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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-03-16
SCIENTIFIC NOTES.

Asbestos makes good fire-proof screen
in theaters.
In England there was less sunshine in
1888 than in any year before since 1879.
Paint made with turpentine is better
protector for iron work than linseed oil.
From general view taken in England
the natives appear to be increasing in
vigor rather than degenerating.
1t may be generally stated that lorna
does do not occur in the United States
west of the one hundredth meridian.
An exhibition will be opened in Paris
in September next, for machines especially
adapted for the peeling of ramie stalks.
Between 10000 and 10000 centigrade
was found to be the temperature of mass
Of molten lava in the Island of Hawaii.
A good furniture varnlsh is made o.
two ounces of white wax, one gill of oil o.
turpentine. Melt the wax and gradually
mix with the turpentine.
The temperature of Siberia was once SC
much milder than at present that it
birds, which were formerly sedentary, nov
migrate to South Africa and elsewhere.
The great advantage of high-speed en-
gines is that the steam has no time to con
dense, or rather, that very little of it i
condensed in comparison with the amour
utilized.
Sir Douglas Cation speaks of the in
crease every year of fog and smoke in Lon
don, and Dr. Russell shows that the city raj
contains twice as much impurity as tina
collected in the suburbs. Professor Lodg
argues that by disturbing the electrical
condition of the air by kites or balloon
rain may be caused, and by this means tn
fog be dislodged
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Jack was one of the train of mules with
which the Earl of Dunraven made an ex-
cursion in the Yellowstone Park few
years ago. 1t is not often that mule gets
so good character from his master as Jack
receives. but it was well earned.
Jack would ascertain. by some means
best known to himself, the exact width OF
his pack, and would measure his distance
between the trees To an inch, running
through apertures that looked far too mar
row for him, but never striking or getting
TANNED. He had some extraordinary
method also Of determining the hight Of
his pack, and could tell precisely whether
he could pass under an overhanging bough
without STOPPING, and, if not, how much he
would have to stoop.
If necessary, without pausing for a mo-
ment in his trot, he would double down
until his belly almost touched the ground
and wriggle himself through under fallen
tree i'll the most ludicrous manner.
1t is no easy task for man, ever
though he be accustomed to the mountain.
and the forests, to make his way through
the matted labyrinth of these primeval
woods; but through such places, if they
were practicable at all, Jack would run
jump, climb or crawl, picking his way
without pause.
His faculty of STOPPING under branches
though very useful at times, was incon
venient when he was required as riding
animal. He would forget for momen
that he had not a tall pack upon his back
and in passing under some leaning tree, Il
avoid which the rider would merely stool
his head, not expecting for moment tina
the mule would stoop also, down he woul,
go. and with twist and wriggle of hi
body writhe himself under the suppose
obstacle, much to his riders surprise ant
discomfort Youths Companion.
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terms just bold enough to distinguish III,
| wearer in crowd.
! Nature has so pave the way for the mar
who would look well in knee breeches.
Velvet collars on dress suits, a Londor
fad in a small way, has not caught on here
Fur collars and cuffs for overcoats ar.
sold by New York ontftters at from SIS ur
per set.
Toilet equisites-dressing-c and the
| like-are gaining more and more space in
outftters' stock.
Some of the new scarfs make fellow as
| conspicuous as highly polished name
plate on shabby front door,
The ear muif business among the retail
ers in this part of the country has not been
a bowling success this winter.
The clothiers all over the country report
a decided increase in the demand for
ready-made swallow-tail coats.
White effects in full-dress iewelry con-
tinue in great demand, though the plain
gold is by no means losing its popularity.
Many mother has learned for the first
time that her eldest born has ideas of his
own when he turned up his nose at the
trousers she had made for him.
Match boxes, cigar cases, gentlemen's
toilet sets, and other knick- knacks left over
from the holiday trade, are being offered
at about one-third of their original cost by
a well known New York retailer as
"cotillion fayors."
Sailor-knots of moderate size are worn
by many of the most fastidious dressers in
preference to all other ideas in neckwear
forms. They represent the class of men
who are slow to take novelties and follow
the same rut season after season.-TRe
Mems Outftter.
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The INFORMATION Bureau

