Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-07-18
SUCCESSFUL WORK OF A BRUTAL
FO0L-KILJER.
a Philosophical Jury-Notes About
Flowers Sacramento's Climate
-Fancies in Turnouts.
SAN Francisco, July IS, 1885

thought: Joseph Kelly being q fool it is
well for him to have died before becoming
yet more degraded His death IS money in
the pockets Of his unborn progeny. The
world is better off without him. To shut
Tug Wilson in prison viii decrease
pugilism and preserve life among ineipient
pugiHsts. Having liberty, he may be able
to exterminate other fools before they per
petuate their kind. If we could only man.
age to get one killed at every glove contest,
prize fight and meet to finish, that would
soon thin King Pins ranks and end
manly t2) defense art exhibitions. Mr.
Wilson, accept our good wishes. Go scot
free ana hereafter put in your best blows.
Now there's
SOME STYLE ABOUT JURY
With philosophical reasoning like that
The prize for which young Kelly met
death was $500. Too much, considering
the mental status of those fighting therefor
About two hundred boys under twenty
years Of age met in an underground dive
10 witness the contest Many of them were
messenger, cash and other business boys
whose appearance indicated that they were
of respectable parentage Nearly all were
smoking cigarettes, and their language was
SO interlarded with slang as 10 be almost
uninteligible to the reporter attending.
Their presence at a scene in every way
debaSing is the very best proof of parental
neglect. The boys are not 10 blame for
being there. Parents are TO blame Tor
having failed to inculcate disgust for such
coarse amusements; for having failed to
acquire control that would prevent attend
ance and for Sinking responsibility as citi-
gems in promoting decency.
You remember. reader that years and
years ago, when we were young, parents
influenced all our acts because We We're
taught absolute obedience. IN my minds
eye there is a family of three boys from
ten to twenty years old, not one OF whom
can be induced by their mother to bring
in bucket of coal or armiul of kindiing
wood to tidy the back yard 10 hold the
hose for watering down the walk, or to be
in any way helpful and COmpanionable.
Every one of them would slip of 70 q
prize fight and ell because they have never
been taught obedience.
FLORAL FANCIEs
One time, when "Pinafore' was being
played the thought occurred to me to pre-
sent Little Buttercup with bouquet of her
namesake flowers. Search all over the
city revealed the fact That no florist had so
much as one specimen of the plant we used
to hold under each others childish chins
and ask WHO loves bUtter?" Two years
have elapsed in which yellow flowers
have become fashionable. yet still the but
tercup dispO.ts its charms but in its native
fields. 1t is much more dainty flower,
and void Of a pungent Od0r, disagreeab!y
characteristic of the maTigold. Pots or
beds are adapted 20 its culture, and it IS
easily grown. Ladies who want 10 be orig
ina, and at the same esthetic, should
bring out The eglected buttercup.
4 flower much used IN painted deCOra-
items. particularly on cards, is the delicate,
graceful lily of the valley It's dropping
bells are WaXy white, and have delicious
odor. 1t IS an instinct common to all, mat
prompts persons examining them, to smell
of flowers. No matter how charming its
CoiOrs how perfect its shape, how rare its
presence; no blossom after its novelty Is
exhausted becomes a faTOrite unless it have
fragrance In Mississippi Valley States,
lily Of the valley is grown IN borders or
pots, but frequent inquiry in every Pacific
Coast city has failed To find even one Of
this pet plant. For funerals Of young per
sons, no blossom IS better adapted, and it
Is at any time q thing Of beauty.
THE WHITE WATER LILIES.
In CALIFORNIA; makeup, white water
lilies seem to have been entirely overlooked.
Some, coarse, yellow, odorless and ugly, are
found, but ifanybody reads this who knows
pond wherein the white ones grow, please
notify the undersigned TO that effect. Last
winter my mother sent from a Southern
State 10 me pod Of white pond lily seed.
] passed it around among the pioneers OF
Solano county, but it remained unrecog-
nizad until instructions arrived for its cUl-
tivation. 4 lady buried in the ground q
halfbarrel, so it would not fall to pieces.
About three inches Of soil were put in the
1T, 1,a +rslF iaT /,
In course of time with no further attention
than replacing the evapOrated water, the
plant produced three lilies Two of them
spread out as large as a dinner plate, so
WaXhkc, pure and scented one could gaze
on them for hours. These plants can all
be obtained from Eastern floral advertise
ments, are easy to raise, and give variety to
gardens and lawns. The pond lily viii pay
for itself in raising one blossom as that re-
mains perfect a fortnight In some coun-
tries the seeds are roasted and eaten, or
ground for making coffee. They resemble
al acorn void Of its cup.
vocAMsTs' vAGAR,rs.
San Francisco singers, ike Sara Phim
and Jerry BIN, continually do cry ct the
difficulty they experience III retaining vocal
power on this peninsula. Such cold winds
sweep over Us, the air is so heavy fog SO
penetrating. that constant care is the price
of a singers safety. Orchestral leaders say
that these existing atmospheric preSsures
necessitate higher pitch than IN Atlantic
States or Australia, because voices in this
climate naturally tend downward, and
must be c0unterbalanced. Teachers affirm
that voice culture requires far more work
than in a dryer, warmer location. SaCra-
mcuto is, by reason Of superior climatic adj
vantages, well adapted to developing vocal
brihiancy. and to the requirement of that
accomplishment should give much study.
The Capitals central situation should place
there an academy of music. II IS doubtful
II any person in the world has made a
closer study of voice preservation than
Madame Patti. While here she never
emerged from her room unless breathing
through a thin handkerchief On riding
out her head was developed in some
warm, wooden wrap and the handkerchief
doubled The prima donna stated that
nowhere IN the world was she compelled TO
be so careful as here. Methinks if, during
the last opera excitement, the song birds
trills had been destroyed by " our glorious
climate the impossible would have trans
pired and every Californian gone back on
the State.
ANsoM IS As 'AEsoK DOES.
Say 1t again, and say it slowly as you
ike, for it the Queens Henglish as she is
spoke, dom you know If you want to be
up to snuff on wheels you must get the
above caption. The fancy has fed that
prevailed for two-wheeled carts awhile ago.
1t succumbed TO an unconquered expecta-
ton of being incontinently bounced at
some inopportune moment. The little BIZ
hicle is succeeded for business purposes by
a narrow, long-bodied buggy, that looks as
1t it would snap in two on quick turn.
Pleasure-seellers will in time reach the
London hanson. Two have become
familiar objects about town, and are said to
be most comfortable of all vehicles. In APP
pearance they are similar 10 the one-horse
low carriage in general use by American
families, but there is an apron shaped front
that covers the riders waist high. The driv-
er's position looks laughable to unaccus-
toned eyes, as he is placed behind and
above, with the lines passing over the buggy
Ipf no h,,o,g,, 1a Dro+ con NV 90,