The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-28

sometimes brings a certain reward. T'other
day we picked up a sheet of paper near the
high school which bore a half dozen sentences
the word those. We quote two OF
them:
Those are my fords"
Have those cans CARVED away by night"
As we have said before the unconscious wit
Of children surpasses anything the adult mind
can conceive.
The Man Is In Love: His Letter Proves It
From Mas Heart and Home Problems.J
Dear Mrs Thompson: l am a man
36 years Of age. l have been married
and have a child who at present is with
his parents. My wife is divorced and
has been for two years I have never
cared for women since we parted. NV
faith in them was killed But now-now
l have met young girl, Is years OF
age, and l love her with all my heart
A CONTRIBUTION in Friend RIGS Pillar
bears the caption. "Hark From the Tombs!"
We are tempted talmost to print the classic
concerning the dogs idea of heaven, that Rio.
may lift it and top it with Bark, From the
Tombstone!"
INTERESTING. IF TRUE.
Sir: If one has night of wakefulness a.
the Hotel Schuyler, in Rushville, ILL.,, he can
place the blame on Racket Store which oc-
cupes part of the ground floor. B. B. S.
THIS theatre (the Hearstaminer is speak.
ing OF Davenport's late lamented Burtis) was
considered one of the most magnificent in the
country"
DRIVER Of Taxi Kills His Fare"-Ths
Argus.
Probably forgot to over-charge him and the
shock proved fatal.
SPEAKING OF headlines we just found one
kicking around our desk clipped from the Free
port Journal Standard "EX-Kaiserin is Buried
With Royal Pomp". We've no idea why we
clipped it but we'll use it now as an excuse to
express regret that she wasn't buried with hei
royal simp.
Disturbing Thought, Considering Many Get
Into Heaven by a Hair.
LFrOm The Argus Information Bureau
@. Is a hair pulled from a persons
hair by the root ever replaced by a new
ones. r. R.
A. If hair is pulled out by the root
1t Is replaced by new one in the course
Of time, unless the person we're to die
Immediately thereafter.
runs Away Without Legs"-Terre Haute
Star
Some people are so careless.
HAS HE A wHATTER's LICENSE.
Sir: Anent your query, what has become
Of the o. I. colyumist who wasn't eternally in
| quiring what has become of the O. f. some
thingorother," may l direct your attention
down the Father Of Waters where all things 20
when they have reached the WORKOUT stage OF
refuse. Yea, verify, the colyumist in the
Quincy Wing journal, is now what-old fashion
Ing just as whatingly as any whatler ever
whatled in this section of these, reported, U. s.
10 years ago. -ETEOCLES.
THE latest German reparations proposal i,
wholly unacceptable" to France. The French
appear to have taken seriously the during-t the
war propaganda to make Germany-pay. Some
body ought to explain to them that We were
merely kidding the kaiser.
| Bang! Goes His Reputation.
tFrom the De Smet Is. d. News.]
| The fog and storm, the treacherous
rocks and shoals are the opportunities
on which his reputation 7tr O oiQiaho
TRACTORS Pin Faith to Dresser" head
lines the sport page.
| While, t. O. h., attracters Cem) pin their
faith to-but why continue?
THE Decatur Herald informs US that T. Y
Lum OF the Oriental inn enjoyed q reunion with
his six sons the other day. 1T was an occasion
to be remembered" says the Herald. and the,
did the natural thing-sat for photograph
But the accompanying photograph show.
that Papa Lum was the only one who sat: Thu
sons Lum were standing.
Zero In Thrills.
| TFrom The August
The first thrill occurred when
the governor talked good roads
tain 1nglesh returned to the city after
another machine.
1T looks" appends General Perchance
like a horse marine on the set-up gang
Anyway, talking good roads doesn't thrill u:
like it used to. In localities where gravel ma,
be had for the hauling, property holders nav
ing taxes and men out of work. there is a,
excuse for mud up to ones ankles every tim,
there is heavy dew"
Amt the general the sarcastic thing!
| His Fear Was Wen Pounded.
from the Dubuque Tmes-Journal.l
Edward Harris. SO, Of Mystic, a bach
eiof. put S. 900 securities and cash in his
pocket and then shot of the ton of his
head. He was respondent because OF
poor health and had told neishbors he
feared he would lose his mind,
ILOvE the songs Of birds in spring.
love the bees soft hummfng.
But someone tell me why the-deucs
The springs 50 long in coming!
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