The World opened an information bureau
at its New York uptown office, for the
benefit of people who want to attend the
| Washington inaugural centennial in thi:
| city.
A countrymen stepped in there the other
day, and said to the young man in attend
ance:
Is this the place where Teller can gel
| all sorts of information about the Wash.
| ington centennial?'
{" 1t is" replied the Young man.
"Glad to hear it, young man, glad tc
hear it. There's several little things that
want to find out. What was Washing
| toms middle name?"
az don't know"
'You don't know what Washington's
| middle name was? Nice clerk you are tc
stand in here and pass out information"
"Never heard him called anything but
| George Washington"
No, and you never heard me called
anything but Bill Jones, and yet I've go,
jes' as nice middle name as ever came
out of shop. How many of Georges old
body servants will attend the 'naugera.
tion?"
"Don't know
And you call this an information bu-
| reau. Why, I've got an old bureau up in
| my garnet at home that's got more inform.
| alton in than you have"
You ought to have brought it along.
Don't be sassy, young man, but ;es' tell
me if any of Washingtons ginerals will be
here"
Haven't heard anything about it."
They would be likely to step in here
and register, wouldn't they"
suppose so.
"Well, if they're in here, ies' tell 'em
| old Bill Jones is in town. had an old
| grandfather who fit and bled in the Revo.
luton. Well, he fit very little, but he
| bled everybody he got chance at. He
was suffer-"
Cpl tell them"
That's right. You'll have to turn out
little information, or the police'll shut
| up your bureau. Coin to be much Of q
| procession ?"
"Oh, yes; big one."
March around good deal ?"
Certainly"
"Clean up Broadway"
perhaps"
"Glad of that Never saw street that
needed it more. And say, clean up the
rest of your streets while you're about it,
won't you? New York streets are a dis.
grace. They couldn't have been much
worse when Washington was Exaggerated
here the first time. Sure you don't know
his middle name?"
'Pretty sure"
| "Sorry, for I've always been curious to
know. P'r'aps one of his old nurses will
be here, and you can ask her. You seem
to mean well, young man, but your stock
of information is very small. Good-day."
l-Terns SiIfinns
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80.
SANITARY MAXIMS.

If you are building house, or can
achieve it in an old one, let no drain be
under any part of your house.
A house in which children and servants
are often ailing with sore throat, headache
or diarrhaa is probably wrong in its drain
age.
If you are tenants, and your landlord
refuses to remedy the evil, do it at your
own cost rather than allow your family to
be i'll.
1t is the duty of every householder to
ascertain for himself whether his own
house be free or not from the well-known
dangers to health.
This duty, imperative at all times, is of
surprising urgency in a house where a
woman is about to become mother, or
surgical operation is about to be per-
formed
As rule the soundness of sanitary ar
rangements of house is taken for granted,
and never questioned until "drain-be-
gotten" illness has broken out. In other
words, We employ illness and death.
Scamped drain-work is one of the most
dangerous of the sanitary flaws of new
buildings. 1t is also one Of the most COM
mon and one of the most difficult to detect,
and is rarely found out except by the i'll
ness it produces.
If a rat appears through the floor of
your kitchen or cellar, and strong cur
rent Of air blows from the rat-hole when
chimneys are acting and the windows and
doors of the house are shut, feel sure that
something is wrong with the drain.
If there is smell of drains in your
house, or a damp place in the wall near
which a waste pipe or a soil pipe runs, or
damp place in the cellar or kitchen floor
near drain or tank, let no time be lost
in laying bare the pipes or drains until
the cause be detected.
If you are about to buy or rent a house,
be it cid or new, take care, before you
complete your bargain, to ascertain the
soundness of the sanitary arrangements
with no less care and anxiety than you
would exercise in testing the soundness of
horse before you purchased it.
A landlord may reasonably look for in
terest on the money which he spends for
the benefit of his tenant; but he is COM
hitting little short of manslaughter if, by
refusing to rectify sanitary defects in his
property, he saves his own pocket at the
expense of the health and lives of his ten
ants.
Wherever gas from sewers, Or the ema-
nations from leaky drain, cesspool, or
fouled well, make their way into house,
the inmates are in imminent danger of an
outbreak of typhoid fever, diphtheria, or
other febrile ailments classed together I'M
der the term of "zymotic," not to speak OF
minor illness and depressed vitality, the
connection of which with sewer gas is now
fully established. Sewer gas enters a
house most rapidly at night, when outer
doors and windows are shut, and is then
more potent in communicating the meat,
the milk and the drinking water, and in
poisoning the inmates.-London Health
L1enhef
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American Agriculture.

