The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-27
ALI SORTS.


3 Coleridee knew how to write poetry.
bat5he could not remove q horse collar
to save his life.j a a
Omnibuses came into general use in
Paris in 1862. Previous TO that date
only aristecrats rode in them.
A boot aud shoe shop hangs out the
SIGN, Cast iron lasts" We all know
it does. but we don't want any boots
made of it.
Professor Riley says kerosene is
sure death TO insects in all stages. 1t
may be in stages, but how about in no.
tells? @ 9a
Bridesmaids are in demand. There
cannot now be a canonical wedding
without four of these ladies'; bnt the
high-toned brides have eight.
Phylloxera, which threatened destr11e-
ton to the grape-growing interest in
California, is no longer feared. By the
use of proper remedies the disease has
been arrested.
The number of insane persons in the
United States is put down by experts at
100, 600, and the same authorities say
that from 10 to 20 per cent. are durable
by present methods.
The Paris Figaro declares that to
relieve yourself of thirst for an entire
day you have only to take In the morn
ing drink composed half of water and
half of black coffee, with big pinch
of salt. go, zae.
The imports of rubber into the
United States amounted to 1924, 09S
pounds in 1870, worth 38.S cents per
pound. In 1881 the imports were TO-
O14796 pounds; value, 55-2 cents per
pound. -
Ere long people living in Liverpool
and Birkenhead viii be able to take
what Pat calls "a land voyage under
water" The work of tunneling the
Mersey is being pushed with great ra-
pidity.
.1'm afraid you'll be late to the par
ty," said an old lady to her stylish
granddaughter, who replied. t'Oh, you
dear grandma, dom t you know that in
our set nobody goes to party till
everybody gets THEREOF
The new Warner Observatory in
Rochester, N. T.. is approaching COM
pletiou. It is a very substantial build
ing, and there is q great round rock on
the ground, nine feet in diameter, which
weighs 1,600 pounds. rassE-
Beware OF the landlady who merely
s.keeps boarders for company or 'tbe-
cause the house is too large" If you
have no flesh 10 lose, hunt up some SEN
sible person who makes a business OF
running boarding house, and is not
ashamed to say so. L-s.. - -
Hereafter in Great Britain there will
be certain course of training for vet
Urinary surgeons. After 1883 the far
rier and the cattle doctor will be super
seeded by men who must pass lawful
examination in regard to the diseases
| of horses, cows, sheep and dogs.
7 Tho COLLECTOR at M0nfO0D0pfV
Ala, is preparing to bring suit against
| the Pullman Car company for taxes
due and unpaid for seven or eight years
past. The amount of the taxes will be
more than $780, 900.
lBasThel chambermaitls of Rochester,
| N Y, hotel left on account of ill-usage
and non-payment OF wages. The clerk
issued card saying they were dis
charged for beer-drinking. Six of the
| girls then went around to the hotel
and administered thrashing to him.
No less than ten observers are now
engaged at the Observatory of Paris in
| the completion of the catalogue of stars
which was begun by Leverrier. The
work is progressing at an unprecedent-
ed rate, not less than 10000 observa-
tions having been tablated. after hav-
ing been duly reduced, in single
year.
When the late Khedive was expelled
from Egypt he established his harem in
| Naples. 10 the great disgust of the Ital-
ians. Not long afterward q number OF
the inmates escaped. One of them,
named Sahibe, discovered that she had
charming voice, and sought employ
| ment in Vienna, where she has been
| engaged by the manager of the josef
Stadt Theater. An Egyptian prima
donna will certainly prove novelty.
The Paris mint IS busiIy engaged IL
striking off ten million pieces of coin
for the republic of Hayti. 1t has also &
lob on hand for the Morocco govern
ment after which it will have to exc
cute a bronze and silver medal com
memorating the works of the st. Goth
ard tunnel.
A shocking accident is reported from
a town in GaIicia, where, while con-
orecation of Jews were celebrating
their new year, some of the curtains OF
the tabernacle caught fire. In the pan
ic that ensued a gallery gave way,
causing tile death of four females, anc
q series injury to sixteen others.
y In one of the surveying parties OF the
II Macon and Brunswick extension in
Il Georgia there were nine boys. %
1these eight were graduated of some
university with diplomas in their peck
ieits. They were working at about u
ID Oiay, and engaged in the hardest o.
actS annual labor-cheerful ambitious anc
ger ther proud of their hard and rough
y NY nix than otherwise.
NE personal property OF tho late
lam G. Fargo. of Buffalo, consisted
e. sipally of stocks. bonds, ETC., and
Agated in value about $600.0O0
- 1shedule has been made OF thu
o. n,old furniture, horses, carriages
MY property used in or upon the
tE;rs occupied by him in his life
- santhe reason, as stated, that tne
~ go ibequeathed to his. widow ano
ines solva possession, and the estate L
~ 50 ippc,nsumption in this country
VI - esti,g at an alarming rate. II
ans, Least or, that 1000 Americans a.
91'th $50, Ems to the baleful habit o.
iOre ~ ,psa IN =. while over 10000 Chi
Their vicious prountry pursue the same
other form The use of opium II
The inporfeyer. far exceeds this
77196 poupf opium in 1880 wa wa.
net mounds in on increase OF 1I,oos
and 1t is related s;r Thomas Wade
and the bra.lsn assrI ut peking, whc
body r raa and vast China for forty
ard o,,aoe and custdar with the Ian
) for ing of the deahe people. hear
rpid friend. started oflan s. ola aa Jn mes
lice. he for the first Tins funerai, "nel