The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-06
GLEANINGS.

SctfA3ctLdHlJ bdfssiiidH tHE0Ske III q aA11h
of liquor.
Treas. Story, of the Massachusetts,
Charitable Eve and Ear Infirmary, an
nounces that $52,660 has been subserib-
ed toward the fund of 100, 900 needed to
continue the charity.
A French surgeon has MORALLY Offend
ed the dueling world IN Paris by going to
recent meeting on the field of honor
with nothing but piece of court plaster
In his vest pocket. A
Sanitarian- How can you obtain the
statistics for idiocy for this countryp"
Oh, that's easy enough. Find out how
many persons have paid % cents for
Guiteau's autograph.
A vein of copper 81 feet wide and very
rich, has been found at the depth of "a
feet, on the Russell farm, near Monterey
Springs, Adams county, Pa. Work of
developing win begin at once.
A vein of coal eight feet thick has
been reached in the Dorranee shaft,
Wilkesbarre, at q depth of 325 feet. 1t
is expected the Baltimore vein viii be
reached at from 400 to 500 feet deeper
A young man of 10, carriage-maker
by trade, for wager of j 800 francs,
recently walked. without stopping. COM
pletely round Paris, in three minutes
less than three hours. The distance is
close upon thirty English miles.
PA" asked Fogg's hopeful the other
evening, sswhat kind of combs do they
use to curry chickens withp'' .sCox-
combs, +" replied Fogg, promptly. Fogg
says he believes in always answering d
child when you can.
Mha,. eo,fl,o4<0, 4 c.e, @,,,, 81 o4
is too bad for anything else, he can,
generally, by labelling it with the name
of some deceased statesman. induce con-
gress to buy it and set tup in Washing
ton to scare horses.
Fogg can say a neat thing when he
wishes. When Miss Frankineense asked
him, pointing to mirror what he
thought of her pier, he replied: 81 think
that in it alone can you find your peer
in beauty"
The famous bell that sounded the sig.
nal for the massacre of St. Bartholomew
from the steeple of Saint German Z
Auxerrois is in possession of the Come
die Franchise, and has been employed in
Alfred de Musset's .'Barbarine,n which
was recently produced at that theatre.
IF dunne' heap bout poultry said
cid Uncle Pete whensthey were discuss
ing the question Of the day at the mar
ket, '.but de sweetest chicken L Sc ever
eat was drawn 1T was drawn fru de
winder of chioken-house ia de dark of
de moon.n #fk
A lawyer once said to countryman
in a smock-frock, who was undergoing
his examination inthe Witness box: ~ on
in smock-frock. how are you paid for
III
ately,'' was the reply, .'or you would be
IN smock-frock, too"
The, damage done by rats on the pub
lie slaughter houses of Paris represents
an annual loss to the-city of $4,000 franc.
1t is impossible to :e1terminate the de-
structive animals. s.All that can be done
is to thin their ranks a little now and
again by organizing monster battues.
Mr.. Perry Pelmont the son of August
Belmont, represents a Long island dis
trict in congress. His traits of charac-
ter are mentioned as contrary to those
usually looked for in rich mans son.
He is extremely modest and as studious
as a bookworm. He has no liking for
society, but is good Lawyer and q hard
literary worker.
s The last French census returns show
I'LL S11ittt1-I9C1 case LII GiIC DDD-
ulation since the previous census was
taken in 1876. ~eThe total population,
four departments algeria and the col
down at 35, 497, 589, among whom must
be reckoned nearly million foreigners.
The increase since 1876 is OILY 389.073,
Jefferson Davis is said to have receive.
ed $21, 900 from the sale of his book
about the .confederacy. - rrs
All Sam, of st. Louis, having aecum-
ulated S., 900 in the washee-w ashee line,
is about to return to China to 'f1:rrry his
old sweetheart, who has been writing him
letters in-tea-chest characters, but who.
refused to marry him until he had made
3 fortune.
Eighteen years of incessant headache
We're endured by Andrew j. Miller, of
Warren, Ky. Surgeons lately raised
part of his skull, and thus relieved the
pressure which had icaused the trouble.
He was warned. to rstay quietly indoors
for ., month. but Ire was too jubilant
over his freedom from suffering to obey.
and went on a spEee. y hich caused his
death.
Queen Caroline of SaSony, who is in
delicate health and is going to try the
climate of Mentoue ut the same time
with. Queen lsictoisa, is the last reiJre-
Sentative of tire house of Nasa. This
lady once came near being empress OF
France. Her l4;Ela HAD sheen asked IN
marriage for Napoleon III, and court
intrigues alone prevented her from being
advised to accept the eler.
PATHS latest Musical protege is a vii
lage shoemaker. whom she found sing
iT,,r melodies aIla9uV. the mountains Oh