This is mistake. a man
can get all that was put in the bottle, and
in addition to this can get $40 or thirty
days.
Ex.Minister Schenck is made to say, in
Life. " "Will you please to state that Miss
Anderson is not the only dignifed Ameri-
can. 1, too, have in my day refused to see
the Prince of Wales, although at the time
held three jacks"
The antiquity of magnifying glasses is
indicated by the following passage from
the writings of Confucius, the great Chi.
neee philosopher, who died AIS years 2.
c.: ''As we use a glass to examine the
forms of things, so must we study an
tiquity to understand the present.
Love in sad form $50 you really think
the young man who occupied the seat with
you stole your watch ?" "Yes, sir. "
"Why do you think so 2" Because he
sat so close and pressed up to me-" "And
why did you allow it," Because
because thought he was making love to
me"
A lucky omen was remarked at the
Cars coronation banquet in the Granovi-
taia Saloon. Pigeons in Russia are con-
sidered sacred, religious tradition alleging
that the Holy Spirit takes the form of this
bird, and during the feast pigeon few in
at one of the windows and oircled round
over the heads of the sovereigns.
Mike: "Its the Irish that does all the
invinting in these days, sure" Jonathan
Irish be darned the Irish don't invent
anything to speak of. Americans invent
everything" Mike: Thin perhaps ye2
can tell me why the Irishman's name, Pat,
is always next to the date on the new in
vintions. DIvil an American name can ye2
find on one, at all, at all.
Well, Father Brown. how did you
like the sermon yesterday" asked young
preacher. "You see, parson," was the
reply, 81 haven't a fair chance at them
sermons Of yours. I'm an old man now,
and have to sit pretty well back by the
stove. and there's old Mrs. Smithie, wild
der Taft, n Ryland's daughters, n Nabb
Brit. n all the rest sittin' in frent of me
with their mouths wide open a.swallerin'
down all the best of the sermon, n what
gets down to me is putty poor stuff, par
son, putty poor stuff. "
More than 2l, 900 square miles in Maine
are in woodland, despite the immense
numbering operations in the State in years
past. Names lakes, of which there are
some ], go, and her streams, of which
there are ), Isl, abound in fish. Moose
head Lake is ], ,070 feet above the sea level,
and Rangeley Lake is almost as high as
Itasca, at the head OF the Mississippi.
The settlement at Moose river is typical oi
the plantation settlement in Maine.
1t has Just two voters, one Democrat and
one a Republican.
During an exciting debate in the House
of Representatives, while the honorable
gentlemen were yelling at the pitch OF
their voices and Speaker keifer was ham,
mering away with his gavel for all 1t was
worth, Mr.. Hewitt, of New York, and
Congressman Smith, of Brooklyn, eneoun.
tered each other in the aisle. g Smith,
said the distinguished member from the
metropolis, edo you know that whenever
l see Ksifer using his gavel in that frantic
fashion, it always reminds me OF Daniel
Webster No, answered Smith, inno-
Gently, 4 didn't know it. But why does
it I" Because Keifer is great FOUNDER
and Webster was the great expounder.
a certain colOred preacher near Austin,
not long since, undertook to describe the
utter and unapproachable sinfulness of the
best men IN the world, and in doing this
he had recourse to the following vigorous
language Brederin and sisters, ef all de
waters what am under the furmament and
on de top Of de furmament was changed in
the twinkling of a eye into de braokest OBJ
ink, an de skies was to be changed inter
letter-paper, an cherry blade of grass war
pen, an ef all de folks who has ebber
ibbed was ter write day an night until
dey was a million times older dan Methu.
salem, dey wouldn't hab time, nor ink, nor
pens, nor paper enutf ter write up de sin.
fulness of de best man in de hull world.
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