The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-08-16
VARIETY.


A new kind of berry is being grown
called the Telegraph. An electric
currant probably.
Jay Gould's profits last year were
6,000,0 600. just about the same as
ours-with the ciphers omitted Lock
port U7sSon.@ =
Soubrette- ssHow is the prettiest
way TO hold the handP" Why, so the
other side can't see what cards you've
got.
The inscription on the pedestal of
the Farragut statue in New Y ork dates
the hero's commission as Commander
in 1861 instead of 1S41, just by trans
position of "XL." to sIXn 1t is
rather awkward work changing an in
scription on blue-stone, but it will have
to be done.
These moonlight nights are glorious
at the seaside. isn't it heavenly
said Miss Sillybilly to Mr.. Polo
ssOh, yes, just too utterly heavenly for
moon, don't you?'' Eyes, it's awfully
nice. isn't it, and SO splendidly conspic-
uous, toor'
eff you find locomotive rushing at
you," says a Virginia authority, spring
into the air and come down on the
cow-catcher,'' This might injure the
cow-catcher. A better plan would be
to Jump into the air and let the train
pass under you. 1t requires little
practice at first.
The Norwich Comm Bulletin first
told the story which follows: 'tHenry
E. Gard, of South Windham, lost his
pocket-book containing $50, Tuesday
afternoon, while rowing on the pond.
but did not discover his loss till the
next day, when he was fortunate
enough to find his money floating
around on the water, and the pocket
book was fished up from the bottom. "
The Wisconsin Secretary of State has
compiled a table showing the valuation
of all the taxable property in that
State The total is $445, $50, 620-an
increase of about $1,000, 900, as COM
pared with last year.
Double eagles perforated with holes
are legally worth SO. Silver dollars
with holes are worth Is cents; half-dol-
lars, 35 cents; quarters, Is cents, and
dimes cents, This is an order of the
Government, and parties should look
out for their rights.
Mississippi county, Mo-, is the great
watermelon region of the world. Over
1000 acres are devoted to watermelons
alone; and the Weld is about a car
load an acre, so that 1000 carloads will
be shipped to St. Louis, Cincinnati,
Detroit and Indianapolis. Contracts
have been made with many farmers at
S110 a car. The general prices run
from $50 to 800 car during the sea-
son.
The value of the exports of domestic
provisions, tallow and dairy products
of this country during the six months
ended June 80 were 81, 1876, $50; cor
responding time q year ago, 500, 425,-
829. The values of exports of provis-
ions and tallow for eight months ended
June 80 were $S8. 275. 702; same period
previous year, $40, 031, SIS. The total
values of dairy products for two
months ended June 80, 1881, were
IS, $50. 984; same period last year, 81
945, 004.
Miss Minnie Anderson, OF the Des
Moines 0owa) High School, read an
essay during the latest Commence
ment exercises of that institution. She
said: eft is only in our own beloved
America that women of all classes re-
ceive that respect and consideration to
which they are so unquestionably en-
titled by nature. While some of the
other sex are ever blind to the real
worth of woman, there are yet few
who can appreciate her; as, for in
stance, when Quincy was asked why
there were more women than mem, he
replied, 1t is in conformity with the
arrangements of nature. We always
see more of heaven than earth.
Prof. Stone, of Cincinnati, says the
comet has s'convulsed.' And no Won
der If the Professor could have wit
messed the Sights enjoyed by tue comet
could have seen the osculatory ac-
tions of the young couples who sat up
until in the morning under the pre-
tense of looking at the celestial tramp,
he would have been ''convulsed' too.
At The end of the war many ex-Con-
federate soldiers left the country, and
some have died i'll foreign lands. Old
residents of Montgomery, Ala, were
surprised one day recently by the sud-
den appearance in their midst of Col.
Benjamin @. Yancey, of the famous
Yancey family, who has been in Brazil
since Lees surrender, but who now
comes home for good.
There are sorrows in this life which
the lips cannot utter, which no human
soul can feel but the breast which does
the feelin'; moments when the soul
would wish to soar far away from hui
man ken or earthly gaze or criticism.
Such moment comes to him who, up
on the day preceding his marriage,
with the expectation of swell crowd
in church, feels that a large pimple is
gathering upon the front piazza of his
nose.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Stigers, of Gal
latin, Mo, were undecided as to where
they should spend the Fourth. She
wanted him to have his way, he wanted
her to have hers. They decided to toss
up 2-cent piece, and trust to luck.
Their 2-year old boy was on the floor,
and when the coin fell grabbed it, and
straight way put it in his mouth and
attempted to swallow it. 1t lodged fal
down in his throat. and for eleven
days there it stayed. Mr.. and Mrs.
Stigers stayed at home on the Fourth.
The baby could eat nothing and could
hardly swallow. He was about tc
die, when ST. Louis physician tishet
the coin out and saved the little fel-
lows life.
The n. Boynton recently arrived at
Portland, Ore, with a cargo OF 33L
coolies from the thieves quarter Of
Hong Kong. While in mid-ocean 8
riot broke out, and they fought desper
ately, in bands about evenly divided,
with cord-wood sticks, capstan-bars
and Delaying pins, giving and receiv
ing wounds about the head and shout
ders. The officers and passenger:
were unable to quen the disturbance,
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