The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-03
NEWS NOTES

The original of the popular ejaculation
My stars?' could probably be traced to
Mr.. Brady
| The miserable remnant of beans that are
left after Boston has satisfied her appetite
are canned for the use of the rest of the
country.
| The SO called Turkish bath, which
| sweats the patient with dry hot air, is not
known in Turkey. 1t originated with O
DR.. Barter, at Barney, in ireland, in 1856,
and was soon adopted in England.
Blaine and Don Cameron are to occupy
the same pew in Washington. 1t will be
picturesque to see the Blooming Huckle-
berry of the Susquehanna nodding beside
the Pious Old Pine of the Penobscott.
A Philadelphia miracle worker claims to
have cured Col. Thomas A. Scott, of par
alysis by laying on hands, and Col. Scott
says it is true; but his physicians say that
no cure has been effected by anybody.
| The girl whom Tom Hancock wanted to
marry at indianapolis was only Is, and she
said that he must wait at least two years.
Then he asked her to kiss him, and she de
| clared that he would have to wait for that,
too. The second disappointment crushed
him, and he committed suicide.
| The fight for which Mckee Rankin, the
actor, was fined at Toronto was with Man
ager Sheppard of the Toronto Grand Opera
House. Rankin was to perform there in
! The Danites." On his arrival he said to
Sheppard: 1--WE been waiting two years to
whip you for putting pirated version OF
my plan on your stage, and guess III do
| it now" He began the job vigorously by
knocking Sheppard down, but Sheppard
rallied promptly and gave his assa1ant such
a thrashing that The Danites" was not
| played that evening.
| Mules live to a greater age in France than
| anywhere else, but the French are not SO
quick to dodge as are Americans. Nothing
| shortcns a mules life so much as to wrench
himself by kicking and hitting nothing.
The Maharajah of Durbanga is reported
to have pulled down the greater portion OF
his sumptuous palace because a vulture had
| desecrated the vast building by alighting on
| the roof with some Objectionable refuse in
his claws.
! An Indiana woman has just killed twenty
snakes, which she found on one spot enjoy
ing the warm sunshine. If Adam had only
had that kind of a wife! But somehow
the Garden of Eden had to be placed on the
wrong side of the Indiana line, and things
got mixed.
A writer in the (English) Cathode Times
says that the stormy petrol possesses q sin
| gular amount of oil, and has the power of
throwing it from the mouth when terrified.
| 1t is said that this oil, which is very pure,
is collected in St Kilda by catching the
| bird on its eggs, where it sits very closely,
and making it disgorge the oil into vessel.
| The bird is then released and another taken.
| The inhabitants of the Farce Island make
a curious use of this bird when young and
very fat, by simply drawing a wick through
| the body and lighting it at the end which
projects from the beak. This unique lamp
| will burn for considerable time
The NoScoao T5ed0nlO8ty directs attention
to the prOfusion of money which the Nj
hilists seem to have at their disposal and
observes: NO pecuniary resources at all
comparable to it have ever been possessed
/ by the Socialists of other countries. These
latter have always attempted to carry out
| their plots in the cheapest way possible,
| generally with knife or revolver. With
us (RuSsians), On the contrary, all anarchi-
cal attempts, of the last three or four wears
at any rate, have proved to be the result of
a complete system of revolutionary organ
ization, having adequate means for the
| support of its members and for subOrning
| persons to carry out whatever behests might
/ be requested of them. The source from
which the Russian anarchists obtain these
pecuniary means remains mystery; but the
required funds are always at their service. "
The young ladies of Westfeld, N. Y,
according to the Rochester Democrat, have
held a public gathering of their sex apropos
of the unfortunate fate of the Iowa girl
who died of excessive hugging, and adopt
ed rather skeptical resolutions declining to
believe the story. The resolutions declare
| the belief of the fair resolvers that such an
event is impossible, and that, despite the
gloomy telegraphic reports, they will still
favor the custom and take all risks. OF
course, a copy of the resolutions will be
framed and sent to the girls family in
| Iowa.
| A rich Frenchman named Dugarto, who
during his lifetime was tOrmented with the
fear of being buried alive, bequeathed a
large amount of money to the Academy of
Sciences, from which prize of $500
! francs was to be given away every five
years for the best treaties upon the real
| signs of death and the means of preventing
| too hastv burials. According to the scien-
tific feuilleton of the Steele the problem has
not yet been solved, although several
works have been written upon the subject
II is generally conced however, that when
the temperature of the body is about 25
degrees, or when the muscles are no longer
influenced by powerful electricity SHOCKS,
death is proved beyond doubt.
The Earl of Caithness, who died recently
in this city, had strong liking for mechan-
les, and in his younger days worked for
some time in large engineering works in
Manchester, England. He was patentee of
several inventions, including an improve
ment on the tape loom, for which he re-
ceived 9500. Among the other inventions
were gravitating compass, road loco
motives, with carriage lin which he, along
with the Countess travelled on one occasion
from Inverness to Barrogill Castle at the
rate of some sixteen miles an hour on the
level road creating quite a sensation), a
machine for washing railway carriages, &c.
He was the first in the north of Scotland to
use the steam plough, by which he re-
claimed a large portion of land.