The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-04-24
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weed. ssYa $50
History never repeats. History evi-
IDENTIFY never voted.
The aristocratic home for hash in Lon
don is Mmcing lane.
Tucson, Arizona, il building a $780,
600 courthouse.s p 81
There are 2,O24,eo9 acres devoted to
wheat in California this year. 81 as
The arto dyeing woolens was brought
from Holland to England IN 1908. az
The charity population of Richmond,
Va, amounts to $4,000 white and color
ed
A young lady in Baltimore alludes to
her family dentist as the .'old plug
ugly"
The truly humane man is the idividu-
al who chloroforms an oyster before
opening it. 80
1t isn't fiattering to man to be sum-
monea on breach of promise case as
an expert.
Why is the discovery of the north pole
like an illicit whisky fnanufaetory2 Be-
cause it is secret still.
Pianists are not always bejeweled
set, but did you ever see one who did
not like to display his finger-ingP
A man in Livingston county, New
York. has bought and shipped over two
tons of skunk skins this winter.
The drought in southern California
has sent many sheepmen into southern
and western Texas, and great many
sheep have already arrived.
Cl%-l4aI y
that fat beef cattle are so scarce in that
country that butchers and drovers have
almost suspended business.
In 1871 the revenue of the Suez Canal
amounted to about 81, 700, 600; in 1881
it had grownto more than $40, 000, 900.
An experiment has been made between
Melbourne and Albury which shows that
ordinary telegraph wires will, for dist
ance of 200 miles, serve to convey tele-
phonic messages.
In his experiments with the strength
of insects, Plateau, the French patural-
ist, has ascertained that in proportion to
its size, June-bug is as powerful as
locomotive.
The indications are that there will be
a good deal OF prospecting the coming
season along the Carson and Colorado
railroad, in Nevada, for deposits of inter,
borax, and tie like. 1888
The balance of the loan for the i'm
proved sewerage system of Boston,
amounting to $973,0 has been taken
by the sinking fund commissioners for
term of twenty years. at per cent. per
annum.
A nurseryman at Riverside has Just
planted twelve tons of peach pits and .
tons of apricot pits, and will have prob
ably the largest deciduous fruit nursery
in Southern California.
Women once had all their rights
The ancient Egyptian bridegroom took
the name of his wife, instead of giving
his name to her; and Egyptian sons, in
stead of being called after their fathers,
were designated by the name of their
mothers.
Nine per cent. of the Yale graduates
became clergymen, and quit ripping up
sidewalks, stealing gates and heaving
brick-bats through chamber windows.
The other 81 per cent. go out into the
world and whoop 'er up.-Detrott Free
Press.
A girl at Pekin, ILL.,, was about to be
married to young sweetheart. A man
in the neighborhood heard it, and told
her mother that, las his wife was going
to die soon, he would marry the girl him
self if she would wait. AS he was rich,
the bargain was made. and in 3 months
the wedding took place.
CHAM the caricaturist, entertained
views on viyisection which would. have
delighted Mr.. Bergh. Il do not oppose
| viviseetion,n would he say; ION the con-
trary, fully realize its utility; but as
our organs differ materially from those
of dogs, why experiment on the inferior
animalsp Come, gentlemen, be logical,
vivisect one anotherr'