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OCTOBER 7? 190.4
The Commoner;
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repugnant to, the moulder as il is to
the riiiladolphian. But the glorious
.fish-fry at the end of a successful day
on lake or stream, the gustatory joy
of the late dinner with the toothsome
mallard or the delicious praliie chlck
en as the piece de resistance, after a
day in; marsh or stubblewhat's,
wrong about that, pray toll meV Is a
man more cruel because he tramps the
stubble and kills the prairie chicken
"that he eats at the evening meal, than
the man who sits' down to a 6irioIn
taken from a steer shipped in a
crowded car over hundreds ot miles
without food or water, and lured to
death with thousands of its fellows in
an odiferous slaughter house?
There Is such a thing as sylttiing
hairs too fine. There are as many
kinds of sportsmen as there are irinds
of men. Some sit behind a desk and
find great sport in wrenching tile
profits from the toil and sweat oi eth
ers. S'omo find sport In robbing the
people through stocks and bdilds. Some
find sport in taking advantage oi the
helpless widows and" orphans. Some
find sport in making other people tool
miserable.
But the real sportsman is always
generous and tenderhearted. He never
kills wantonly. He doesn't always
take a gun with him when he tramps
the fields or wades the marshes. He
doesn't delight in mere killing.
And, by the way, did you eer sen a
genuine sportsman who was ' a pessi
mist? Not in your whole life. It is
impossible for a man to be a pessi
mist out under God's blue sicy, drink
ing in the pure air and looking about
upon ail the changing wonders o? the
world just as- impossible as it is for
a man to be an -honest thief, or a
moral criminal
You'll alvays find your pessimists
in the office that is always open, in the
library that Is always in use, in the
home that is merely a stopping place
for husband and father. Indoor life
breeds pessimism. " Outdoor life bleeds
genuine optimism.
By the way, is it any jmore. cruel to
catch a fish or shoot a duck for food
than It is to make a horse pull your
lazy body around the streets?
Missouri
(The following verses wore in
spired" by the receipt of a haud&ome
book with the title, "The State of Mis
souri; an Autobiography," published
by the.Mlsourl World's Fair Commis
sion and edited by Walter Williams.
The writer, being a native Miasourian,
believes- that the following, though
sadly lacking classic polish, and being
woefully deficient in ry thru, and rhj me,
will in a measure express the senli
ments of every native Misbourian
whenever his mind reverts to the old
days in the good old state.)
From Atchison to Pemiscot, McDon
ald to Adair;
DeKalb to Wayne and back again,
none with you can compare.
From Ripley up to Harrison, and down
again to Stone;
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of greatness all alone.
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ley, oats or wheat,
Missouribless the dear old state
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Troy to Lamar, where'er you are, its
greatness can bo seen.
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back to old St, Joe;
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Missouri bless the dear old state-
she simply can't be beat!
From ncu-th to south, from east to
west, across, and up and down;
From Oregon to Doniphan, prairie,
' hill and town;
From Ozark hills to where the "Tarks"
roll down their murky flow,
From Holt to Dent hike as Maine
went and you'll agree, 1 know,
That be it metal, be it grain; or bet
ter; maidens sweet,
Missouri bless the dear old state
she simply can't be best!
I've roamed your hills and swam your
creeks, and loafed benearh your
. trees;
Twas in your schools I learned the
rules and lisped my a-b-c's.
I know your every golden worth, and
I am proud to say
I ope'd my eyes, gave my first cries, in
good old Callaway.
And knowing you for what you're
worth I hasten to repeat
Missouri bless the dear old state
she simply can't bo beat!
Though life's stern duties call away
I often think of thee.
I often dream of wood and stream,
and roam thee fancy free.
Arid .when life's toil fore'er is done,
: its burdens all laid by, ..
Beneath tho sod I oft havo trod I
want my bones to lie
Till Gabriel blows his truirfp then
I'll arise and shout with glee:
"Missouri bless the dear old state.
is heaven enough for me!"
Packing Up Voices
In a phonograph store down town,
the superintendent was directing the
packing of a dozen records for ship
ment to Japan. No collection of cost
ly jewels could have received greater
care. Each record was wrapped, first
in soft tissue paper and then m a
thick layer of cotton of the finest qual
ity, such as is used In surgical opera
tions. Each was secured with a seal
furnished by the Japanese who bought
the phonograph a month ago and then
took the records back to be packed for
shipment. -The superintendent said he
did not know whose voices he was
pacKing up to send out of the country
in this way, but he believed the rec
ords were utterances by public men
which it was desired to preserve in
Japan after their death.
"There are a number of . relics of
this sort in existence," said the su
perintendent ."It is no trouble at all
to hear President McKInlev's voice
today if you know where to find the
records. The samo is true of other
eminent men who havo Joined tho
great majority since the phonograph
came Into general use. Such records
are not for the public, of course, and
little is heard of them.
"The greatest care must be taken
in handling them, particularly in mov
ing them from place to place. Tho
greatest collection of voice records in
the world, I bellevo, belongs to Colonel
G. E. Gouraud of London, who was on
General McCIellan's staff during the
civil war, and who subsequently be
came Edison's first agent in England.
That collection includes Queen Vic
toria, King Humbert, Basmarctc and
Gladstone among the illustrious ucad,
and King. Edward and Quedn Alexan
dra among the living. Not long ago,
when Cotonol Gouraud moved his col
lection from London to Brighton, ho
carried the precious records in steel
safes which were placed In . feather
beds on flat cars. In the safes tho
voices were wrapped in cotton bat
ting and incased in tinfoil. Jolting
spoils them and dampness ruins
them." Indianapolis (Ind.) Sentinel,
Absent But Not Forgotten
"I am sorry, doctor, you were not
able to attend my supper last night; it
would have done you good to be there."
"It has already done me good,
madam. I have, just prescribed for
three of the guests." Tid Bits.
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