Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-06-14
SPARKS ALONG THE WAY.

81 thought you were fame of Miss Bull
hon, Mr. Dood," said Slim. 81 thought
so. too said the other, until the old man
put me out one night"
Representative l.. P. Poland, of Vermont,
is mainly distinguished as the only man in
the House who persistently appears in the
old-time blue swallow-tail with brass but
tons.-FWashington Star.
Jefferson Davis recently said of Judah P.
Benjamin that his memory became a store
house of poetry and fiction, and in times of
darkest prospect and deepest depression he
would enliven his comrades by Rotations
from his favorite Tennyson.
In the neigborhood of Agra, in India,
sixty-five children, from a few months to
four years old are stated to have been car
ried off by wolves during the recent hot
weather and the rains. The ravines bor-
dering on the Jumna and Chumbal rivers
are infested by these animals, which are
apparently becoming more and more dar-
ing year by year.
The Chicago Inter Ocean says : 1t is whis-
pered among the friends of the Rev DR..
George C. Lorimer that he is engaged ON a
novel the basis of which is to be the Thirty
Years War The story is to be published
in few months. There is no man more
popular in the pulpit of Chicago than DIR.
Lorimer, and we hope the same success
may attend him in the field of literature.
The story comes from Cannes that the
late Prince Leopold day or two before his
death informed a lady friend that his dead
sister had appeared to him during the pre-
ceding night, and warned him that calam-
ity was approaching. He added that he
felt much interested by the visitation, and
expressed wish that. in the event of his
death, he might have military funeral.
The Rev Charles V Spear, of Pittsfeld,
Mass, who recently gave Oberlin College
SIS, 900 to found a library, was graduated
from Amherst College in 1915. In 1851 ne
married Miss r. l.. Holbrook. of Holbrook,
Mass, who died about two years ago, leaY-
ing him all her large estate. 1t is under
stood that his gift to Oberlin College grew
out of his high personal regard for Prof
Finney.
good many young people try to be
original, and make miserable mistake in
the enSeavor. They imagine they can
turn the whole world round by some
eccentricity of dress or behavior, or by some
method of speech. In general, they offend
their friends, and delight their enemies
AS a matter of fact, people had better let
well alone, take up tne custom OF tnOSe
about them, and rest assured that what
the collective wisdom of the world agrees
to do, is on the whole best.-[The House
hold
The Washington correspondent of the
Minneapolis Tribune is responsible for the
following story about Julian Arnold, who
recently visited in that city: He told
curious thing of his father, Edwin Arnold,
writing the most of the Light of Asia on
the cuff of his shirt while riding in the cars
to and from his Office. He says his father
went to London every morning, and during
the ride would write with pencil on his
cuff. In the evenings, after his return
home, he copied the lines on paper, and in
this way he wrote most of the beautiful
poem"
From Pat in America to his sweetheart
in Ireland:
80 Bridget, dear, be coming here
Right to the arms of Pat
Don't stay away another day
Be after Winding that"
To which Bridget replies: =.
80 Pat my lad, now don't feel bad
I've married Barney Rue;
And we've boy to give you joy
I've named the child for you