The skill of the American farmer. sup
piled as he is with the most ingenious and
graceful and effective machinery, has be-
come an object of admiration and imita-
ton. The well-organized home of the
American farmer is looked upon as a
model. The place filled in the community
by the American farmer is considered SO
important and honorable that other ma
tions inquire how it has been attained.
The crops of the American farmer are
looked upon as so sure that all anxiety
with regard to the supply of food for peo-
pie less favored has passed away. The
rapid growth of agriculture in Amer
lea may be made more apparent by
recurring to its condition in this country
three-quarters of century ago. AT that
time the plows were usually made by the
village blacksmith and wheelwright.
Shovel factories werefew and small Grain
harvesters, reapers, mowers, tedders and
horse rakes were unknown. The mechani-
cal enterprise engaged in producing these
and other improved implements Of hus-
bandry during all these years has been
untiring, and the result has been surpris-
ing. In one year the patents issued for i'm
provements in agricultural machinery ex-
ceeded one thousand, of which thirty-six
were for rakes, hundred and sixty for
hay and grain harvesters and attachments,
l67 for seed-planters and drills, thirty for
hay and straw-cutters, ninety for cultivat-
ors, seventy-three for bee-hives, 100 for
plows and attachments Meanwhile the
vast increase of production, to which ref
erence has already been made, indicates
also the skill and energy of those who are
engaged in the various branches of agri-
culture. This unusual and extraordinary
growth which has thus far attended Amer
lean agriculture is due not only to the di-
versity of the soil and climate, the rapid
increase of population, and the vast i'm
provement in agricultural machinery, but
also to the Independent ownership of land
which characterizes American institutions.
1t were not easy to tell the strength and
stimulus which come through the owner
ship of the soil to him who occupies it,
hes fixed his home upon it, and looks
to it for his means of subsistence.
The proportion of land-holders in
the United States to the aggregate pop
ulation is great, and it is significant when
we consider the responsibilities resting
upon them and the opportunities they
possess. american Review
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CARL DrNDEg.
Some Things About His Neighbors the
Old Man Wonders Over.


