Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-05
ALL AROUND THE WORLD.

The Abilene (Kan.) Reflector defines an
optimist as woman who has new winter
cloak and bonnet. and a pessimist as a
woman who has neither.
A West Virginia girl has saved money
enough to buy herself gold watch by
trapping muskrats, skunks and other ami
mails and selling their hides.
In 1912 what is now known as "inilu-
enza" was known then as "Tyler's grip"
Tyler was President of the United States,
and just after he vetoed the Omitted
States Bank BilP' this epidemic swept
over the country and was called ''Tylers
grip"
To show the capacity of his stomach
visitor at the Neversink Fire House, Red
ding, few days ago, ate mixture COM
posed of pound of figs, fifty raw oysters,
and pound of sugar, and topped off the
mess with pound of lard He said on a
wager he would eat box of wagon grease,
but the spectators would let him 60 no
further.
In Market-street furniture store in
Philadelphia is exhibited a parlor suite
that is said to be the most unique, with
one exception, in this country. 1t is up
holstered with palm-leaf fans, single fan
forming the seat and another the back of
a chair The frame work is of gilded bent
wood. Two fans make pretty substitute
for the cushioned bottom of tete-a-tete,
made to order for West Philadelphia
is in New York. Both were modelled
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ton.
Usobirs Slaton, who died last week in
| Fayette county, Ga, was a remarkable
man in many respects. He was eighty
one years old, and had lived in the same
house for sixty-one years. By his first
wife he had seventeen children, and by his
second fifteen. Around his bedside when
| he died were seventeen of his nineteen
living children He had grandchildren
too numerous to mention. He had given
nearly every one some of the land which
he owned, and his children always lived
close about him. He was six feet in hight
and had been sick only a few hours before
DEATH
A remarkable colored farmer lives near
Middletown, Delaware. He has family
of fourteen children living while two
have died. He educates his children in
peculiar way He sent his eldest son to
| college in New Jersey, where he acquired
a fairly good education. The farmer then
went to work and erected suitable build
| ing for school house on the farm, and his
| eldest son is installed as teacher of his
brothers and sisters. The school is opened
in the fall, when the farm work is all
done, and in the spring, when the plant
| ing season commences, the school is closed
and the children go to work on the farm.
A hawk pursued pigeon into a house
| at Brunswick, Ga, the other day. The
pigeon took refuge under table in the
kitchen. The hawk in entering the door
saw window beyond, and supposing his
prey had gone that way, darted for the
aperture, but, to his horror, found an in
visible pane of glass, through which his
momentum carried him to the ground
beyond, where he lay for some time.
"Who trow dat brick?" sang out the cook
The master of the house arrived on the
scene just in time to discover "dat brick"
was q hawk, and to see him disappear
after recovering from his encounter with
the Window pane.
bred distinct epidemics of influenza in
Europe between 1910, when the disease
was first noted at Malta, and 1850. In
1929 the whole of Europe suffered severely
According to statistics published by the
NoeOe Premyd, the disease caused sos deaths
in London in one week, and in Vienna
10000 persons were affected. In 1877 and
and 1743 there were further outbreaks,
and the deaths in one week in London
amounted to 1000 In 1775 domestic ami
mails were first attacked by it. In 1882
10000 persons fell ill of it in St. Peters
burg in twenty-four hours. In st. Peters
burg quinine is now served out daily to the
troops, mixed with vodka
Here is another chance for some rich
and foolish American girl. The Pail Mall
Gazette was recently requested TO publish
the following advertisement and gives it
place in the editorial columns: High
life-A widow lady of noble birth wishes
to marry her son, aged 80, titled, hand
some and of exemplary conduct, to the
daughter of wealthy and honorable fam
lily. He is connected by blood with the
highest aristocracy of his country, and,
although having sustained unmerited re-
verses of fortune, can bestow upon his wife
a distinguished title of nobility. No
agents need apply. Write in utmost conf
dence to 'Veritas,' So Rue St. Sulpice, Fau-
bourg St. German, Paris"
Mr.. Sumner and one or two other gen.
tlemen were in the woods on Ty-Ty creek,
in Colquitt county, Georgia, few days
ago, and saw a yearling deer running in
the direction of the swamp. While watch
ing the deer they saw large wildcat
spring upon it, tiger-like, and bring it to
the ground. The deer made but few
leaps before the cat brought it down and
killed it. The party not having their guns
with them went and got their guns and
dogs and gave chase to the cat. The cat
being full from his mess of venison did not
run far before he climbed tree. A we'll
aimed rife-ball from the gun of one of the
party brought down the cat, which meas
ured six feet from the end of his tail to
the end of his nose.
Campher in various forms is frequently
recommended for cold in the head, al
though Dr. George johnson and others
long since indicated the dangers attending
the use of concentrated alcoholic solu-
TONS The following method of applica-
ton is suggested in Swiss pharmaceuti-
cal Journal, and certainly has the merit Of
simplicity: A jug is half-illed with boil
Ing water, into which teaspoonful of
well-powered camphor is thrown. A fun
nel-shaped paper cap is then placed on top
of the jug, and hole torn in it just fitting
the nose. The camphorated steam is in
hailed through the nose for ten or fifteen
minutes, the inhalation being repeated, if
required every four or five hours. If the
patient resolutely persists with the inhala-
ton, in spite of its unpleasantness, it is !
said that three repetitions will always
effect cure, however severe the coryza
may be.
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