The Commoner.
Vol. a, No. 14.
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TIio River of Aftorwliilo.
Its bosom is calm mid its current slow,
Its wolcrs arc deep nnd w.'dc;
And the soft winds blow through the trees that
grow '
On'lhc banks nt cither side.
And the lapping waves croon n restful tune
As they kiss each grass grown Isle;'
While a silver moon and the halm of June
Guard the stream of Aftcrwhlle.
Hut under the hanks that the great trees deck,
Where the wnters murmur low,
The light waves fleck full many a wreck
Of the current smooth and slow,
l'or out of the depths do the dangers creep,
While the happy hours beguile;
And lost hopes bleep in the waters deep.
Of the stream of Afterwhilc.
The whitening bones of a million hopes
Are washed by the moon-kissed waves;
And the soft wind gropes up the grassy s!opcs
That shadow their watery graves.
Lut, Bilging and shouting, men gaily glide,
Ne'er noting each passing mile
No compass to guide on the bosom wide
Of the stream of Aftcrwhlle.
But the happy shouts die away in moans,
And the trav'lcrs sink to rent
'Midst the crumbling bones on tho wave-lapped-
itoues
Neath the river's fatal breast.
I'or never a mortal has sailed that stream
Hut moaning has killed his smile
For the silver gleam is a trcach'rous scheme
Of the stream of Afterwhilc.
Good Name.
"Why did you name your baby 'De
tective?' ".
''Because ho.nevor sleeps."
Natural Query.
"I hear that Wrlteblt is to be ap
pointed to a fat government job."
"That so? That's tho first I knew
Writebit over wrote poetry."
room. Suddenly the silence was
broken by his voice:
''Please play something for mo," ho
said. .;
She wont tp tho piano without ..&
word, opened tho lid and lefoher fin
gers .swqop over tho ivory keys. Thon
sho asked:
"What shall. I play?"
"I do not caro for the classics," ho
replied. "Play something that will
arouso tho emotions. Play something
from tho heart. I like tho heart
songs."
"So you want something from the
heart, do you?" she queried.
"Yes, something from tho heart."
Sho looked at him in silence for. a
moment, then turning to the piano
sho began playing with deep feeling
and expression Gottschalk's "Last
Hope."
The G. O. P. Scheme.
A heavy tax, (
Some tariff facts,
A trust with millions in it;
Some watered stocks,
And oily talks
'Tis thus they do begin it
Then trusts supreme
Begin to scheme
7o hold the snaps created,
By seeing that
With campaign fat
The' party fund's inflated.
Awful.
Sure Sign.
"Bilkins must have fallen heir to
a lot of money lately.''
"What makes you think so?"
"For the last two or three weeks
he's been saying 'eyethor and
'nyether.' "
Beck Action.
When things go right they smile with
joy
And all .the credit's claimed .
When things go wrong they shako
their heads,
And Providence is blamed.
When the facetious boarder seated
himself at the table it was plain to
be. seen that ho had another of his
feeble conundrums to spring on his
helpless companions.
"What is tho difference-," he queried,
"between a load of saplings and a po
lice judge meeting out justice to the
drunks and disorderlies?"
For a moment the silence was
unbrokon save by the exertions of the
butter.
"lc's easy," gurgled the facetious
boarder. "One is a load of poles and
the other is a poll of loads."
Uncle Josh.
"After an observation of years," re
marked Uncle Josh, carefully replac
ing the lid on tho crackerbox, "I have
discovered that th' man who never
tries to achieve a destiny is alius
mournln' about th' fate that has over
took him."
The Unattainable.
"They tell rao old Orchid died of a
broken heart."
"Yes; ho tried for fifteen years to
raise tomatoes that looked like the
pictures in the seed catalogues, ami
' when he realized that he sought the
unattainable he lay down and died."
From the Heart.
She. was growing old, and she knew
it. Likewise she was becoming some
what passe, and realized that, also.
He had been very persevering but in
one important particular he was slow
desperately slow. . .
The light .was -turned-low,. and tho
shadows lurked in tlio corners of the
Brain Lraks,
Well do..a rests while half done wor
ries. . A clasp of the hand is worth a book
full of advice. -
A flower in the hand is worth two
on tho coffin.
Riding a hobby is better than walk
ing in hobbles.
A gloomy family sitting room fills
tho streets with boys.
Too many men admire tho wisdom
of Solomon and emulato his foolishness.
Too many men fail to distinguish
between satisfaction and content
ment. The man who spends his time
tearing down others never has time
to rise.
It is well for us that we are to be
judged by our efforts not by our
achievements.
It is forever too late when some men
discover the difference between Chris
tianity and moral dyspepsia.
There is a great difference between
taking an interest in labor and tak
ing an interest from labor.
The gold brick artists will prosper
.as long as there are men who believe
they can tax themselves rich." "
- A great -many men casttheir ..bread,
oil. the. waters, and. spend the' rest of
their lives grumbling because 'they
did not immediately get back a bak
ery. Tho young man who always works
for six o'clock never ceases to wonder
why ho is compelled to work by the
clock.
Tho widow gave only a mite, but her
gift will be remembered long after
colleges and libraries have crumbled
into dust.
Some men have no visible means of
support because their wives always
do tho neighborhood washing behind
closed doors. .
Will M. Maupin.
? ARFRnFFfUNfillS CATTML I
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Mr. John F. Coulter of Excello,
Manco county, Mo., a prominent and
successful breeder of Polled-Angus cat
tle, recently gave out the following in
terview in regard to his favorite breed.
