Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-15
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OVER THE TOP.

Over the top.
Over the top,
| For you and for me,
| Over the top,
/ For world liberty,
Over the top to make the world
| free,
Free for all men, on land and on
sea,
Over the top, for you and for me
Over the top.
Over the top,
( Yes, cheering they go,
| Over the top,
| They f1atten the foe,
Over the top with a cheer and a
| grin,
They iatten the foe, and beast of
Berlin, -
That is the spirit that ever must
win
Over the. top,
WILLIAM HENRY DIXON.
| IRWIN S. Cobb, the writer. re-
Gently wasted several thousand dol
lars drilling for water at 81 a
foot on his farm. One day during
! the summer drought he was motor
| ing home with four huge casks OF
water, when a stranger hailed him:
Where did you get that water,
brother?"
-Four miles down the road =
Cobb replied.
Do you mean to tell me you haul
wafer fOuT miles? said the
stranger.
YEP" said Cobb.
why the dickens don't you dig
a well?"
Because, friend" said Cobb sad
ly, tits as far one way as the 9th
err"
WHAT officials wife is it who has
two sons who were in the habit OF
taking the maid out for good
time and they would not own up to
il when she tried to caution them
lest their father learned of the sit
uation and who then went to the
pretty young servant, and with a
friendly air said, ''Minna, which Of
the boys do you like to go out with
best?" and the maid replied, "Well,
think l prefer Harry, but for a
real good time l like your husband
best" GLIB.
AN Irish story that got a smoker
out of us and which we can not
help but repeat, follows:
An Irishman who was on a
strike, while passing a secondhand
book store, saw a card in the win
dow which read:
Dickens Works-This Week for
Six Dollars"
The dirty scab,' said Mike.
An Embarrassing Place to Lose 1t.
Davenport DemOcrat)
Lost-A black and white Georg-
cite crepe waist in down town dis
trict. Finder please call Dav. 2S7.
NUPTIALS.
I asked Marie to marry me,
My heart stopped beating then;
She did not answer, Yes" but gee,
How quick she gurgled When"
Youngstown Telegram.
/ asked Toinette to be my bride,
l did not hope to win her;
But she, dear girl, straightway re-
piled:
Right now or after dinner?"
Jamestown Democrat.
And when l asked the lovely Med"
If she could be my mate,
She looked at me and, smiling said:
MY dear, you are too late"
Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
When l asked her if she would wed,
With doubt down in my heart, =
She put my hat upon my head
And said, Come. let us start"
In the Home.
He-"Are you fond of indoor
sports?''
Shelves, if they know when to
go home
GEORGE Hallas Wants to
Move. Headline in Sherrard CID
Bulletin. Think it over George, it
may be cheaper to pay the rent.
FRED Bergert wishes that it be
known before the voting on the
proposition of painting the wheels
of his car goes any further. that
he hopes the yellow will win.
Though it sounds strange for a fell
low not TO being playing for the
black vote, it is easily understood
in Bergert's case. He has a can or
yellow paint on hand which he pur-
chased recently, il is said, alleged.
as well as rumOred-for the Dur-
pose of painting the home Of a Der-
son he suspected of having Dro-
German sympathies. AS the house
burned down before he got to paint
it he was left with the pafnt-on
his hands, you might say.
THE field of substitutes has avar
extended into the newspaper world
and now instead of editors over the
country crying swat the Flv." as
they have every summer for the
past decade, they are substituting
with Fill your coal bin" but some
how or other the substitute don't
seem TO make much of a hit with
the southern editors, who in the
past have hollered Swat the f1v"
the whole year round.
WHILE We have no way OF know
ing for certain we thought the cool
er weather now. with US might nos
sibly be connected in some wav
with the fact that VIII b. Snow has !