Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-20

The walters in the Iroquois Cafe, in
Buffalo, says the Buffalo Express, evade a
great problem by serving both fork and
spoon with ice cream. The fork represents
progress, thought, cosmopolitanism. The
spoon stands for mental shackles supersti-
ton, provincialism.
There is good deal of truth and phi
losophy in the remark made by wit hen
ne heard OF the divorce of couple recently
married: Il am glad they married each
other, for If they had each married some
body else there would have been two un-
fortunate couples instead of one''
Natural gas, as fuel, has been in use
about fifteen years. There are now en-
ployed in its transmission for fuel purposes
1850 miles of pipe mains. In Pittsburg
alone there are 500 miles, and the consump-
ton of gas there represents an annual con-
sumption of 100000 tons of coal.
county, Georgia, there lives a blue man.
He is Caucasian, but instead of being
white is greenish blue, and is known as
Blue Billy" His whole skin is blue his
tongue and The roof of his mouth are blue.
and where his ewes should be white is seen
the same CHASTITY greenish-blu color. He
Is no doubt IN chronic state of "blues."
A condemned criminal in England must
be allowed to see three Sundays between
his sentence and his execution. OF course,
he can thus be hanged in little over two
weeks, but the three Sundays must pass
over his head before the gallows claims
him. The custom is a relic of medieval
times, when a criminal was allowed
that much OF respite to prepare for death.
In order to test the quality of the bayo-
nets now being served out to the English
troops number of weapons are indiscrimi
nately selected from among those in use by
the lnnisklllen Fusileers, and some sensa-
ton was occasioned in the garrison when
the report from the testing experts in Lon
don was received, declaring that 60 per
cent. OF the bayonets were totally unfit for
use.
Tne fact that many of the very fastest
turf performers are not standard bred, ac-
cording to present rules of the National
Association, leads some to believe that the
standard will soon become so unpopular
tAnt IL Will ule OUT SuCD conclusion Is not
warranted. 1t is much more probable that
the standard rules will be thoroughly re-
vised in the near future, and established
upon sounder basis than at present.
M. Courton, chemist, produced re-
Gently at the sitting of the French Academy
OF Sciences a sealed envelope containing a
description of an apparatus by means of
which objects may be seen at vast distances,
the vibrations of light being transmitted
through a wire" Mrs. Theatergoer was
heard TO remark on reading the above that
she wished Mr.. T. would get one of those
machines so that he could ''see a man.
without going out between the acts.
The following advertisement appeared
in recent number of the London Tablet.
TO parents-Unruly girls and boys of any
age visited and punished at their homes by
thorough disciplinarian accustomed to
administer corporal punishment. All bad
habits cured by one or two attendances.
Fee, shiiliDgs for two visits. Address
Birch. '" If Birch" has any assistants in
this city ne can get job to work on "tbe
alley toughs, whose headquarters are in
the alley between and K, Third and
Fourth streets.