Some Things About His Neighbors tn.
Old Man Wonders Over.
| Sometimes my neighbor comes to me
und says: "Mr. Dunder, l doan' like ts
make you feel bad, but dot poy of yours
goes NIT der gallows if you doan' behave
him better. He hits my dog NIT some
snowballs yesterday Well, der ner next
day comes und someyody preaks nv vim.
dow NIT SNOWFALL, und when / goes oudt
to spheak about it he calls me old Knick-
erbocker. | look at him more closely, und
10. he vas dot same neighbor's poyl /
can't make oudt how she vhas.
Sometimes my neighbor comes to me
und says: 'sMr. Dunder, you doan' lif in
dis country SO long ash l do, und l like to
tell you dot it vos agin some law if you put
ashes around. | speak to you because
vhas your frendt." Well, dot makes me
ashamed, und goes off and puys me a box.
In two days policeman comes along und
says my neighbor keeps more ashes, swill.
dead cats und strawbeds in his yard dan he
sees before in two hoondered years, und he
goes Ply der Recorder Court und paws a
fine. | can't make oudt how she vhas.
Sometimes my frendt comes to me und
says: "Say, Mr.. Dunder, doan' make some
fool of yourself. If der boys like you to
run fer Aldermans in our ward, decline
NIT thanks. Dere vhas no money In it.
und der papers abuse you like some tiefs."
Well, dot settles me, but when l goes by
der polls to vote, 10! my frendt vhas on
der ticket fer Aldermans und is elected !
Somepody tells me he pays more ash $500
to be Aldermans. | can't make oudt how
she vhas.
Sometimes my frendt comes in und saws
"Say, old chappie, hat always said / like
to help you to good thing, und der time
yhas now come. | know a man on Riyard
street who vhas awful hard oop. You can
puy dot house und lot for one tousand dol
lar, und he vhas wort eighteen hoonerd.
If you take her / warrant you make one
tousand dollar in year." Vhell, l pellet
dot, und puys der place. In two weeks
find oudt dot my frendt makes 500 com
mission on dot sale, und dot vhas sheated
by tree hoonered. can't make oudt how
she vhas
Sometimes dot neighbor on my left hand
comes to me and says: "Say, Dunder, oldt
poy, doan' hurt your feelings for 81 ,000,-
600, but | like to shpeak NIT you leedle.
You hat some beer wagons drive oop in
front of my house, und wy wife vas afraid
der public shall belief it vas US who vas
taking beer. Be some good fellows und
hat der wagons go in der alley" Well,
dot looks reasonable und l make em do it,
bnt in four>days my neighbor comes home
SO drunk on whisky dot l hat to help him
in his house, und his wife says it vas
nopodys peseness. | cam make her oudt.
Sometimes, ash go to shurch on Soon
day, ] find all der saloons open, der poys
playing ball and PEG pie going off on pic
mics. Ven goes inside der minister looks
right at me und says: 1t preaks my heart
dot so many heather in Africa vas on der
broad road ter destruction. Please come
down nit some contributions to save 'em."
| come down, but can't make her oudt.-
Detroit Free Press.
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An Unvarnished Story.

The Liverpool DAILY Post informs its.
readers that very painful scene recently
occurred in village near Liverpool. 1t
seems that church had lately been I'M
dergoing repairs. Among other improve
ments new coat of paint was placed on
the pews, followed by coat of varnish.
The result was mos. pleasing to the eve,
but, unfortunately, the varnish had been
applied so late that it had no time to be-
come hard before Sunday, when the con-
gregation fiocked to their seats. No APP
parent inconvenience was suffered until
the clergyman was about to deliver the
benediction, when tae congregation were
Mortified to find that they were unable to
stand up. They we're, in fact, glued, or
rather vanished, to their seats. Their
spasmodic efforts to rise were most dis
tressing to witness. In vain did the cler-
gyman exhort them from the pulpit to
resignation. They were seized with a
kind of panic, all the more frightful be-
cause they were for the moment powerless.
At last, by what seemed to be simultane-
Gus and herculean jerk, they managed to
tear themselves from their sittings; but at
what sacrifice The pews were literally
covered with Sunday apparel, Shreds Of
silk, lawns, calico, broadcloth and cassi-
meres were left as souvenirs of the tenac-
ity of the yarnish used in identifying the
church; and the hapless congregation,
rushing from the DOORS hurried homeward
with an expression on their faces as though
! their hearts were even more severely rent
than their garments.
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CUR YOUNG FOLKS.
WHAT MoruER SAYS

WHAT MOTHER SAYS.
Now, here's hand glass, lie. me try
Ii can this time see
just one of all those funny things
My mother sees in me.
She says my eyes are violets-
And what she says is true
But think they are just two eyes,
Don't they look SO to you?
She says my lips are cherries red,
And makes b'leeye take bite;
They never look like that to me
But mothers always right.
She says each cheek is like a rose:
And this surely know,
never would believe it-but
What mother says is SO.
She says my teeth are shining pearls;
Now that's so very queer,
II some folks said 1t, why, I'd think
But then, twas mother dear.
only see little girl,
With hair that's rather wild,
VINO has two eyes, a nose and mouth,
Like any other child.-Cape argus.
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Woodpeckers in Winter.

