The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-30
THE GREATEST IAN.

New. writer's and others eternally prats
! az the men who've exce11ed nSlife's game;
They write Of the men who are great-or near
| OF the persons who've gained wealth Or
fame.
! who's co&paetely left out Of the plot:
But Who from the first to the last OF his days,
| Keeps the old world from going to pot.
/ He seldom, il ever. 10 mentioned in print;
| He-is simply just one OF the mob,
But the work OF the world Is accomplished BY
dint
! or his bucklinx right down to his Job.
| He has his own troubles, his heartaches and
| pains,
/! There are times when his courage seems gone
But whatever happens he always regains
| 1t and cheerfully goes Flooding on.
By reason Of him and his undaunted soul
| Does a nation her greatness attain;
No nation could eer reach a coveted goal
! Were 1t not for hts hand. heart and brain.
For all Of the beauty, the genius, the wealth
| That we've had since this old world began
Were as naught without him-F drink to the
| health
or God bless him!) the average man.
| A YOUTHFUL O. Henry. writing in the
Watch Tower" annual. sets forth that he has
heard Of perfect millennium. It was when
woman who had never been kissed before
kissed r'on who had never kissed woman
before Or disagreement with that idea is,
however. as complete as when we first heard it.
! A first kiss we should say, lacks a regular
thrill.
! AS Gelett Burgess once remarked. I'VE
learn the art of loving as we do all other arts,
by practice and experience One must be a
genius to do it we'll at first sight"
jeanette Would Naturally Be Bit
AstOunded.
| (From the Sherrard Bulletin).
! Aunt Malissa!" Jeanette went into
| the sewing room with the collected
! leaves in her hand "just see what I've
| done. picked up book in the attic.
! and it fell apart and the leaves few
everywhere"
| Aunt Melissa looked up smiling. sit
isn't any matter. dear. It's only one OF
my old dairies'
>"Your old dairies!" Jeanette repeated
bewildered.
A LOUISVILLE. PA, farmer discovered his
pigs taking nourshment from COW in the
,lgood old fashioned way. He objects to the
porkers' piracy. But by what better method
could pig follow his natural bent toward max
ing a hog OF himself?
/ II SAY, KENNEDY, WHAT DO YOU
MAKE OF THIS?
tFrom the Reynolds, ILL.,, Press).
+ Strayed-White roadster. weight 1,100,
last seen at Marston store on Monday
evening. Telephone information to Ray
Crawford through Aledo.
(From the Seaton, ILL.,, Independently.
A Ford touring car without license
number strayed to my place on Aug. "a.
Owner can have same by proving prop
erty and paying storage. U. S. WEIGH.
A REFRESHMENT parlor in Aledo offers
Icne according to their ad in the Times Record
"sherberts." Perhaps "sherberts" are, as a
paint store in the same village claims OF its
wares, very much superior to sherbets.
MASKED MEN ROB DIsTILLERY AND
LEAVE WITH LOAD."-The Argus.
Gurgle your own.
THE signs Of today" declaims J. Ham
Lewis, mean that the next president OF the
United States will command this nation through
Another world war" But James, can one be-
, lieve in signs?
"'CHANGE' IS CRY OF EVERYBODY
ISAYS COOLIDGE"-Hea1line.
EVERYBODY except the profteer~ and he
has plenty Of change. RE MIG.