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The Commoner.
VOLUMES, NUMBER 2.
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Nothing but Some Rumors After all
Doubtless you havo hoard it stated
Knox would proBocuto combtnes,
Woll, It's nothing but a rumor after
all.
'And that greed would do full justice
to tho men who work tho mines.
Woll, it's nothing but a rumor after
nil.
It may bo that Rockefeller will reduce
tho, price of oil
As an a'nswer to tho pooplo's earnest
call.
But you'd batter not boliovo it as your
plans I'll havo to spoil
It is nothing but a rumor after all.
Onco wo hoard that civil sorvice was
tho lovo of RoosovolL
Woll, 'twas nothing but a rumor
aftor all.
That a hato for crooked workers wo
must allsuppoao ho felt.
But it seoms 'twas only rumor af
tor all.
With a Clarkson put in ofllco then sent
over southern states
Civil service sooms a viituovrathor
small. .., ',
Onco 'twna told ho.wantod good men,
but his action Indicates
, That 'tw.as nothing but a rumor af
tor all.
Onco tho g. o. "p.-as quoted as a,
. friend oL' true' reform. .'V
Woll, it sooms 'twas only rumor af
tor all.
That for honesty , and justice it had
friendship trub -and warm,
But 'twas nothing but a rumor af
tor all.
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Twill roform tho Dingloy tariff and
uoai equal justlco 'round,"
Wo wore told om oarly spring till
iaio nv ran.
But since trusting it to do it to our
sorrow wo havo found
. That 'twas nothing but a rumor af
ter all.
Doubtless you havo hoard tho story
that 'Us" peaceful in Iuzon.
Woll, it sooms 'tis only rumor af-
ter all.
That it 'was a-poacoful picture which
- wo ought to gaze upon.
' .But, 'twas nothing only rumor after
all.
When wo'vo got to bribe tho dattds
and go hiking for Ladrones
Through tho trackless jungio timber
thick and tall,
All this talk of poaco wo'ro given In
such bland and oily tones
Well, it seems that it is rumor af
Lvi an.
Out of the Swim.
Mrs. Lottsmon "That Mrs. Olstilo
really does not bolong in our social
sot.
nr 9otroxr"1 lmve oen suspic-
toLSw itr ut what lms she (lone
Mrs Lottsmon"Shd is polite to
ho salespersons, tries not to cause
thorn too much work and the ot or
day sho actually matched a ribbon
Frightened.
"Gentlemen," remarked tho cliair
mnu ot the Allied Trust Managers' al-
Sgor0"' "W nr facl,ls ' "
kuow n Hftwi; i.,."r,st th wo
- v.viuu uiism oe mad
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"But what shall wo do?"
"Well, gcntlomon, it strikes mo that
wo should issuo orders to our congres
sional employes to keep tho rest of
them so busy- considering now bills
that they will not havo time to select
ono for enactment into law."
Hopeful.
"Roundoboutt is one o' dem blamed
optermiBts."
"What's he doin' now?"
"Ho t'inks dis coal, famine will use
up all do wood an' make sawin' some
thin' no longer t' bo dreaded."
Pother Goo5c Rhyme.
Old King Coal is a mercenary soul,
A stingy old soul if you please.
For his benefit ho puts us in a hole,
And don't caro a snap if we freeze.
,
Mng a song of oil trust, '
Pockots full of "dough,",
Many universities
Planted in a row.
" Whon thoy want more money
Prom the oil trust, then .
Mr. Rockefeller
Makes us "dig!' again.
John is in IiIb counting house
Piling up his money;
Dr. Harper feeling
Mighty good and funny. -Whon
ho needs the ducats .
His oil friend is seen,
Thon tho Standard Oil trust
, Picks our pockots clean.
,
There was a Mr. Knox and he had a
little gun,
But his bullqts were made out of
dough, dough, dough. '
And ho swore loudly he would shoot
monopo-lee.
But couldn't hit the mark, don't you
know, Jkqow, know. .
Tom, Tom, tho financier
Stole all things that ho' found near.
Tho people said, "A genius he!"
Tom missed the ponitontlar-ree.
Had Tom swiped bread the court
midst cheers
Would send Tom up for seven years.
Brain Leak.
Easy, won seldom lasts.
Tho fool never profits by his mis-
Tho home homelike means the street
boylcss.
Cheerupathy is the best school of
medicine.
A happy memory is the best staff
for old ago.
If prayer alone saved heaven would
bo easily won.
True Christianity does not work in
eight-hour shifts.
Keep Trying wins before Keep
Sighing gets started.
nSf? denounce eossip should
reiuse to listen to it.
Money will purchase pleasure, but
happiness must be won.
rA!ieart wlth0t faith is fertile soil
for tho seeds of despair.
fn JroW y, i8 for TeZTQt tomorrow
for rest, today for endeavor.
whn t?5 lea?S ? Winnins crusad
while Toll How beats a hasty retreat
Too many men do not learn how to
live until their time has come to die!
Ho who always looks on the bright
Sight onJoys eood mral -
Somo people sing "Jesus paid it all"
and imagine that they have a receipt
in full
Tho man who takes no interest in
politics is not easily aroused to work
for good government-
When politics becomes the duty of
every citizen it wjll cease to be tho
profession of the few.
Thh mnn who is too busy to go to
the polls always has plenty of time
to grumble about his taxes.
You can't tell by the wag of a dog's
tail how good his master is. It mere
ly shows the disposition of dogs.
Some men keep so busy demanding
their rights that they have no time to
take advantage of their privileges.
The man who is always boasting
that ho is self-made gives evidence of
having paid especial attention to his
vocal chords.