Mr. Bryan has purchased one of his
herd:
"Almost from time immemorial there
have existed hornless or polled va
rieties of cattle. The origin of the
Aberdeen-Angus breed of cattle is not
definitely known. Its early history,
like that of all breeds of domestic ani
mals of the present day, is lost in ob
scurity. It appears to be generally
conceded by historians and investiga
tors that tho Angus is a purely Scotch
breed, and found for more than a cen
tury past only in the northeastern dis
tricts of Scotland. The first written
mention that is made of polled cattle
in northeastern Scotland is found in
an old account book, the property of
Mr. G. B. Simpson, Broughton Ferry,
Dundee, Scotland, in which, among
other entries of cattle transactions, is,
on June 9, 1752, One polled ox from
James Cramond, and on June 4, 1757,
a purchase of a two-year-old polled
cow. In an old "Statistical Account
of Scotland," dated 1797, there is this:
'"There are 1,229 horned cattle of
all ages and sexes in the parish. I
have no other general name for them,
but many of them are dotted, wanting
horns; we call them cattle to distin
guish them from horses.'
"Of all the enterprising promoters of
this breed early in the nineteenth cen
tury, Mr. Hugh Watson achieved the
greatest success. It is universally con
ceded that he was the first systematic
and great improver of the breed. He
was to the Aberdeen-Angus what the
Collins were to the Shorthorn's and
Tompkins to the Herefords. The ef
forts of Mr. Watson for the improve
ment of the 'doddies' and the marked
success attending them supplied an
incentive to other breeders of this
now popular breed. During the half
century following the establishing of
the herd at Kelois by Mr. Watson.
which was in 1808, many notable herds
were founded.
"Notable early breeders were: Earl
of Louthesk, Mr. Bowie, Geo. William
son, Robert Walker, John Marr, Rob
ert Scott, James Skinner, William
Fullorton and many others. William
McCombio, who established his herd
in 1830, is credited with beinz tho
great deliverer of the Aberdeen-Angus
breed of cattle from threatened ex
tinction by reason of the popularity of
tho cross between them and the Short
horn for feeding purposes. It is
claimed that he, well knowing from
his. long experience as a cattle doaler,
the great merits of the native polled
cattle, was among tho first to realize
the threatened danger, and take ac
tive step3 to meet it. And among the
notable cows in this herd .was Queen
Mother 41 (348), to which cow unto
this day, if an Angus can trace by a
direct -maternal Jinor.it is considered
.an aristocrat. This ,noted;qow Jfejl into
Mr. McComble's hand's "af the sale of
her breeder, Mr. William Fullerton,' In
tho year 1849. Mr. McCombie's show
yard career beginning at Alford In
1832, ending in Paris, 1878, was one
round of successes. With his favorite
Queen Mothers ho drove competition
before him in England, Scotland and
France, and is credited with having
done more to advertise the merits and
extend the popularity of the breed than
any other man. So great was his fame
throughout the kingdom that royalty
was induced to notice him, and Queen
Victoria graciously paid a visit to Til
lyfour to see the famous beauties on
their native heath, and it is said that
on this occasion Mr. McCombie sd for
got tho proper defferenco due his
queen, and reversing the usual order
of things, .presented the queen to his
favorite cow, Charlotte.
"Formerly the breed embraced a
variety of colors; some were brindle,
some red, others brown, and a few yel
low. But systematic effort has dis
carded everything not 'black and all
black.'
"The principal strong points of the
breed, the ones to which are due th"e
wonderful increasing popularity, aro
(1) early maturity baby beef; (2)
absence of horns; (3) uniformity; (4)
high price of finished products in lead
ing markets; (5) good constitution,
longevity and fecundity. A notable
instance of the latter claim is found
in the history of the first cow recorded
in the Scotch Herd Book as Old Gran
nie No. 1, in American Herd Book
No. 125. She was calved in 1824 and
lived to the remarkable age of thirty
five years and six months, having pro
duced twenty-five claves, the last of
vaich was dropped in her thirtieth
year. An engraving made from a pho
tograph of her taken a few days before
her death appears in first volume of
the Scotch Herd Book. . The American
Herd Book association was not or
ganized until the year 1883, first vol
ume published 1886. Total numbec
recorded to January, 1902,vabout 45rt-r
000. Breeders located in about thirty
states, Canada and Scotland. . The
states breeding the greatest numbers
are as follows in their respective or
der: Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Jndr ,
iana, Ohio, etc. And as for their sue- "
ces.a of late years in the great shows
and on the market, little need be said,
for the cattleman of this age Is a
reading man and it is very evident
from the rush of business in the Angus
camps they have not. only read, but aro
acting upon the knowledge gained:
We ask to be permitted to make just
a few references and comparisons.
For instance, in the fall of 1901 at the
great Pittsburg fat stock show, ono
Angus steer sold for $25 per 100 lbs.,
live weight, and thirteen more for
$21.50 per 100 lbs., and yet sixteen
more from $20 down to $11 per 100
lbs., while there ww but one Here
ford sold in the two figures ($11.25),
and not one Shorthorn sola over $8.50
per 100 lbs. And coming down to
present date, on Monday, March 3,
1902, when there were 24,000 cattle at
Chicago, of this number just nineteen
head were good enough to bring $7.25,
35 cents above any other sale. They
were grade Angus.
Neither Interesting Nor Amusing.
Tho performances of tho house, of
representatives have degenerated into
little better than farces, the parts
taken by its members failing to create
illusions sufficient to interest or amuso .
the public. It is not surprising that
the galleries of the house are deserted
even by the newspaper men, whose
quest for news leads them occasionally
to the most unproductive sources.
Rochester (N. Y.) Herald.
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