Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-06-20

cultivated with great success, thus securing
better quality of quinine with less
trouble Quinine, or Peruvian bark, was
discovered by the Jesuits in Ecuador in
| 1880, and was named chinchona, after
| the Countess of Chinchona, the wife of the
What Kiss Did.
| In the University of Upsala, in Sweden,
! lived young student, a lonely youth, with
a great love for studies, but without means
for pursuing them. He was poor and with
out connections. Still he studied. lived in
great poverty but keeping up a cheerful
heart and trying not 10 look at the future,
| which looked so grizzly at him. His good
humor and good qualities made him be-
| loved by his young companions.
Once he was standing with some Of them
in the great square Of Upsala, Willing away
an hour of leisure, when the attention OF
the young man was arrested by very
young, elegant lady, who, at the side Of an
elderly one, walked slowly over the place.
1t was the daughter of the Governor of Up
sala, living III the city, and the lady with
her was her goYerness. She was generally
known for her goodness and .gentlene5s OF
character, and was looked upon with adj
miration by the students As the young
| men now stood gazing at her, as she passed
on like graceful vision, ole Of them ex-
claimed
Well, it would be worth something to
have kiss from such a mouth"
The poor student, the hero OF our story,
who was looking intently on that pure,
angelic face, exclaimed, as il by inspira-
ton:
well, think could have ii"
Whatm cried his friends, in a chorus
"are you crazy? Do you know herr
Not at all" he answered; ." but
think she would kiss me now if asked
her"
"What, in this place, before all our
eyes?"
In this place, before your eyes"
Freely"
Freely"
well, if she will give you a kiss in that
manner, / will give you thousand dol
lars !" exclaimed one of the party.
And r. " And l !" cried three or four
others, for it so happened that several rich
young men were in the group. Bets ran
high on so improbable an event, and the
challenge was made and received III less
time than we take TO relate it.
Our hero (my authority tells me not
whether he was handsome or plain; | have
my peculiar ideas for believing he was
rather plain, but singularly good looking al
the same time)-our hero Immediately
walked off to the young lady and said
''Mein Frulein, my fortune is in your
hands" She looked ct him in astonish-
ment, but arrested her steps. He proceeded
to state his name and condition, aspirations
and related simply and truly what had
passed between him and his companions.
The young lady listened attentiyely and
lo 20 Cl, n ],
ingly, but with great sweetness, IF by Sc
little q thing so much can be effected, ii
would be foolish for me to refuse your re-
| quest; " and she kissed the young man
publicly in the open square.
Next day the student was sent for by the
Governor. He wanted to see the man who
had dared to seek kiss from his daughter
that way, and whom she had consented Sc
to kiss. He received him with a scrutiniz-
ing brow, but after an hours conversation
was so pleased with him that he invited
him to dine at his table during his studies
at Upsala.
Our young friend now pursued his studies
in manner which soon made him regard
ed as the most promising scholar IN the
| university. Three years were not passed
after that day of the first kiss, when the young
man was allowed to give second one &c
the daughter of the Governor, as his in
| tended bride.
He became, later, one of the greatest
| scholars in Sweden, as much respected tol
| his learning as for his character HIS
works will endure forever among the works
of science. and from this happy union
sprang family well known in Sweden al
! the present day. and whose wealth of for
| tune and high position in society are re
garded as small things compared with
wealth of goodness and love,-L Boston
| Transcript.
A SNAKE NINE FEET LoEG.-A snake
such as was never seen before i'll this re-
gion, says dispatch from StaTucca, Pa,
| of the ID instant, was killed lew days ago
by Jay Webb and Constable William vii
marth, of Thompson, Susquehannf
| county, near this place. The snake is nint
feet long and seven inches IN diameter
| with peculiar fiat head. Around the neck
| is a circle of short, stiff hairs. The colol
of the serpent is brown, with red band:
about the body at intervals Of few inches
! The snake was discovered on James Eos
ter's farm by Mrs Webb, Mrs. Vale anC
Mrs. THOMPSON, who were gathering
greens. 1t was lying at the foot of small
| ledge, and had a newly-born lamb abou
half swallowed The frightened womer
ran to Webb's house, and told what they
had seen. Webb and Wilmarth went t
the spot, and finding the snake helpless
from gorging, killed it with a fence stake
They dragged it home, and it now hangs OF
Webb's barn door, an object of much won
der and curiosity to the entire neighbor
hood
"As ROME DOES Etiquette at Rome i
very strict as to one point: 1t is not con
sidered proper for a lady to take the arm o
gentleman in Catholic church II
walking about st. Peters the guides men
ton this to the couples who innocent,
stroll arm in arm looking at the statues
pictures, affairs and frescoes of that wonder
full interior. Perhaps this is because an,
idea of its being u promenade should b
discouraged. A gentleman remonstratet
with the guide on one occasion, saying tina
the lady with him was his mother, an,
lame. Then put your hand under he
arm said the guide; but do not let he
take your arm" A young gentleman al
WAYS gives his right arm to an elderly lad
in walking with her On being asked VIII,
this is done, he answers that it is :" con
tinuation of the carriage etiquette" which
always puts the gentleman on the lady
left.
HoRsFoRDs ACID PHOSPHATE, invaluabl
as a tonic DR.. j. l.. Pratt, Greenfield, Ill
saws: :" 1t is all that it claims to be-in
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