The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-04-05
GLEANINGS.

The man who works without recon-
pense gets no hire in his profession.
Washington Territory is free from
debt and has a surplus of $4,000 in her
treasury.
The Powers building in Rochester, N.
T., contains one mile of marble wains-
coting.
The blue grouse of Oregon is the
handsomest of all the grouse tribe.
Ex-Goy. Downey, of California, has
disposed of his fourth of the Cucamon-
go vintage of this year for $4,000.
The grain-binders manufactured in
England are preferred in Australia to
those made in the United States.
A man So years old and woman IS,
who live in the lower part of Dawson
county, Georgia, ran away last week
and got married
New York ladies are said to employ
professional billiard players to come
once a week and initiate them into the
mysteries of the game.
M. Bischoffsheim, the Partisan bank
er. has undertaken the expense of an
expedition to Upper Egypt, to observe
the solar eclipse of May Il next.
1t is estimated that 10000 London
people pursue sport with rod and line,
chiefly in the Thames, and that $4,000
London anglers belong to angling clubs.
Miss Brossmire, of Rochester, Ind,
put on pantaloons, visited all the drink
ing and gambling places, and had plenty
OF fun, but was arrested. She only
wanted to see the sights.
James r. Keene, whose house at
Newport, was burnt last year, is about
to build a new one which is to cost at
least 100000, and viii differ in archi-
lecture from any style Newport now
possesses.
Mrs. Langtry denies that she does not
live with her husband, but says that her
income is not sufficient for her require
ments, and that is why she has gone on
the stage. She is paid $500 week at
Haymarket, London.
The Chinese Minister was the only
silent guest at the recent diplomatic
dinner at the White House, since he has
not yet mastered the English language,
and etiquette did net allow him to be ac-
companied by his interpreter.
She went into store to buy some
toilet soap. and when the clerk was ex-
patiating on its merits about made up
her mind to purchase; but when he said
sit would keep off chaps" she said she
didn't want that kind.
The congregations interest in the ser
mon of prominent Troy On. Y. divine
was somewhat distracted by a cigar
which was being gradually worked out
of the speakers vest pocket by his ges-
lures, and which threatened for time
IL take the floor itself
Abram Arnold, Rochester upholster-
er, swallowed a tack some time ago.
Since that time he has endeavored to
rid himself of it byevery possible means,
but has failed He suffers great agony,
and cannot live long under the strain
upon his system.
The lumber mills in Pensacola and
points adjacent employ about one thous-
and men, whose weekly wages are about
$4,000. There is vast army of steve
dores and their assistants who receive
fully $50, 900 per week for work done in
the bay in loading ships.
1t is said that the silk cocoons of Cal
ifornia are the finest in the world, but
inexpericnce in reeling the fiber deter
iorates the value of the production. In
Japan the reeling of the cocoon is so
perfectly performed that the Japanese
fiber is commonly nine and half miles
long without a break. The art of reel
ing is not difficult one to attain. as it
simply requires carefulness and delica-
cy of handling.
1t has been resolved to offer two first
prizes of $4,000 marks each, three sec
ond prizes of 10000 marks, three third
| prizes of 5000 marks, and ten others of
1000 marks each, for the best designs
for the new imperial house of parliament
to be erected at Berlin. The jury is to
consist of the building committee and
eight other architects and artists, one of
whom must be German living abroad.