The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-17
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Confucius Humorist - Essentially
Self-Siaae Man -- Remarks Upon His
Death - Concerning the Halo Ger
man Sglf-Tausht'-Not a Einguist.
Young Historian - Confucius was the
I4atiii1od name of king of Chinese
tumorists whose name was really
keing-fu-tse This name translated
means Reyon;nd Master King. He was
great man, and nla,y Of his sayings have
been emhalncd IN history and handed down
to the present time His style of hunIor was
Of the profound variety, but his style of pen
r1aAship was Ike that of +. +. Spinner, who
did some paragraph WORK at one time for the
treasury department Confucius Is said to
have been Kind Of Chinese Moses and PEG
IT, who lncw both OF these gentlemen say
;la4' they had many strong personal eharac
.sij lies in common.
Il was born in Loo ON June 10 81 b. C.,
and when he went hack there once to lecture,
| after he had become II great man, he had
only $50 in the house. His old neiGhhors
said that he had been very much ovcresii-
mated and that i9ley knew him when he was
| Il boy.
Coufucius lost his father at the age of 8
years. and 50 had to rustic for himself, as he
PiyN He was essentially self-made man,
! lul never wore sISpcnders, even iii the hest
| -nHstV lie wore a StNle of dress which has
-iuco become very popular III China, con
| sstng of wide PANTHEON and ootong yut,,way
| coat His complexion was little Oh the vel
| low order and his eyes were similar 10 each
| other, though little inclined to sag at ere
corner. He became a school teacher in the
| graded school at Loo, and carried cold fried
pork and rat sandwiches for his dinner.
Cunfucius was great man and the l,adin"
hamcrit of his Gsy He published small
paper al one tire doing all ihe typu@raPhica
! worl, himself with n marking brush II
signature was marvel OF iadN duality ;Id
looked ike the footprints Of d kangaroo that
had been scared out Of a mniEolc and hi or
| It pillow sham.
But death has cianoed hi.u- Lake the man
who had done his ohoIr~ ard etzjnd TIE as;
aul blown out the gas, he lay down 90 enter
INFO the dre.mle<g sleep winch comes alone
to those who have done their work we'll Not
in the r,i,lst of clashinE arms, beneath tj,C
clouds Of war, amid the shouts at victory
and frantic yeliS of defeat; not on the roUeh
tTplllltI Win ula iA''tS wi " i'll ttEt
chased by the ph6ntnms Of delirium tremeHs
but in a calm and dispasSionate manner Con
fucius accepted his doom. The Chinese
papers very truthfully s,.id: His death Ia,
cast gloom ever our land and filled lon-
felt want
EEPI IEs 70 oTHUE INQUIRIES.
JaInc.-Th. halo which you say You sec Il
So many pictures is NOT worn at tile prrscn
time aitys, here especially in this rlitGata, Il
The early history of the world people wen
haroheale1 then they began to wear Tia
halo. and after that Gradually adopted tla
lmral-wrcGth. and later on the p}Hg hat
People seem la haze grown less and i's
robust a. the country grew older and eivihD'
ton advanced farther and farther \ rherU;
would fir for DAYS with pair Of light sum
mcg wings and never feel the cold hut gradu
ally people began to leave their measure Il
the orchard for itg leaf clothes, and then tn
next nnnl. Was chest protectors and fur over
coats It's all habit
O'Rourke- Self Taught viii COS
YOU - cents, You could then learn n styl
! ri German that would aid you in ahsortn
beer hui you couldn't enter the best societ
: in Germany and entertain lagging sociahI
Very we'll still, most young people in til
United States Who iraru German do 81 not s
, much for the purpose Of conyersinE wit
, other Germans hut mo7lly ia order toa>toui~
} their parents Who 10 not generally spea
= German fluently. Nothing can I've more 81
PERTAINING in a family than an accomplish
. Young lady who can toy with eleven Gerna
words and who insists on doing SO IA Il
prescnre of s,lt-made men. Ii yon want /
please self made man talk TO him freely
your ci@ar-hoN Spanish or mangle- wurza
) kindergarten German, 1t will general
tickle him almost 70 death 1t IS also Yer
{ cuteltamiug IL a real German. / do n,
; spcas tGc tgerman language mysclf. Tha; j
BOT with Iurt accent. People who hear
me tall, it would discover a ONCE that Nj
not a native uf ti..rmtuy. am not iinrur
: in the siittisI sga.n ot ihr term | EaN
4 tIl,l it some, hut / find that / can I've ST.
= iigicntly duh ia nay owH language. NJ
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