The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-28
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Spread yourself, brother; but dom,
| spread yourself too thin. Too MANY fa,f
Id the world already. Boston Trcnscript
A COED thing to keep 10 the house q
Dag Sss. Will our next-door ueiehbor.
who owns one, take the hint Bostoa
Post
A German lately married saws: I'D
vas yoost so easy as a needle Good walk ont
NIT eamefs eye as to get der behindt
word NIT woman 2"
Elaboration is a new aud appsl|inp
word which appears in the report of a
speech delivered in the Dominion Parlia
nent by Sir" Charles Upper.
A new book is out called How to Draw
and Paint" There are lots of actress "a
who can paint first rate; but they do not
draw worth a eent.-Neso Orleans Pea
yune
The youngsters seen gathered around
the stage door on matinee days are not all
grandchildren of the ballet girls. though
some of them may PHILADELPHIA
Neaos,
WendellsPhillips says that no reform,
moral or intellectual, ever came down
from the upper classes of society. Each
and all. " says be. come up from the
protest of martyr and victim"
writer Of "reminiscences of Washing
son. in the .Atlsasis Monthly, says that 10
1880 very few gentlemen except the mems
bers of the diplona tic c)rps smoked
cigars. Pipes and plantation tobacco were
the proper thing,
We should like TO know the name of the
man who fixed the calender so that Christ
mas and New Years are SO little distance
apart. Ii gives such an admirable oppor
tuDity to return a ssn pliment-snd a
depleted purse with which to do it:-Ness
Haven Register.
Some gentlemen were remarking on the
entire absence of resemb lence between two
brothers. Il consider them strikingly
alike" said one of the party. "Ahke?"
exclaimed the astonished group; why.
what likeness can you possibly see be-
tween theml" well, they are both
confounded foolp." was the reply.
Speaking of the performance of Nine
Rentz's female MINISTRIES in that town, the
Wellsborough Pa.) AgitatOr says: "A
number of the lords of creation got the
mistaken notion that their wives ought
not to attend the show, and so engaged
single reserved seats. just after the
performance had begun, however, about
fifty ladies fled in and took their seats
uoSO 70 eiie cHdSrln or the nusDaDuS
aforesaid and the amusement OF the rest
of the audience"
Moody wants new hymns. He gives the
Scripture rather than tracts to inf
dels. He would like to see places of
worship warm aud well ventilated, Pray
ers. / says. should be short Fl knows
of a bunch of grapes sent around |
amongst sick people from one to another, |
and all the sick people were blessed |
Advertising. especially in regard to church |
notices. does. in Moody's opinion, more |
good than harm. Fault 6odiug, be |
believes, is nuisance in the church. He |
says, Have no festivals. There is no
gam bling at prayer meetings"
There is nothing so beautiful in house |
as variety of potted plants. filing all the
windows. mantsls, brackets and available |
space. An up iowa gentleman. on retir-
ing last night, coald fnd no place to
deposit his shoes but directly under the
much beloved and we'll tended plant stand |
10 the bay window. Now, the careful
woman that his wife was never omits TO
water that plant stand by the rising OF the
SUP. Result. shoes half full of water aud |
i'm Rination will have.to supply the rest.
-Netc HuDen Register