The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-11

armored corvettes, II unarmored gunboats
! 10 torpedo boats. 8 coaatguard vessels, &c
training ships and 10 vessels for harboi
/ service Nearly all the men-of-war are
| of the newest design. carry tremendous
artillery and steam at a high rate OF
speed.
| went up to the campanile of St
Giorgio, with an odd American. mild in
appearance. and studying for the church,
who was always retiring to write up his
impressions, which were three weeks in
arrear He always dressed in black, and
subsequently disappeared without paying
his bill. Qouth he to me, looking placIdis
| round upon the sea bound city and the
wide stretch of the lagoons: Venice has
been very much. misrepresented to me in
one particular. | was told that the great
| fault was the want of water. Either that
man was the Heather Chinee himself. or
he had met Gilbert or BCrnand The Lon
don Spectator.
Kossuth writes to the leader of the
Radical party in Hungary that the very ex-
istence of an anti-Jewish agitation there
| is a shame and disgrace to the nation.
1t is inconcelvable to him, he says how
anyone possessing democratic principles
can ioin in such a craze A bad economic
policy has reduced the poorer classes to
ruin, and now they are told by adventures
that the Jews are to blame. kossouth
adds that he himself has received letters
accusing him of having been bribed by the
Jews, and he concludes by asking how
great must be the TERRORISM in Hungary
when even in foreign city such attempts
are made to influence him.
An agricultural paper speaks of the
inv mt iua farmers
Many per.ons have noticed this remarka
BILE faculty. A farmer can invent more
excuses to get his hired man out of bed
three hours before breakfast than Mr..
Edison could think of in year. The
hired man works like draught-horse,
some fine day in Winter, to finish up all
the odd jobs on the farm, and retires early
in the evening, firm in the belief that he
will have a couple of days comparative
rest at least. Next morning his fond an
ticipations are fatally crashed by discover
ing that his employer has invented seven
teen pieces Of work that must be finished
by d.nt er-time, ach one requiring two
hours labor.-iIarper's Magazine.
curious decision is reported as having
been given by a Chinese Mandarin the
other day. A Chinese who had been
drinking in a tea house pulled out a dollar
claimed by the Indian, who was there, too,
and who accused the ChInaman of having
stolen it from him. On the matter being
referred to the magistrate, second claim
ant appeared in the form of Japanese;
but neither could make good his case.
After profound deiiberation, the magistrate
came to the conclusion that there was not
the slightest evidence to prove that the
dollar belonged 10 either the japanese or
the Hindoo. He decided, therefore that
it should be divided equally between them,
and the Chinaman discharged from Gust
ody.
The man in the parable who having
been handsomely treated by his creditor
straightway took his own debtor by the
throat and demanded the utmost farthing,
was closely initiated the other day by an
Irish tenant farmer named Kirwan. Hav
ing secured an abatement of t25 year
in the Land Court. he Immediately sued
"A laborer on his farm for arrears of rent, |
This is the description of his howell which |
the poor man gave to the Judges Let |
your worships," said he, come down and |
see it; and if you find that a donkey can |
turn himself in it | am satisfied to pay the |
full rent. We have four of family, and |
[ can stand at the fire and jump into bed |
Oh, it's tactl Come and look at it! 1t |
s on a bog, and your worships would not
put goat into it on a wet night
- A singular case is reported from Lo
Gust Gap, Pa Thomas Moore used to be
employed at Loo Spring Coliery as night
and on different occasions
while making his rounds an apparition con
ronted him. He disliked to make revel-
4tion of the strange occurrence either to
he colliery sotficials or his family He
became so unnerved that he was forced to
give up his position and make known
what ne had seen. The visitors were seen |
for year and were in human
hape, silently fitting about, and were
llways preceded by sitting smell of sui
thur. After leaving the colIiery the visi-
ations appeared at his house and were
by his wife, WHO the other night
aw the apparition in her bedroom, and
a her fright to arouse her husband a revol-
er which they had under the pillow went
IF. the ball entering her left side After
offering great pain Mrs. Moore died the
ext day. She leaves seven children.
lie affair causes prpat excitement