The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-25

Better trust TO luck thau 10 promlses.-
New York News.
Between the man who knows too much
and one who does not know enough, the
happy medium is best.
Small dishes are decorated SO handsoms
ly now that pickles look unhappy in them
Boston Globe.
Il isa fixed fact that there is . great
future fer everybody who can live long
enough TO See it.
Why is the money you are In tho habit
Of giving to the poor like newly born
babs2 Because it 10 precious little,
When a woman leaves man who has
not earned his salt for years. he imms
diatsIy advertises that he will pay no debts
of her CONTRACTING. philadelphia Neses
An exchange says Mr.. Storey is one Of
the handsomest men in the West. We
don't know how that may be. but he is
certainly one of the wickedest. -Elmira
Free Press.
Governor Cresweli. of Michigan. states
10 his message last month that the total
number of liquor dealers 10 that State
paving license is 1864. and the amount of
fees $47s, 2O7sI.
The habit of American girls marrying
Italian Counts has slaekened up little OF
late. A life of following around hand
organ and passing the tambourine for
pennies is not as attractive as formerly
Turnar's Falls Reporter.
Since the cackIing geese saved Rome
from the Gauls, birds have not been in the
habit of acting ia such a capacity. A
canary at Brooklyn, however. woke up the
Rev. Jeremiah Brosnan when there was a
fire next door. and SO saved his residence
from being consumed.
d. A Galveston man, j. Hafnsy by name
VITO is in tho interior OF the state. received
a letter from his wife the other day. 1t
read: Dear husband, have been very
anxious about your personal safety ever
since | read Of that cattle train being
wrecked
The Rev, DR.. Wi,hrow. of Boston, has
no faith in Mother Shiptop. bases no cal
cuatisn on the perihslia of the planets has
no confidence la the dead forebodings of
the Jamacia professor, but he does agree
with students Of Scriptural prophecy that
we are near the end of the world.
The Detroit Post publishes figures to
show that there have bsen fewer arrests
for drunkenness and crimes growing out
of liquor drinking and street drunkenness
inthat city during five years past under
tho license law than there were during the
preceding Eve years uader string ent
prohibitory law. and this in spite of the
fact that the population of the city has
increased 10000 in the meantime
"Billeee Taylor" lie the last successor to
"Pinafore" and "Penxance" 1t was pro
duced at the Standard Theatre in New
York on Saturday night, and proved hit
Before many days (says The World1 every
boy in the city will be shouting and whis :
ting the music of Ben Barnacls's song.
"All on Account of Eliza" amateur tsnors
will be RECALLING their friends with "Billee
Taylor's ballad, The Virtuous Garduer;"'
buffo singers will be trying Sir Minciug
Lsns's song. This Self Made knight
bassos will sing Crabs seng. THE Poor
Wicked Mas"
s.I'm q villain Of the deepest dye, or rather
should like to be;
No matter though how hard try, never get
an oppo-ruritee."
and everybody will be humning the melo-
dies of the chorusas aud couserted pieces
OF which the comic epera Of "Billee Tay
lor" ia chiefly made up. It is as capti-
waiting as "Pinsfore." as snowy as The
Pirates Of Psnzance.' and quite as funny
as either.