The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-22

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Carl Schurz. Joe Pulitzer, Albert Pul.
ltzer, George Jones and Oswald Often
dorffer are foreign born, Each one con-
trolls a daily paper in New York.
9Leadville, during the last five wears.
has produced $4,000, 600 ounces Of sill
Ver' lao. 900 tons of lead. and 5000
ounces of gold. I.s -
Mating is used for screen panels. 1t
takes oil readikg and is an effective
background for vines and flowers in out
line - =
The latest thing claimed in photo
graPliE rs taking pictures Oh tho Skin,
which are Us idaeRbie al the lwofk of
the tattoo artist
In 1860 there were SAG, 749 sheen in
North Carolina. In 1870 the number
was 1853, 4S5. In 1880, BY the aid OF the
Legislature and the dogs, the number
had fallen to 461, 633
King William. of Holland, is a LARGE
rather stern-looking man of 60 wears of
age. Queen Emma is forty years his
junior, and is pretty and graceful, with
an atfable manner.
Dozens of people, mostly ladies, visit
the Abattoir daily in New York to get
glass of blood. These people are affiict-
ed with hung or stomach troubles, and
have great faith in the blood cure. The
blood has to be drank warm.
The people residing on the shores of
Lake yChamplain have gone crazy over
the discovery of few pieces, of Spanish
gold coin, dated 1888 and l74o, and they
are all engaged in digging for more
gold.
1t is proposed to utilize the natural
| gas wells near Wheehng to a greaterex.
tent than they now are used. A com
pany will bring the gas to the city, and
the Register is enthusiastic over the
scheme.
The removal of William PENIS old
house from Letitia street, near Second
street, Philadelphia, to the entrance to
Paramount Park, Philadelphia, will
shortly be made The house was built
by GoleHep Markham, before he landed
Arabians say that it takes forty DAYS
to purify the mouth that has been puck
cred in whistle In Tonga and Ice
land whistiing is considered to be disre-
spectful to God In North Germany,
| the peasants claim that to whistlein the
evening will make the angels weep.
This leyel-headed remark is attrihut-
ed to Massachusetts sheriff: ''Many
women come to are at the Jail and want
| to read andrta to the criminals; but |
tell them to go and read and talk to the
same class that are as yet not criminals,
and keep them from being snch. ID
American children are very conspic-
uous in England on account of their
adult dress. English boys, do not aban-
don short trousers and Jackets until
they are sixteen years old, or untilthere
is considerable down on their upper lip
and chin. IL
The lines Of breastworks in Southern
States are fast disappearing. Its only
in places where there was clay soil that
lthdS are ai5flfct dp6h5h to attract at
tendon or where the gfass crows luxu-
riantly enough 10 keep them from MELT
ing down under the influence of the
| rains,
A deputy marshal Went TO arrest a
moonshiner down in North Carolina.
After announcing his business the old
man lay down on the floor and told the
officer he was ready togo, but he would
have to Garry him He weighed 800
pounds While the officer was gone for
assistance the old man disappeared.
Statistics cGgfeeted in, Prussia show
that aeeut tive persons in fvery thou
sand statphnsr This woaldmake two
and a 4ialf millions OfSstammerersi the
world. But as stammering among
North American Indians was unknown
in Catlin's time, it is probably q dis
ease OF advanced civilization only.
A Minnesota consumptive went 10
North Carolina to spend the winter.
While there she met an old negro wom-
al who told her that dog oil was far
better and less disagreeable to take
than cod liver oil. The lady bought a
| lat dog, had it killed and the fat render
ed into oil. 1t agreed with her very
well, was easier digested than the other,
and she says she is getting well.
The Pennsylvania Senate has passed a
A11I which, declares thatne sekndwledge-
laIent shah Be suffrientfo take al debt
but n The sfatdte Of limitations Unless
il shall be reduced to writing and signed
by the party chargeable thereby. This
| change in the common law was made
in England as long ago as. George " s
time, and has been made in many OF our
States
A cubic inch of gold is worth S210; a
cubic foot, $780,, $780,, a cubic yard, 49,
| 1877, 1872 This is yaiuing it at S1S au
| ounce At the. commencement of the
/ Christian era there was in the world
| S427, ZOO. 600 in gold.l This had Idhnih-
ished to S57, 0O0,000 at the time Amer,
lea was discovered, when it began to in
crease. Now the amount of gold in use
is estimated at S6,000000,
The taste of frogs legs is becoming
so widespread that one dealer, Mr.. j
Al. Beck, of Boston, has set a hundred
expert frog -eatehefs at work % the New
England States, and estimates that th'
demand this summer will be double tina
of last year. An experiment in breed
ing bullfrogs in England is about to b
4 made: and a .eqnsiaersble supply o
/ spawn will be sent oEerfor that spnr
l pose next month.
Peter B. Sweeney. of Tweed fame
was seen in Paris recently, He wa
looking ten years younger, had an in
terest in French manufacturing estab
lishment, had very imperfectly acquires
the French language, which he wa
still studying, and lived in beautifu
fiat near the Champs Elysee. Hiswife
formerly the wife of Page, the artist
and his daughter by her, beautifu
woman, like the mother, were off at Bi
In Bsrlin street cas- do not, Is il
American cities, stop sanYRhere at tn
| beck or whistle of persons desiring t
take passage, but only at certain place
along the line The ears are comfort
ably furnished, but the driver is afmos