When a man complains about "yel
low journalism" it is pretty ,safe tq in
fer that he has been exposed in some
dirk scheme.
Tho young - man who only works
enough to earn his wages is always
the young man who complains because
he cannot get a better job.
Wouldn't Trade.
It is said that Dingley put up "the
tariff schedules enormously high so
as to afford a margin for the pro
tected interests to swap "cinches." Tlu
game, however, failed to work, for
the reason that no follow was willing i
to have his cinch traded off in the in
terest of the other fellow. Memphis
Daily News.
Right Thiiii
A New Catarrh Cure, Which is Rapidly Com-
ing to the Front.
For several years, Eucalyptol Guaincol and
Hydrastin have been recognized as standard rem
edies for catarrhal troubles, but they have al-.
ways been given separntely and only very recent
ly an ingenious chemist succeeded in combinine
them, together with other antiseptics into a
pleasant effective tablet.
Druggists sell the remedy under the name of
Stuarfs Catarrh Tablets and it has met with re
markable success in the cure of nasal catarrh
bronchial mid throat catarrh and in catarrh of
the stomach.
Mr. P. N. Benton, whose address is care of
Clark House Troy N. Y. Eays: "When I run up
agaiust anything that is good i iike to tell pe"p ?
pr it. I have been troubled with catarrh more or
tess for some time. I,ast winter more than ever
Tried Severn Isnn 11 1 rnr.. K..k ,iu ..i . VLr
benefit from themT About six" weeks5 ago?
bought a 50 cent box of Btuart's Catarrh Tablets
and am glad to say that .they have done wonders
for me and I do not hesitate to let all my friends
tiling ' art'S Calarfh TablctS are "i "right
.MrI t0 J-CflSanva of hotel Griffon. West oth
"li5V r tuy, writes: "I lmve com.
menced using Stuart's Catarrh Tablets and al-
"--- w.vj nave tuvcu juc ueuer results than auv
catar.rh cure I have ever tried." uuy
A leading physician of Pittsburg advises the
USe Of Stunrt'fi Pntnrrli VnMfD rrV'S,CS lV?
any other treatment for catarrh of the head
throat or stomach. cau
lie claims they are far superior to inhalers
salves, otions or powder, and are much more
convenient and pleftsantto takeand are soling
they coaWn no &S. coS.io auyVoS'S
The
I WillCure You ofT
Rheumatism
Else No Money Is Wanted.
After 2,000 experiments, I hare
learned how to. cure Rhoiimatlsm. Isfot
to turn bony joints into flesh again;
that is impossible. But I can cure ; trio
disease always, at any stage, and vfor-'
ever. ' ''.'.
I aslc for -o money. Simply write
me a postal and I will send you ari oiS
der on your nearest amggist for sis"
bottles Dr. Shoop's Kheumatic Ciiro,
for every druggist keeps it Usp'fit
for a month and, if ' It succeeds,' tt&
cost is only ?5.60. If it fads,-' I wiU
pay the druggist myself. ;
I have no sam; es, because any mVd
icine that can affoc Rhoumatisni
quickly must be drugged to the vrge
of danger. I use no such? drugs, "$$$,.
it is folly to take them. You intuit "
get the disease out of the blood. I
My remedy does that,' even Jh't1ie
most difficult obstinate cases; ' No
matter how impossible this s'eems';tb
you, I know it' and take the rlsjfc, ,t
havo cured tens of thousands of cases
In this way, and my records show that .
39 out of 40 who get six bottles ipay
gladly. I have learned that people1 lift
general are honest with a pnysicla'Ji"
who cures them. That-is all T:aslc.
If I fail I don't expsct a penny from
you. ' '''
Simply write mo a postal card loV a
letter. I will sond you 'my bodk about
Rheumatism, and an order for 'the
medicine.- Take it for a 'mdrith, "ds it
won't harm you anyway. If It fails,
it is free, and I leave, -ti-3 .decision
with you. Address Dr. Shoop, Box : 515,
Racine, Wis. . v ,.)s.
.Mild cases,,, not -chronic, are, often
cured by one.or, .yo.vbottles; .-.Atnajl
druggists. ' . , ?.. '
Ridiculously Evasive.
"We are bound to "believe that Mr.
Roosevelt's heart is in his policy of
regulating trusts, yet even here he -is
singularly vague and inconclusive. He
does not specify a single definite evil
or namo one precise remedy. l is
true, he refers congress to the recdni
mendations of hid. fprmer message
which were, in a general way, public- -ity
and national superylsion but they
are pretty well forgotten by this tiucfe.'
Nor is the memory of them, likely to
be balancing now on both sides of tho
question, and his final .recommenda
tion in language as ridiculously evas
ive as that which President McKinley
used about the trusts, and which th?y
read and went off chuckling that con
gress pass "a law reasonable in 'its
provisions and effective in its opera
tions." That will not frighten 'any
body. This entire part of the message
will, in short, be taken as an effort to
qualify and minimize the presidents
previous deliverances on the subject of
trusts. New York Evening Post. ...
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Circus Style. .;
The president is striving to throw
the whole blame for inactivity in pro
viding trust-curbing legislation upon
congress. It is not exactly according
to the American system that the
president should boss congress, but' it
is certainly not that system either -that
congress should ignore him. If
the republican party really means to
regulate the trusts it ought to elect
men who will undertake the job ser
iously, and this applies to the presi
dent and congress as well. All have
seen tho clown in the circus who
makes great pretense of helping tho
ringman spread the carpet for the
acrobats and never totichos it These
visits to the White house appear ar
ranged in the same circus style.-New
Orleans Daily States. .
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