They can be seen at all times during the
winter along the south shore, and are a
source of annoyance to people owning sum-
mer cottages left vacant during the winter.
They do great damage to window blinds
by cutting through them, and no doubt to
obtain shelter. have shot them by care
fully approaching the house, and pound
ing upon the side, whereupon Colaptes darts
out, and affords an excellent shot In
several instances l have known them to
bore completely through the clapboards
and thin wall boarding, and take up a
temporary residence inside, completely
sheltered from cold and storms. Do not
woodpeckers peek" at times merely as
signal to their companions? Last spring
| observed downy woodpecker mount
the top of a telegraph pole and tap several
times with great yigor and then listen
attentively. This was repeated several
times, and finally an answer came from
quite a distance. The woodpecker then
beat quite lively tattoo and was soon
joined by female, apparently, and the
pair Immediately made off. Upon exam
ination with a good glass the wood APP
peared perfectly sound, and | was led to
infer that the bird was not engaged in
seeking for food at the time, but was SIM
ply rapping a signal for companion.
Should be glad to have the opinion Of
others on these points.-Forest and Stream,
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MEMS WEAR.

Very pale tints will run this spring.
The twice-round has not made hit
A stylish bar coat is of white duck closed
with frogs.
Retailers report a boom in pearl gray
evening dress gloves.
Novelties in cameo stone for umbrella
handles are worth looking up.
Detachable cape overcoats made up II
Scotch and English tweeds, have the pat
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Hope of i'll gain is the beginning of loss.
-Democritus, B. c. AGO.
Let us not love those things much which
we are not sure to live long to love, nor to
have long if We should.-Fuller.
We need little less than infnity to make
us happy, and little more than nothing to
make US miserable.-Jean Paul Richter
Thou dost not honor God by giving him
anything, but by rendering myself worthy
to receive from him.-Hierocles A. d. $50.
Keep your conduct abreast of your con-
science, and very soon your conscience
will be Illuminated by the radiance of
God.-W IL. Taylor, d. d.
A weak mind sinks under prosperity, as
well as under adversely. A strong and
deep one has two highest tides, when the
moon is at the full and when there is no
moon.-Hore.
1t cannot have been for nothing that
God was pleased to disclose his counsels,
fragment by fragment, through long inter-
walls of silence and disappointment and dis
aster.-Cdnnon Westcoa.
/ have often wondered how every man
loves himself more than all the rest of
men; yet sets less value on his own opin-
ion of himself than OH the opinion of
others.-ApoltodoIus, B. C. l04.
BY passing through death our Lord has
made thoroughfare for US. We take death
and the grave in transit now they do not
hinder our advance to glory and immortal
ity and eternal life-Spurgeon.
A fair reputation is plant, delicate in
It's nature, and by no means rapid in its
growth. 1t will not shoot up in night
like the gourd of the prophet, but, like
that goura, it may perish in a night
Taylor.
No man should be so much taken up in
the search OF truth, as thereby to neglect
the more necessary duties of active life !;
for after all is done, it is action only that
gives true value and commentator to
virtue.-Cicero.
Some people speak as if hypocrites were
confined TO religion; but they are every
where; people pretending to wealth when
they have not a sixpence, assuming knowl.
edge of which they are ignorant. shamming
a culture they are far removed from, adopt
ing opinions they do not hold.-Rer. Albert
Goodrich.
If asked what is the remedy for the
deeper sorrows of the human heart-what
a man should chiefly look to in his progress
through life as the power that is to sustain
him under trials and enable him manfully
to confront his Affections, must point him
to something which, in well-known
hymn is called, "The old, old story" told
Of in an old, old book, and taught with old,
old teaching. which is the greatest and
best gift ever given to mankind.-W L.
Gladstone.