Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-19

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Content with little. seeking not the grace
OF this worlds great ones; keeping honor's
rules;
To live with no inordinate desire;
To seek souls purgihg in devotion's FIRE,
To make the passions answer reasons call;
TO keep the spirit free, the Judgment clean;
To tell ones beads; doing these things,
ween,
man may wait for DEATH nor fret at ali.
Christopher Plantin-
Tex Richard says South America is far
from being q sport country. Wasn't 1t Argen-
tina that invented the tango?
Senator Larry Sherman is now trying to
make sensation out Of the fact that Edsel
Ford was exempted from war service. This is
double play, Chicago Trib to Sherman, pur-
posed to strengthen the newspapers defense In
the suit brought by Edsel's father against the
Trib and to reflect on the Wilson administra-
ton. Possibly, if time were taken to investi-
gate it would be found that others closer to
the Tribune and Sherman we're favored as
young Ford was. Sherman is making q sorry
public exhibition of himself He appears to
have had bad taste in his mouth since the
past few years monkey wrench has been
mixed in his mental machinery.
In Springfield, Mass, a farmer was fined
$40 in police court for cruelty to calf. Then,
so the neighbors state. he went home ana beat
his wife. For the latter offense however, he
suffered no punishment
Many people asking what will come
after peace Let US all hope it will be more
of the same
That New Sound.
As the fat plumber poised a triangle Of pie
preparatory to putting the finishing touches on
mis- lunch he observed to the thin carpenter:
II had an odd experience the other day"
what was it," came the natural inquiry.
when got up called my neighbor down
for awakening me with his COMPOUNDED lawn
mower"
"Uh huh
"And he told me it wasn't his lawn mower
at ali"
iiRhat was itY'
"The noise that sounded like threshing
machine was his new automobile"
Must be fine machine to make noise
like that"
Well, he is proud of it and wouldn't have
it quiet for anything"
THAT reminds me of a kid I used to know
in school back ia the little country town where
/ used to live"
"Yes. One day that kid bought himself
new pair of shoes and blamed if he didn't take
them back because they wouldn't squeak"
The grouches of the Republican party op-
posed to the League of Nations are claiming
Roosevelt would oppose such compact Some
one ought to kindly inform them that If Roose-
welt could be consulted he would prefer to be
Most folks have come to the conclusion that
the in Lawrence Y. Sherman stands for
Yawp or zap.
1t is said the former kaiser has been urged
to secretly sail for America and take chances
on receiving better treatment here than in Eu-
rope. This is possibly the idea of Won Bern
storff who has never quite had IL Knocked out of
his head that Berlin could WELD United States
sentiment in its favor on any international
question. Let the former kaiser come across
He'll get a square deal in this country. he may
be assured of that. But a square deal for Bill
means punishment, it makes no difference on
which side of the ocean he is tried.
Jean Berry has written book in verse
libre entitled MY Child. Her first born is
the inspiration for the book. copy ought
10 be mailed to landlords who object to couples
with children in their premises.
Get Your order in Early.
peoria starr.
Mr. Husband-Buy a gas or oil stove or re- |
trigerator and keep the wife cool. We sell
hem. Peoria Furniture Exchange, 415 South |
Adams street.
One of the Allan liners collided with an ice |
oerg of Cape Race the other nice. Rather a |
3leasant sensation in this kind of weather, we |
should think.
Some one has said the average mans ward |
ODE consists of one suit of clothes and 500 old |
leckties.
girl writes this column to ask how to get /
INTO the movies. Answer: Buy q ticket the |
anne as other folks do.