Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-10-09
COLLECTED MISSILES.

"What's the man yelling att" asked
farmer of his boy. "Why," chuckled the
youngster. "he's yelling at the top OF his
voice.
A burglar was shot to death in Michi.
gan village the other night. Burglars have
tough time in places where there are no
police.-[Louisvills Courier-Journal.
"Oh, GEORGE" Boston girl intensely
exclaimed while gazing at the comet;
Chow transcendently beautiful and rap
turously precious it is I should SO love to
study botany
The definite settlement of the coronation
accounts has shown, according to the NO
zoe V7emya that the expenses incurred at
Moscow by the administration Of the I'm.
perial Court do not exceed the sum OF
S., 100000.
An elderly resident of Newport was
approached by an agent for cyclopedla,
ii guess 1 won't get one, said the cid.
erly resident, and frankly added i
know could never learn to ride one OF
the pesky things"
A Chicago newsboy has retired after
successful career of thirteen years, worth
so. 900. We don't see, though, how the
money can repay him for the haunting
feeling that he has helped to circulate
Chicago papers. Boston Post.
Altar of roses is prepared by distillation
of the petals in Iudia, Persia and other
Eastern countries, whence it is exported IN
small walls It is very costly, and is often
adulterated it is often called otto of roses.
That of Adrianople is called the best.
~ oh In daa{
ton by birds of prey that young ravens,
which are attacked much less often, have
been tried as substitutes st Coblentz, Prus-
STA, from which place they made very salts
factory trips of about 40 miles.
The New Haven schools teach to Inn
tied extent what is called newspaper
geography" the ides of which is to trace
the news of the day as given in the daily
papers to its geographical connection. This
is certainly practical method of teaching
geography.
An international congress of ornitholo-
gists. in which the Crown Prince of Aus
tria will take prominent part, will meet
at Vienna next spring. Among the topics
70 be discussed by the meeting is the
possibility of protecting harmless birds in
the various countries of continental Eu-
rope.
At an entertainment held recently in
London, it is said that the Princess OF
Wales wore the plainest dress of any of
the ladies present. She displayed excel
lent good sense. 1t doesn't look well for
wife to be sloshing around in fine clothes
with her husband 5000. 600 in debit
Rochester Post. Express.
A feature Of vegetation in Australia is
the number of distinct species to be found.
There are more than 10000 species OF
towering plants, being more than can be
found in the whole continent of Europe.
The highest tree in the world, being $50
feet in hight, was found in Australia, and
trees are frequently seen there now which
are more than 400 feet in hight.
Young George Vanderbilt, fourth son Of
| the millionaire, wants to De a newspaper
reporter. There it crops out again ; the
natural, educated and hereditary greed for
| gold the Unsuitable thirst for wealth, the
passion for amassing millions by the easiest
and quickest methods, and reaching fabu-
lous competence by the shortest ways.
It's family trait Burlington Hawkeye.
.'See here" said the star to the mana.
ger, "if you are going to have bouquets
handed to me every night why don't you
get decent ones? Look at this, to-night's
| it's all wilted Why can't l always have
as good bouquet as | had last night "
AS good a bouquet as you had last
night? ?" shrieked the manager; "why,
holy sunfower, it's the same one. u Low
ell Citizen.
IT:L tT-.o,, Lo,rs for Etararv uork
are now from to 10 in the morning. lie
has several tables in his study, and on each
| is unfinished manuscript. He turns from
verse to prose as the whim strikes him.
To one who asked his opinion of American
poets it is said that he pronounced Whit
| tier feminine, Lowell babbler, Holmes
excruciatingly comic, and Poe the only
American poet.
I've admired an unknown woman all
winter" remarked man the other day
+" she was stylish, well dressed, carried
herself well, but 1 heard her speak to-day.
and the charm vanished" "What did
she cay ?" some one asked. "Only two
words. A companion in store asked her
a question, to which she replied in the af-
firmative, you bet 2 Twas enough.
I'll never make waste admiration again be-
fore 1 hear woman speak"
In order to provide in come way for the
spiritual needs of the Christians among the
Indian tribes along the banks of the Anna
ION, in South America, the Brazilian
Bishop of Para has thought of having a
large steamboat, of light draught, built
and fitted up in the style of a small church,
with high altar, and all the fittings usual
in Roman Catholic Churches. 1t will be
called the Christopher" as bearing the
light of Christ's gospel among those be-
nighted people.
Cosmetropolis is what New York
modestly terms itself now. The name is
hardly appropriate, SO long as it remains
the paradise of the snob and the dude. y
The cosmetropolis that is to be, the future
heart of the worlds life, will welcome ev-
cry fashion and follow none it will tOler-
ate the notions of all peoples, but be sub
servient to none the manners and customs
of every land will be familiar to its deni-
zens, but they will neither envy nor imi-
tate. The oosmetropolis-if ever there
shall be such thing-will be too proud to
| boast of itralE