The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-04
GLEANINaS.

London TiUtb wants the English civil
list abolished and the Queen placed on
n salary Of 800, 600 a year.
Thomas jefferson wrote that great
cities were presidential to the morals
the health and the liberties of man.
The Legislatures OF North Carolina
and Tennessee have granted pensions
to soldiers who were disabled in the
Confederate service.
There are 10000 square miles of al
most uRbroken forests in North Caro-
ina, comprising pine, chestnut, oak,
maple, beech and hickory timber
The latest mathematical question runs
as follows: Two girls met three other
girls and all kissed How many kisses
were exchanged
A colored grave-digger aged 112
years was married few weeks ago il.
YOnkers, n Y, to a pretty mulatto girl
just out of her teens.
The Canadian Parliament remains in
session an average of seventy working
days and costs S2S minute, or about
S5S2,e00 per session.
The City Council of Chattanooga pro-
proses to impose Il privilege license of
800 on drummers who sell goods to the
merchants of that city.
Gail Hamilton says that mormon is
husband who harnesses his wives
abreast, and "A man who has been a wild
over three times is one who drives them
tandem.
Mrs. Sally Turner, an elderly lady re-
siding in Athens, Me-. has become so
habituated to the use of opiates that she
takes eight bottles of morphine a week,
or over one each day.
Over 10000 Canadians returned to the
Dominion from the United States last
year. The Manitoba craze carried them
back, and took with them thousands of
Americans. In due time the Americans
will be returning to their native land
followed by stream of Canucks.
The late ex-senator Matt Carpenter
son, who is said to have inherited his
fathers genius, was asked when little
boy what h. would be when he grew
up, and replied: '.Oh, would like to
be coachman, but suppose Eve got
to be aScnatori"
Poultry per pound, let the breed be
what it may. will cost very near the
same. One bushel of corn will produce
nine to eleven pounds of poultry 1t
makes. no difference whether Leghorns,
Plymouth Rocks or Brahams eat the
corn.
The scayengers having brought to
light the pavemeRts of Philadelphia, the
composition of which had been nearly
forgotten, the Times says it is discover
cd that there are not ten miles OF even
moderately good pavement in the en-
tire city; the rest is worn out, broken,
andirreparable.
An English lady once asked Richard
whether the people of Chicago were
troubled by wolves now. Mr.. Mapleson
says that an Englishman once asked
him gravely whether the American In
dians enjoyed the Cincinnati opera fes-
tival.
What was probably the finest collee-
ton of flags in the country was recently
destroyed with the Piper Opera House
at Virginia City, New. The owner had
spent ten years of time and $4,000 in
money in making it, and it was thought
to be complete, all nations being repre-
scented.
One ton of cotton seed yields thirty
six gallons Of crude oil, worth about
$18. The hull from a ton of seed weighs
oh Ehof
pressing weighs LOO pounds. The oil
cake is worth 1927 to $50 per ton. 1t is
calculated that there is net profit of
about SO in grinding the seed of bale
of cotton. t'ts
A Philadelphia wife, who didn't be-
lieve her husband spent so many even,
ings at the lodge, put on her hat and
coat the other night and followed him.
When she saw him enter saloon she
Wanted TO Compromise.
An Israelite who had been conscript.
ed into the army, did not particularly
relish the idea of going into an actua
| battle particularly after the captain told
him that if during the coming struggle
he should find himself engaged in 1
hand-to-hand encounter with one of the
enemy, he must keep on fighting unit
either he or the enemy persisted.
"Mine Colt, wish l already vas ac
quainted NIT dot enemy's name, and d.
postoffice address of dot man, I woulC
write and see if it wash not possible t.
COMPROMISE dot MISUNDERSTANDING.
Teas Sftings.
] Peonle who do not care do not say SO